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by TMAOne
Mon Sep 23, 2024 4:54 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Zx81plus38 rev1.10 video issues
Replies: 35
Views: 19432

Re: Zx81plus38 rev1.10 video issues

I can't speak to the ZX81plus38 specifically, but would advise caution with "new" cassette recorders from Amazon and friends. They tend to have newer features like stereo pickup and transfer to SD card or a USB thumbdrive. Nothing wrong with that of course, but at the same time they've eliminated vi...
by TMAOne
Thu Aug 29, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: GAMES
Topic: New ZX81 Games
Replies: 432
Views: 916570

Re: New ZX81 Games

Not to sound like I'm complaining, (my hat is off to Dr. Beep and all of you for producing these games), but there's an element of "Battleship" in its various forms that is missing, ever since Milton-Bradley stole the idea from navy folks after the 2nd World War. Before computers, and before Milton-...
by TMAOne
Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:13 am
Forum: WANTED
Topic: ZX81/TS1000 ROM (RESOLVED)
Replies: 1
Views: 7493

Re: ZX81/TS1000 ROM

Hi DeLorean_4. I'm also in Canada, (Waterloo Ontario), and think I have a spare. I'm traveling at the moment, but I'll look when I get home. PM me and we can arrange it. Cheers.
Ian
by TMAOne
Fri May 03, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ZX81 External ROM
Replies: 2
Views: 16592

Re: ZX81 External ROM

That looks cool. I'd could be interested in one of those.
by TMAOne
Fri May 03, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ZX81 Comp. Mod, no Video
Replies: 16
Views: 7014

Re: ZX81 Comp. Mod, no Video

I only suggest this because I've made this mistake. :roll: Double-check that you've got the transistor wired the correct way around. (I was amazed at how well the circuit works when I finally discovered my flub.)
by TMAOne
Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Preferred SD Card for ZXpand+
Replies: 5
Views: 2585

Re: Preferred SD Card for ZXpand+

I can think of one thing it definitely might be,... there are "fake" memory devices (SD cards, thumbdrives) floating around out there, particularly on fleaBay. The memory addresses are "wrapped", i.e. later addresses point to the same actual locations as early previous addresses. The device will rep...
by TMAOne
Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:33 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: First zeddy done
Replies: 3
Views: 2490

Re: First zeddy done

Yes indeed--congratulations! (I would have killed for that handsome real keyboard back in the day,...)
by TMAOne
Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: First zeddy boots but....
Replies: 21
Views: 9876

Re: First zeddy boots but....

Another use of the 48-64K area I just remembered. My "model" program contains a routine called FLASHOUT, which copies in its entirety the normal 16-32K program area to the higher one. Why? Sometimes during development, programs crash. (I know I know,... this may come as a shock,...) Murphy's Law dic...
by TMAOne
Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:58 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: First zeddy boots but....
Replies: 21
Views: 9876

Re: First zeddy boots but....

BUT... I'm reading about Hi-Res graphics... and ... well... if there's going to be no real benefit, then I won't and stick at the 16K... but I'd be interested to hear thoughts please. For what it's worth (maybe not a lot), here's what I did with the 2nd non-contiguous 16K of the 32K version of the ...
by TMAOne
Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:16 am
Forum: ZX BASIC
Topic: Tiny Basic for the ZX81
Replies: 3
Views: 7788

Re: Tiny Basic for the ZX81

I'm not qualified to answer your question, having shamefully never opened Z80 assembly. But I will follow this thread with interest for another reason. Tiny BASIC intrigues me because I have a Sanyo PHC-20, which is a rare bird natively housing only an "extended" version of Tiny BASIC. I find it qui...