Category: ZX Spectrum
Martijn Van der Heide, founder of World of Spectrum, has decided to step out and stop working on his website. Today, on November 17th, he’s holding a chat, inviting everybody to help him to decide the future of the website and other matters. The chat will start around 18:00 GMT+1. Ask Google what time is that for you! Link: World…
The epic battle to end all battles has arrived and the argument that made 80’s school playgrounds buzz will be settled once and for all. Which was better – The Spectrum or the C64? This video was recorded live at Play Expo 2014, with John Gibson and Ste Pickford on the Spectrum side, and Andy Walker and Jeff Minter fighting…
ZEsarUX is an open source Sinclair emulator for Unix-like OSes (Linux, Raspbian, Mac OSX, etc). It emulates 16k, 48k, Inves Spectrum+, Spectrum 128k (English and Spanish), Spectrum +2 (English, Spanish and French), Spectrum +2A (English and Spanish), Microdigital TK90X (Portuguese and Spanish), TK95, ZX80, ZX81. Release notes for version 1.3: Added experimental support for raspberry (raspbian) Added Framebuffer Device video…
Patrik Rak has released the latest version of the emulator ZXDS console Nintendo DS. Changelist: Added emulation ULA + for all models of Sinclair and Amstrad. Support for all types of 3.5 “DD + 3DOS discs. Bug fixes. If you didn’t win Ben Heck’s portable ZX Spectrum, this is probably your best chance to have a good emulation on-the-go. Source:…
ZX-Uno is a ZX Spectrum clone based on FPGA. A new schematic and PCD design were made available, and you can look at them follow the link below. There is no estimated date specific to release the final product, and in principle there will be 2 runs: one for developers (prototype) with 10 units already made and another for the…
[youtube LiUruvTCQQ8 nolink] Ben Heck has published a video series showing his work building a portable ZX Spectrum, which we have reported here (see links below). Last August, he went to Electromagnetic Field Camp 2014, a non-profit UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things, and gave a speech about his work with…
Reading ZX Spectrum subreddit, I’ve found this article written by Chris Osborn on his blog Insentricity titled “Zed to Zee”, showing how he was able to make three ZX Spectrum computers. It is a pretty nice guide, allowing all of us living in the colonies to import one Speccy and hook them up to our power and monitors. “Well, one…
ZX-Paintbrush is a tool that allows you to easily create images for the ZX Spectrum, and the new version 2.5 is available for download today. With ZX-Paintbrush, you can load existing or create new SCR (screen files), draw images with mouse-sensitive tools like circles, rectangles, polygons etc. You have different fill styles available in tool boxes and you can alter…
To celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this year’s RetroMania there will be a BASIC game programming contest, with cash prizes! You don’t have to go to Zaragoza to participate — just submit your entry by midnight (CET, GMT+1) on the 6th November. Entries from anywhere in the world are welcome. From World of Spectrum Forum: It…
You probably remember the SpeccyJam that happened few weeks ago. Today, SpeccyJam website made all the entries available, and you can try them all. Remember that, by the jam rules, only the look & feel had to be all ZX Spectrum, but the game itself could target a modern platform, using any tool available. The resulting games a pretty impressive,…
