What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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Lardo Boffin
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Re: What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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I only have a ZXpand not a plus but mine works fine with both my Memotech Keyboard and ChromaSCART plugged in. Very useful for testing the occasional zeddy that happens along.
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Bean
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Re: What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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Yeah, I have the regular ZXPand too (not a ZXPand+).

And it just seems like it won't move the RAM out of the 8K to 16K area.

Even after I do CONFIG "M=H" and verify with CONFIG "M" if I poke the 8K to 16K region it remembers the value, but if I poke the 40K to 48K region it doesn't. And after I power-off if I do a CONFIG "M" the RAM is back to 8K to 40K. Strange....

The ZXPand seems to work fine otherwise, and my board works fine when I write to it, but I cannot read from it because the ZXPand memory is in the same region (8K to 16K).

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Re: What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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Maybe try to write to SirMorris on SellMyRetro. I'm not sure if he follows all threads in this forum.
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Re: What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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I can confirm, as Martin recommends, that Sir Morris is best contacted through Sell My Retro.
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Re: What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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Okay, thanks. I will try to contact him.

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Re: What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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I have sent a message to SirMorris on sellmyreto on 8/22 but I haven't heard anything back yet.
Does anyone know if there is another way to try to contact him ?

Thanks,
Bean
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Re: What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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I believe he's on vacation in the USA, not very active at all electronically.
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Re: What else might be connected on the ZX81 alongside the ZXPand+ ?

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nollkolltroll wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:25 pm I believe he's on vacation in the USA, not very active at all electronically.
Can confirm that the good Knight is currently Stateside.
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