Category: ZX Spectrum
BBC News reports today that the ZX Spectrum Vega will start to be manufactured in Nottinghamshire firm SMS Electronics. The machine, which has been developed by Luton-based Retro Computers, is due to go on sale in April. The ZX Spectrum Vega features an SD card slot and joypad controls, but lacks of full keyboard (it has a virtual one), which…
Zero is a spectrum emulator written entirely on the .NET platform, using C#, and requires .NET framework 2.0, and now its author, Arjun Nair, has made the source code public and post it on Github. The philosophy behind Zero is to provide a highly accurate emulation of the various Spectrum models while also providing a nice, user friendly experience. Arjun…
Another great review from Retro Games Collector – now about the book The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels. As if in testimony to the ZX Spectrum’s enormous games library spanning decades, the first impression you get from the book is that is jam packed full and certainly has more pages than I had expected, 234 in total. The…
It was released a new version 2.6 of ZX-Paintbrush. The major changes are: Map editing features along with a new file format “*.zxm” Color attributes are now changed while drawing. This is more direct than in previous versions. Link: ZX-Modules
RetroGamer Collector website has published an extensive and detailed How To teaching how to allow you to connect your beloved ZX Spectrum to your LCD screen using the composite video input. As the Spectrum already has a perfectly good composite signal and there is no need to use the RF circuitry anymore, the process is simple: bypass the RF modulator…
SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into ASM format or into a bunch of HTML pages. Here are some of the things that SkoolKit can do: disassemble SNA snapshots, Z80 snapshots, SZX snapshots, and raw binary files do a reasonable job of distinguishing code from data by means of the default static code analysis…
Probably following the news about the successful crowdfunding campaign of the Spectrum VEGA, BBC News website has published a comprehensive article about Sir Clive Sinclair, discussing his role on the computer revolution, and also some of his most controversial statements, like his concerns that he may have hastened the demise of the human race. Link: BBC News
Matt Westcott, demoscener and Spectrum obsessive, and Dylan Smith, creator of the Spectranet interface, will be performing Mahler’s first symphony using ZX Spectrums this Saturday, at the Geek Out! event on Saturday 6 December, 10am-5pm at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. According to the blog post linked below, they will use Spectranet interfaces, which plugs into…
After a successful campaign to produce the Volume 1 of ‘The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels’, Chris Wilkins is back asking for your help to create the The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels Volume 2. The book will be littered with adverts and imagery from a by-gone age and with the close relationship the author have…
As informed by us here, the chat that was supposed to discuss the future of World of Spectrum happened and important decisions were made to ensure the future of the site. WoS forum’s user, karingal graciously posted a great summary of what was discussed and the plans made. Below you can read the main points: Martijn married his beloved 9 months…
