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by rune
Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:52 pm
Forum: GAMES
Topic: New ZX81 Games
Replies: 363
Views: 682297

Re: New ZX81 Games

It runs on my EO (v1.39) with 1K or 16K ram configured and standard ROM
by rune
Sun May 22, 2022 5:46 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Andy Rea's ULA81 Mk1
Replies: 2
Views: 974

Re: Andy Rea's ULA81 Mk1

Perfect, thanks.

I'll have a cuppa and a read.

Dave
by rune
Sun May 22, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Andy Rea's ULA81 Mk1
Replies: 2
Views: 974

Andy Rea's ULA81 Mk1

Hi, been a while since I posted and as usual, I need some advice ;) I am trying to bring a ZX81 rev. 3 back to life. I have socketed all ICs and replaced the transistors. I'm using Andy Rea's ULA81 (I believe its the version 1 as it doesn't have the Altera chip and only has one jumper on top of the ...
by rune
Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:22 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Homemade German Interface, for what?
Replies: 3
Views: 2424

Re: Homemade German Interface, for what?

The description has Z80PIOB1 so I'd say its an I/O interface.

Z80 PIO and CPU are the same size.
by rune
Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:00 pm
Forum: ZX Spectrum Lounge
Topic: Why was the UK so slow to adopt the Disk Drive
Replies: 10
Views: 9630

Re: Why was the UK so slow to adopt the Disk Drive

Why dont you get one of the SD interfaces? These do the same thing and you dont need to have dozens of floppies taking up space.
by rune
Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:21 pm
Forum: ZX Spectrum Lounge
Topic: Why was the UK so slow to adopt the Disk Drive
Replies: 10
Views: 9630

Re: Why was the UK so slow to adopt the Disk Drive

I still have my Discovery double 3.5" drive for the Spectrum. There must have been half a dozen other alternatives...
by rune
Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:51 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Where to buy brand new hardware
Replies: 6
Views: 2702

Re: Where to buy brand new hardware

If you want a ZX80 then have a look here...

https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/minstrel-zx80.html
by rune
Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Thoughts on Mond
Replies: 15
Views: 9568

Re: Thoughts on Mond

Definitely make it interactive, not just pressing ENTER. Use CLS and/or PRINT AT to display descriptive text at a common place (top of screen?) Stopping with 5/14 (or any error) message doesn't give a good impression. Cant comment on the German, but you may have made some errors when using Google tr...
by rune
Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:04 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Thoughts on Mond
Replies: 15
Views: 9568

Re: Thoughts on Mond

That loads OK, but its not really an adventure or a game. The only user interaction is to press the enter key and get more text to display.

What were you trying to achieve?
by rune
Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:32 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Thoughts on Mond
Replies: 15
Views: 9568

Re: Thoughts on Mond

Tried 48K ram, still doesnt run. Can you post a screen shot?