ZX81 colour interface, plus!

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ZX81 colour interface, plus!

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So I assume we can stick a zxpand in front/behind this?

Looks awesome but Id hate to lose my MMC access ;-)
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Yes. Fully compatible with everything. An amazing achievement.
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This IS indeed very good news.
Thanks for posting this SirMorris!
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Looks very good indeed - looks to be based on the Spectrum RGB-SCART Interface :)
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RWAP wrote:Looks very good indeed - looks to be based on the Spectrum RGB-SCART Interface :)
I suspect the word you are looking for is "SPECTRA" ;)

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dang that looks SEXY !

I want nom nom :D :D :D
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I wonder if this will do NTSC output for use in the USA. I can find a SCART to A/V converter pretty cheap on Amazon.
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The Chroma 81 interface is now available, with an announcement posting here:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1495

blittled wrote:I wonder if this will do NTSC output for use in the USA.
The logic has been designed to auto detect and support NTSC but this functionality has not been tested.
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