ZX80 - abilities, progs, RAMs? Anything?

[yerzmyey]

Yo.

Last times I spotted this thread viewtopic.php?f=7&t=235&p=1652#p1652 and again came to my mind (like it does once a year or so) - what actually ZX80 is?

What can it do?
Does it have the same zx-bus like ZX81?
Can be used 16K RAM-packs from ZX81 for ZX80?
How is it possible there are some games for it if it can't show any movement, theoretically?
What about its software? Actually I haven't seen much. Several progs, in fact.
And finally - if our forum is for "ZX80 / ZX81" users - then where are the second ones? I mean any new progs and kinda 'developement' stuff.

Of course it's _highly_ impossible I could find it on our equivalent of ebay but still, if I would, then I would like to know there are some people doing _anything_ with the machine.

[yerzmyey]

Like I thought.

This machine is dead.

[Moggy]

Hi Yerz
Try this link for some type in zx80 stuff

ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sincl ... ines/Sync/

Regards Moggy

[nama]

I have two ZX80's (one is UK model, the other is a US model) and I love them dearly. However I don't get to use them very often as the amount of software available is quite limited. However I do occasionally enjoy playing the no flicker space invaders game...a truely great piece of coding!

Phil

[Fruitcake]

Try here:
http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... Pacman.htm

[yerzmyey]

Try here:
http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... Pacman.htm

Hm. When I try to download the file, I get 404.

[Thunor]

Try here:
http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... Pacman.htm

Hm. When I try to download the file, I get 404.

Me too

Looks awesome.

[RWAP]

Try here:
http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... Pacman.htm

Hey that looks really good - I presume that it is public domain? Would you be willing to allow me to add it to my software downloads page - http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/zx81/zx81_software.html

Correct link to download the program is http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... Pacman.zip

Although I suppose I will have to create a new downloads page for ZX80 software!

Paul - what about the Space Invaders game - surely that is still copyright?

[yerzmyey]

I wonder if it's possible for contemporary ZX81 coders to code several as good games for _ZX80_ as the ones mentioned above.
It would increase the ZX80's software-base and maybe also it would increase interest in ZX80 itself.
I realize there are not many working issues of the machine (in my country it's practically impossible to buy) but well... Some people like to use emulators.
Others want to re-create ZX80 in a new version (is the project still going?).

Ah well. I'm thinking loud, that's all.
Such games for ZX80 must have been damn hard work to do.

[XavSnap]

How to change a Zx80 to a Nice Zx81. ( ! french ! )
From "La conduite du Zx81" by Gabriel Nollet (1982)
http://zx81.ordi5.free.fr/brico/zx80/zx80_zx81.djv

Have Fun.