Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects UPDATED Digital Joystick Interfaces Most joystick interfaces which connect to the Spectrum do so via the expansion port, are digital, and generally conform to the Atari D-type sockets ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Light Pens Light pens were pointing devices that allowed users to interact directly with a computer display. On the ZX Spectrum, they provided an alternative to keyboard input for ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects UPDATED ZX Spectrum Keyboards and Keyboard Accessories The ZX Spectrum's keyboard is quite adequate for typing in small programs or playing games, but trying to type in a long listing ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum Sound Amplifiers and Synthesizers The beeper originally installed inside the ZX Spectrum is actually just a buzzer which explains why the sound which comes from it is of l ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects LEGACY CONTENT This page is retained for reference but is no longer actively maintained. Some information may be out of date. ZX Spectrum Interfaces for Joysticks and ROM Cartridges M ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects A Comparision of Tape commands on Sinclair machines Overview of Cassette Tape statements The following list provides detailed explanations on cassette tape statement found on the ZX80 ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects UPDATED ZX Spectrum Input Devices & Controllers Light Pens Features Original Price Add-on This light pen plugs into small box of electronics which the ZX Power Supply plugs into. A le ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects Terms of Use Overview The information on this website is provided for historical reference, educational and research purposes. While every effort has been made to ensure that the info ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects INCOMPLETE ZX Spectrum Sound Simulator Explore the ZX Spectrum's BEEP and PLAY sound commands directly in your browser. ZX Spectrum BEEP Simulator Simulate the Standard ZX Spectrum's ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum Memory Map Explorer Explore the memory layout of the ZX Spectrum and see how the CPU address space, physical RAM, dynamic memory areas and hardware expansions interact. Se ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects On This Day - 18th October « Previous Day Next Day » 1973 Tennis for Two is demonstrated One of the earliest electronic video games, Tennis for Two, is demonstrated at Brookhaven Na ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects A summary of YS MegaBasic keywords Overview YS MegaBasic (or sometimes just MegaBasic) is a ZX Spectrum BASIC interpreter extension. It was coded by author Mike Leaman and published b ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Specialist Input Devices Specialist input devices offered ways of interacting with the ZX Spectrum beyond conventional keyboards, joysticks and light pens. Some were intended for ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects Expansion Systems (i) Backplane expansion Features Original Price Velleman Interface System Motherboard (K2616) provides space for up to 4 interfaces cards.Interface Cards for Motherb ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum Speech Synthesizers and Recognition Devices Speech Synthesizers Features Original Price Sweet Talkerby Cheetah Marketing Allophone based with instructions and demo cassett ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects Light Guns Light guns were pointing devices designed to let users interact with compatible software by aiming at targets on a television screen. Their operation depended on the displa ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects UPDATED ROM Cartridge Interfaces The Sinclair ZX Interface 2, introduced in 1983, established the original ROM cartridge standard for the ZX Spectrum. It allowed software to be loaded ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects A selection of routines for the ZX80 which simulate ZX Spectrum functions Overview A suite of routines for converting ZX Spectrum statements to work on the ZX80. FOR..NEXT loop with S ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects Expansion Systems (ii) This page is for ZX Spectrum devices which do not quite fit into the first Expansion Systems page. At this time there are just two items, the Currah μSource, a ...
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