Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

The description has Z80PIOB1 so I'd say its an I/O interface.

Z80 PIO and CPU are the same size.

Why dont you get one of the SD interfaces? These do the same thing and you dont need to have dozens of floppies taking up space.

I still have my Discovery double 3.5" drive for the Spectrum. There must have been half a dozen other alternatives...

If you want a ZX80 then have a look here...

https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/minstrel-zx80.html

Definitely make it interactive, not just pressing ENTER. Use CLS and/or PRINT AT to display descriptive text at a common place (top of screen?) Stopping with 5/14 (or any error) message doesn't give a good impression. Cant comment on the German, but you may have made some errors when using Google tr...

That loads OK, but its not really an adventure or a game. The only user interaction is to press the enter key and get more text to display.

What were you trying to achieve?

Tried 48K ram, still doesnt run. Can you post a screen shot?

Hi Tim,

the magazine looks great, so I tried to download the others. There are a few with page not found (404) errors - #1. #3 for the ZX and #3 for the QL.

But, I have enough to read for now

Dave

Hi Crayon I get an error 5/44. Looks like you are printing beyond the last line. Its usually at the kill dragon bit (although it never says dragon, just enemies nearby - then what with you bare hands?). I can get there if I try to play the game sensibly, or just enter random commands. Always the sam...

Thanks McKlaud

47pF it is then...

I'll try the alternative inverter if there are problems. Got a bit to wait for 4.43Mhz crystals arriving.

Dave