ZX Spectrum Next Discussion

[R-Tape]

It's bigger than I expected.

[beanz]

It's bigger than I expected.

If I had a dollar...

[Seven.FFF]

What can new BASIC do? Accelerated modes? Etc first. I've not been fillowing all the development progress, so it'll be interesting to see we what stage things are at now.

The downloadable version of the manual is temporarily unavailable, to avoid spoiling the surprise of what the cover looks like (backers are asked to help not spoil the surprise too, in any pics they post). Once it is back up, the manual is an excellent place to start. It's written in the same style as the classic Sinclair manuals, but has approximately twice the amount of content (maybe even three times, as it fits more on every page). I have a wirebound print-on-demand version of the manual, and it is a thing of beauty and joy.

Other than that, there will be a series of short taster videos soon (each less than 5 mins) giving an overview of some of the features.

Finally, there is an awful lot of tech documentation that's been collected and published over the last couple of years. That's mostly for devs to get stuck into though, so not the best thing for outside peeps to get an overview.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

https://youtu.be/iLDz4AjL3rA

[Firefox]

https://youtu.be/iLDz4AjL3rA

That was an interesting watch, thanks for posting it!

In my mind I had pictured the Next as a QL-sized or CPC-sized plank of a machine, but now I realise that it's much closer in size to the original Spectrum.

[Hernan]

I am quite pleased with the latest developments on the Next.

All the things that I criticized were fixed, like the lack of ULAplus, no core source code, timings (still not perfect over HDMI, but better), etc. I installed the latest software version on my board (I'm a board-only backer so I had it for almost two years now) and it works beautifully: fast, lots of options, easy configuration.

I'm sure the rest of the backers will be very happy once their Next arrives!

[Alcoholics Anonymous]

The downloadable version of the manual is temporarily unavailable,

There is a non-final pdf without cover and without contents / index here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-RHnIB ... hTVcPqyHN4

On acrobat reader there may be typographical errors too but at least you can read it. There will be a better pdf version later.

[Dark]

I bought the basic model and as such received my tracking e:mail late last night, so looks like the waiting is finally over. Need to rush over to Argos this and purchase a tape recorder so I can load up some games old school style.

[Daren]

Loads of pics of Nexts being delivered today on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/specnext/ (no FB account required to view). There's an unboxing vid on there too.

Mine's due to be delivered today also!

[1024MAK]

Speaking of which, this arrived today:





Mark

[DouglasReynholm]

Beginning to wish I hadn't bought the fully loaded version, you lucky people. Hope you're all having fun. *grumbles quietly*

[1024MAK]

When I last looked (last week) Pi Zeroes were in short supply...

Mark

[DouglasReynholm]

When I last looked (last week) Pi Zeroes were in short supply...

Mark

What have I ever done to you!?

I seem to recall they bought the pi's a while back, I think around the time they stockpiled the PSU's.. Well, that's what I'm choosing to believe..

[beanz]

Beginning to wish I hadn't bought the fully loaded version, you lucky people. Hope you're all having fun. *grumbles quietly*

Me too, then when it is ready I have to wait for it to ship to bum effed Texas

[1024MAK]

Just saying that when I wanted to get some (for another project unrelated to the Next) the main source (to consumers) in the U.K. was out of stock of the standard Pi Zero model.

Pi Zeroes with a header were however still in stock (with a higher price of course).

Mark

[ZXDunny]

Having read the manual, I think I'm gonna have to get one. Full 2MB with PiZero, natch.

Mind you, I'm still having trouble with their frankly bonkers use of looping constructs in the BASIC but other than that it looks like a fun language to tool around in.

[1024MAK]

A sneaky peek...


Mark

[1024MAK]

In closer we go...




Mark

[1024MAK]

Mark

[1024MAK]

And to quote from a song of one of my favourite pop groups...

And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for...







Mark

[R-Tape]

A sneaky peek...


Mark

DIRTY BOY!

[Juan F. Ramirez]

I'm starting to salivate!

[Seven.FFF]

Just saying that when I wanted to get some (for another project unrelated to the Next) the main source (to consumers) in the U.K. was out of stock of the standard Pi Zero model.

Pi Zeroes with a header were however still in stock (with a higher price of course).

Mark

The Zero W will work fine with NextPi (accelerator distro based on DietPi), however it won’t make use of the WiFi.

If any future alternate bare metal applications are developed then these may well not support the Zero W (as the hardware differences are not flattened out for bare metal like they are in linux).

Finally, remember that the 2x20 header should be female not male, and should be fitted to the “wrong” side of the Pi - so that the SD card is on the upper side when the Pi is plugged into the male header on the Next board.

[1024MAK]

Mark

[1024MAK]

I’ve not opened the ZX Spectrum Next yet.

However, I do strongly recommend you use a high quality power filter, this video shows a cut-down version, but I recommend the genuine unit described in my comment. This genuine unit, now with a double layer, gold plated OFC flux capacitor, please contact me, lead sales manager, at https://tinyurl.com/urugt28 where I can offer these at a heavy discounted manager’s special price (for a limited time only) of $399.00

Mark