@breakintoprogram.co.uk 10V, 1.2A. I remember using it interchangably with my Spectrum back in the day. The cost-reduced MegaDrive II swapped polarity though — my mate blew the RAM in his Speccy with that so worth double checking! 😅⚡
Yes, with no cartridge the power LED will still light and black screen will show.
@maxy.bsky.social I’ve made a start! 🥁 🥊🥚
@maxy.bsky.social Omg yes 🙌
@flatduckrecords.co.uk I did not know that! SAM actually has a built-in screensaver of sorts, but it just switches off the screen.
@flatduckrecords.co.uk Heh! I know what your mean, I really enjoy collecting these ancient tomes!
Most of mine are Spectrum-specific but this one is generically about Z80 so it gives plenty of examples, but doesn’t make assumptions about display output for instance.
@flatduckrecords.co.uk 🍻 ☀️ 📖 ✌️
@zxvintage.bsky.social Ah, of course. I did wonder about that but couldn’t fit that into one toot! In any case I’ve been humming that daft tune all afternoon, thanks!
@zxvintage.bsky.social Hah, I thought the song was released on a separate tape (an upload on YouTube shows a different inlay). So I’ve had fruitless eBay saved-search for nigh on five years! …and of course I had this tape all along! 😁😆
ZXDB recons it was the Aug ’89 issue though? spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13774/
@jamie-b-b.bsky.social It’s a new Golden Age!
The mag is a real treat, great work 😁
@jimblimey.com Having a dark/light theme in your code editor that roughly matches the brightness of your chat client is essential too; nothing quite gives away that you’re not paying attention than when your face suddenly glows because you’ve alt-tabbed to another window. 💡😆
@geezerdiamond.bsky.social When the Wall’s fell.
@jimblimey.com My fave combo of the modern/repro colours is the yellow faceplace with the black keymat. Not sure if it would suit your silvery grey case, but I think it looks good with the translucent grey one:
@jimblimey.com (If your DNS host allows you to set TXT records, you can add index entries, it’s all decentralised).
@jimblimey.com That was me! Hope the description is okay, I can update it if you like.
@breakintoprogram.co.uk That also explains why it appears to be running +3 BASIC!
@onlyretrofans.com Don’t believe what Big Multimeter tells you, you already have all the tools you need. 😛
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@fuzzweed.co.uk waamp wamp 🎺
@jimblimey.com If you haven’t already, check out the Spectranet Index module. Makes it a breeze to explore other TNFS sites:
github.com/speccytools/…
@mattround.com Fa la la la la, la la la la!
@ambientcoder.com Thanks for checking, yeah I see that 429 error too. (When I look at the feed directly on my desktop browser it seems fine tho!) I’ll try adding it to Feedbin again later – I think you’re right, the hashnode servers must be getting hammered with all this Speccy traffic at the moment 😆
@ambientcoder.com Nice one, thanks for sharing! The Venn diagram of people who like reading blogs about programming on the Spectrum might just be a circle with me in it (surely not!) but I appreciate it. 😁
(Looks like there’s a problem with the RSS feed though? Feedbin won’t accept it.)
@kevedwardsretro.bsky.social Retroleum is good if you just need a small amount. I usually add it to my order when I need a few bits: