Eh... chit-chat, I guess

[dcdrac]

Quite, I just felt it could have been handled a little more subtlety given it seems like a re-run of the rom competition?

Ah mate, sorry to hijack the thread but I am pretty excited, the ZX81 is from the Bluesbrothers in mint condition, factory fresh, has been hotrodded by TheCorfiot who fitted it with 32k of internal memory and a hi-resolution mod but it looks absolutely stock from the outside (a new thing they're offering if anyone else wants one). Behind it is the ZXPand to allow me to load the games off an SD card and works in perfect conjunction with the mods. The TheCorfiot also upgraded the Atari 800XE I bought from Bryce with the 1MB upgrade from Lotharek and I also bought the Side2 (from Lotharek) at the same time to load games etc off the CF card. I also bought the CPC 664 off BluesBrothers and had TheCorfiot fit it with the AMSDOS/Parados ROM. He's fitted a switch on the PCB using glue that can be wiped off with IPA if the next owner wants to convert it back to how it was originally that sticks out the printer port so not to damage the case. In the white box are the original chips from the 664 and XE and a DivIDE for my Spectrum+2... and next to that is an S-video cable for the XE  TheCorfiot made for me. It's quite possible I will never see sunlight again 

Also I feel like a fully fledged CPC'er now I own a 664, it's like a badge of honour 

I have two one with a working keyboard, the othe I willg et around to fixing its keyboard later on, the drive works fine though

[TFM]

I remember, there was a bunch of new made keyboard membranes, did read about it in a German forum a while ago. On interest I can try to find that thread...

[beaker]

Rwap is the person. I think I may have to sell the 664...

I've been playing with my spectrum +2 with divIDE over the last few nights and loving it, colour clash and all. I'm so ashamed. If Gryzor wants to delete my account I'll understand...

[arnoldemu]

I've been playing with my spectrum +2 with divIDE over the last few nights and loving it, colour clash and all. I'm so ashamed. If Gryzor wants to delete my account I'll understand...

LOL!

You've turned to the dark side

[arnoldemu]

Rwap is the person. I think I may have to sell the 664...

I've been playing with my spectrum +2 with divIDE over the last few nights and loving it, colour clash and all. I'm so ashamed. If Gryzor wants to delete my account I'll understand...

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[Bryce]

Rwap is the person. I think I may have to sell the 664...

I've been playing with my spectrum +2 with divIDE over the last few nights and loving it, colour clash and all. I'm so ashamed. If Gryzor wants to delete my account I'll understand...

The DivIDE2K11 is a seriously cool piece of hardware and will cause endless hours of colour clashing gaming.

Bryce.

[beaker]

It is a brilliant bit of kit and so easy to use 

It would be great if something like that could be created for the CPC.

There's a few issues with the +2 like a bit of sound imbalance but I'll get that modded and I'll get the joystick ports changed so they'll use standard atari joysticks. I found my 30 year old Power Play Cruiser joystick with the Sinclair adapter didn't work properly and wouldn't register down movements so I immediately phoned my parents and asked if they still had the receipt from 20+ years ago to return it to W H Smiths for a refund. When they laughed in my face (very rude I thought) I gave it an IPA bath and used some kynar wire to clean it out pin 9 which had some black soot or something in it so not a clue what I've blown up.

I've spent the last 2 evenings completing Dizzy 3, 3 and a half, 5 and 6. I never realised they were so short 

[MaV]

I've been playing with my spectrum +2 with divIDE over the last few nights and loving it, colour clash and all. I'm so ashamed. If Gryzor wants to delete my account I'll understand...

An Irish feeling guilty? Ah, the joys of catholicism!

You are forgiven, boy. Now go and sin!

[Gryzor]

Nah, I feel magnanimous today. Go on, tell us about all the fun you're having with DivIDE.




I dare you.

[beaker]

I threw the fecker out the window!!! Who's the stupid feckwits who put the whale section in Spellbound Dizzy?!? It's fecking impossible!!!!

Why oh why did they also put pixel perfect jumps in the for a character that doesn't control very well to begin with? The messages are almost all completely naff, it's too big - I spent 3 hours playing it and only managed to rescue 3 yolkfolk. They changed the rules with water and I can now survive in it for a short while without the aqua lung, I now get damaged with high falls which happens a lot thanks to the need to be pixel perfect and everything else seems to drain you life for which you have little fruit. In short, it's a complete feck up! 

[beaker]

OK, I went and retrieved it...

The DivIDE is amazing. It's tiny and fits securely in the back of the Spectrum (possibly the best 8-bit ever designed), and is present when you boot the machine. At any time you simply press the little button on top to bring up an on-screen menu (so better than the HxC in that respect) and you can select the game broken down by folder if you wish. Honestly, it's so easy to use.  Then if you're loading a tape image you load it like you would a normal cassette but the game in loaded almost instantly. Z80 files seem to automatically load.  Really, it would be fantastic if someone designed something like this incredible piece of kit for the 3rd best 8-bit, the CPC!

[ivarf]

OK, I went and retrieved it...

The DivIDE is amazing. It's tiny and fits securely in the back of the Spectrum (possibly the best 8-bit ever designed)

What are you talking about? Looks?

Really, it would be fantastic if someone designed something like this incredible piece of kit for the 3rd best 8-bit, the CPC!

Seek help before its too late

[Bryce]

http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=56

Bryce.

[mr_lou]

I have to agree about the DivIDE.
I bought one for my mate for his ZX Spectrum 48k, and it is really great indeed.

I recently bought a ZX Spectrum+ myself, and is thinking about getting the DivIDE 2k14 when it comes out.
As far as I understand, it'll be just like the 2k11 but with joystick adapter added. 

Surely something like it should be possible to create for the CPC. If only a snapshot thingy, then so be it.

Which reminds me....
Does anyone know of a "snapshot saver" that could be used e.g. when playing a game, and wanting to save the game to continue later?

[Bryce]

Which reminds me....
Does anyone know of a "snapshot saver" that could be used e.g. when playing a game, and wanting to save the game to continue later?

MultiFace II ?

Bryce.

[mr_lou]

MultiFace II ?

Yea, that would do it.
Saves to disk though, but I could live with that.
Thanks.

[beaker]

What are you talking about? Looks?

Ah, I was trolling because Gryzor dared me 

I would put them in the following order (of those I own - it's only a personal list of how I feel about them at the moment):
1. BBC Micro - great arcade ports and very well built and I've a lot of childhood memories using the machine.
2. Commodore 64 - again, great games with smooth scrolling, just a shame about the colour pallette
3. ZX Spectrum - Nice easy machine to get into. Several games seem to be nicer than the CPC - Space Crusade seem to have extra animation etc. It's new to me OK... don't judge me 
4. Tatung Einstein - Very well built, seems very powerful but lacks a large software library
5. Acorn Electron - very nice little machine once it's expanded. It was also my first computer...
6. Amstrad CPC - Has some nice games like Barbarian but suffers from jerky graphics when not programmed correctly and games that don't utilise the graphic capabilities. Original peripherals can be expensive.
- Atari 8-bit - I've only started using it with 1MB + Side2 so can't really comment but seems like a great little machine. I think it will move up my list.
- ZX81 - Same again, been modded with 32k and Hi-Res graphics  but I've only started using it. I think it will move up my list.

[Bryce]

Ah, I was trolling because Gryzor dared me 

I would put them in the following order (of those I own - it's only a personal list of how I feel about them at the moment):
1. BBC Micro - great arcade ports and very well built and I've a lot of childhood memories using the machine.
2. Commodore 64 - again, great games with smooth scrolling, just a shame about the colour pallette
3. ZX Spectrum - Nice easy machine to get into. Several games seem to be nicer than the CPC - Space Crusade seem to have extra animation etc. It's new to me OK... don't judge me 
4. Tatung Einstein - Very well built, seems very powerful but lacks a large software library
5. Acorn Electron - very nice little machine once it's expanded. It was also my first computer...
6. Amstrad CPC - Has some nice games like Barbarian but suffers from jerky graphics when not programmed correctly and games that don't utilise the graphic capabilities. Original peripherals can be expensive.
- Atari 8-bit - I've only started using it with 1MB + Side2 so can't really comment but seems like a great little machine. I think it will move up my list.
- ZX81 - Same again, been modded with 32k and Hi-Res graphics  but I've only started using it. I think it will move up my list.

Immediate and permanent ban from this site!!!! Chose an exit, you're leaving! Exits are also in your preferred order:

Exit 1: Sprow's webpages - BBC Mecca
Exit 2: Main Page - C64-Wiki
Exit 3: World of Spectrum
Exit 4: Tatung Einstein Reborn! The site for enthusiasts of Tatung Einstein and 256
Exit 5: Chris's Acorns: Homepage

Bryce.

[steve]

Tatung Einstein is an entirely forgettable computer, whenever I see Einstein computer, I think of that colourful machine with the joystick in the corner, it was going to be called Einstein, then Flan before finally settling on Enterprise and exported to poland.

[beaker]

Can you take out the motherboard and go kayaking in any other computer other than the Einstein?  It's like the Swiss Knife of 8-bit computers!

[Bryce]

Yeah and you'd only need three Tatungs to protect the entire Irish west coast from the next round of floods!

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Had to split the thread, this was getting out of hand!

[beaker]

Thanks bud, yeah I thought it was going a bit mad so I reported myself

[Sykobee (Briggsy)]

I've got an original review of the Tatung somewhere in my Advanced Home Computer Course set from the 80s - even at the time it was too little, too late, for too much.


But if you needed a blunt murder weapon...

[Munchausen]

...I gave it an IPA bath ...

I love pale ale as much as the next guy (maybe a bath is a bit extreme, each to their own). But I fail to see how this helped your hardware issue... maybe because you just don't care about it any more?