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Author : Clive Sinclair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0993012930
Author : Chris Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0956507107
This book takes the reader through the design and implementation of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum's custom chip, revealing for the first time the decisions behind its design and its hidden secrets. By using it as case study, the techniques required to design an 8-bit microcomputer are explained, along with comprehensive details of the Ferranti ULA manufacturing process. If you have ever wanted to design your own computer or wondered what was behind the most successful microcomputer of the 1980s, then this is the book for you. For the first time, the inner working of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum's custom chip and heart of the computer, the Ferranti ULA, is exposed in minute detail. Packed with over 140 illustrations and circuit diagrams, this book takes the reader through the cutting edge technology that was the Ferranti ULA and the design of the ZX Spectrum home computer, illustrating the principles and techniques involved in creating a cost effective computer that required nothing more than a television set and a cassette recorder. The ZX Spectrum ULA is an essential read for the electronics hobbyist, student or electronic engineer wishing to design their own retro-style microcomputer or anyone with an interest in historical micro-electronic and digital design. All topics are explained in simple yet precise terms, building on their careful introduction towards the full functionality presented by the Sinclair computer. Some of the topics covered are: The architecture of the standard microcomputer, Ferranti and their ULA, manufacturing process and structure, The functional layout of the ZX Spectrum ULA, Video display generation, Memory contention and timing, ZX Spectrum design bugs such as "The Snow Effect," Hidden features, ULA version differences.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Thomas a Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0993493211
A brief history of text adventure games on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the 1980s, discussing 100 interactive fiction titles which helped to shape the genre in the United Kingdom.
Author : Ian O. Angell,Brian J. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Computer graphics
ISBN : 0333350502
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1221367940
Author : Robert Erskine,Humphrey Walwyn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Computer)
ISBN : 0330282603
Author : Ian McLean,Simon Rushbrook Williams,Peter Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3446141200
Author : Paul Stanley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Computer games
ISBN : 0330286749
Author : Piotr Marecki,Yerzmyey Yerzmyey,Robert Straka
Publisher : Jagiellonian University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8323348626
This book describes three phenomena in digital media. Firstly, it concerns the 8-bit personal computer ZX Spectrum produced by the British company Sinclair Research since 1982. As a publication about a specific platform, it falls into the mainstream category of platform studies and it pays special attention to how the computer was used for creative purposes. Secondly, the story about the platform will also be presented from the perspective of the community that flocked around it. Therefore, it is mainly a book about people who identify with the ZX Spectrum. We do not describe all the users of the platform here (players, people using apps), rather we adopt the demoscene criterion (which we explain below). And the last and third phenomenon discussed in our book deals with the decentering of digital media or discovering digital phenomena from beyond the hegemonic center. Therefore, even though the ZX Spectrum was created in Great Britain the use of the computer in the country of its birth will not interest us. Thanks to its creator, Sir Clive Sinclair, the ZX Spectrum was designed as a computer primarily for educational purposes. As it often happens, the work detached itself from its creator and took on a life of its own. In our narrative, we will focus on the acquisition (cloning) and creative use of the computer in Eastern and Central Europe.
Author : William Tang
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781789829532
First published in 1982, William Tang’s Spectrum Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner is generally considered to be the best introduction to 8-bit machine code programming ever written. With many great game writers crediting this as the book that got them started, there still is no better way to learn the language at the heart of the ZX Spectrum. * * * As the original publisher Melbourne House wrote: If you are frustrated by the limitations of BASIC and want to write faster, more powerful, space-saving programs or subroutines, Spectrum Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner is the book for you. Even with no previous experience of computer languages, you will be able to discover the ease and power of the Spectrum's own language. Each chapter includes specific examples of machine language applications which can be demonstrated and used on your Spectrum as well as a self-test questionnaire. At the end of the book, all this is brought together in an entire machine language program - from design right through to the complete listing of an exciting, original arcade game. * * * Acorn Books is proud to present its Retro Reproduction Series, a collection of classic computing works from the 1980s and 90s, lovingly reproduced in the 21st century. From standards of programming reference no self-respecting microcomputer programmer would be without, to obscure works not found in print anywhere else, these modern reprints are perfect for any connoisseur of retro computing.
Author : Chris Wilkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0993131506
Author : Ian Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Computer)
ISBN : 0863180264
Author : Kieren Hawken
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9798871635353
The follow up to the hugely successful Sinclair ZX81, in fact it was originally named the ZX82, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was created as a computer for the masses rather than the classes and advertised as the first colour computer that could be purchased for less than £100 (the 16k model anyway). Thanks to its affordable price, wide range of software, easy to learn BASIC programming language and simple set-up, which needed nothing more than a standard TV and regular tape player, the Speccy, as it affectionately became known, went on to become the best selling computer in the United Kingdom and revolutionised the region's games industry. But it didn't just change the history of the industry, it also changed my own life as my first computer and put me on the path that led to me writing this book in the present day! This second edition of A Compendium of ZX Spectrum games now features over 300 game reviews, 3 totally new developer interviews and a fascinating fact filled article on the last computer to carry the iconic Sinclair name. This isn't a list of the best Spectrum games, a list of the worst ones or indeed a complete guide to what's available - it's simply a meandering nostalgia filled journey through the Speccy's 10,000+ games. These range from the earliest titles released at the start of the eighties, to public domain games and even modern homebrews that have been released in more recent years. This is book is a perfect companion to a true British icon!
Author : Sir Clive Sinclair,Paul Andrews,Professor of Comparative Physiology St George's Hospital and Medical School Paul Andrews,David Levy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 178538290X
Creating the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega describes how the four founders of Retro Computers came together to create a unique games console: the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega. Sir Clive Sinclair, the world famous inventor, caused a technological revolution in the early 1980s when he launched the ZX Spectrum, a low-cost colour home computer that found its way into millions of households throughout the UK, Spain, Russia and many other countries across the world. The Spectrum proved so successful that more than twenty thousand games, utilities and educational titles were written for it, many of which are remembered fondly to this very day. When the Retro Computers team released the Vega, a modern interpretation of that original ZX Spectrum, one thousand of these much-loved games were pre-loaded on the console; obtaining the rights to these is just one part of the fascinating story that this book tells: the genesis, conception and development of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega.