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Quazar @quazarsamcoupe@mastodonapp.uk
· 1w ago
Boosted by @welcome@friends.deko.cloud
📌 #Introduction Developer of 34 years for #SAMCoupe #computer - #hardware, #software, #gamedev and #magazine. Plus #Retrocomputing hardware for #RC2014, #ZXSpectrum, #MicroBeast, #Soundchip, #Electronics. St. Andrews graduate. Award winning industrial embedded designer. ➡️ SAM Coupe 🌐 https://www.samcoupe.com ⭐️ Quazar Surround soundcard - new edition. ⭐️ VIC-20 Cartridge Interface ⭐️ SAM Revival 9 revamp (with Manic Miner) 🔹 SAM Revival 11 revamp 🔹 SAM Revival issue 26 🔹 Mechanical Keyboard 🔹 Trinity Ethernet Interface v1.2 (with SD / SDHC card mass storage) ➡️ RC2014 / RCbus Compatibles / Microbeast / SC / Other 🌐 https://2014.samcoupe.com 🌟 ZX True Tone v2.0 (ZXTT) 🌟 MicroBeast 3 Way Expansion Card ⭐️ SAA1099P Soundchip Interface ⭐️ SID Soundchip Interface V1.3 🔹 Graphic OLED Interface ➡️ ZX Spectrum 🌐 https://zx.samcoupe.com ⭐️ ZX 2 Way Expansion Interface 🔹 ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface 🔹 Interface 2 style Flash Cart 🔹 ROM cart int. Full links, eBay, etc... 🌐 https://linktr.ee/quazarsamcoupe
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www.samcoupe.com - The SAM Coupe site from Quazar - Hardware, Software, Magazines and more for the SAM Coupe...

Quazar - a SAM Coupe developer - New hardware, software and SAM Revival magazine for the SAM Coupe. Celebrating 32 years of supporting the SAM Coupe.

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Quazar @quazarsamcoupe@mastodonapp.uk
· 9mo ago
Despite owning a pile of the BASIC type in adventure books from Usborne in the 80's for my #ZXSpectrum I really was not into text adventures at all as a kid. That all changed when being introduced to an online MUD in 1992 when starting university, first playing, then coding on it creating a whole complex area of the map. (LPC was also the first object orientated programming language I used, before giving C a go!) When I started programming on the SAM Coupe in 1993 I did have a few attempts at adventure based stuff. First with a very simple adventure driver written in BASIC (I had yet to venture towards #Z80 machine code!) which held room info in DATA statements) then I made the start on a program to rip the room descriptions out of the LPC files I had from I had coded for the MUD. (I still have a copy of these from 30+ years ago!) I'll be looking at this more in the forthcoming Adventure section in 'SAM Revival' magazine... #TextAdventure #InteractiveFiction #samcoupe #retrogaming
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McMartin @mcmartin@mastodon.gamedev.place
· 1mo ago
This week on the blog: I now have enough stuff about the sound stuff to write up! This week I look more closely at what the sound waves *really* look like when I play "chords" out of a monaural 1-bit audio channel. Also an old-school bloggy link roundup for things I've found that don't rate full articles, because I get to do those sometimes as a treat. https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/unfinished-business-with-1-bit-audio-chords/ Digital audio next time! #retrocomputing #zxspectrum
Unfinished Business with 1-Bit Audio Chords
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Unfinished Business with 1-Bit Audio Chords

My article from two weeks ago on fancy 1-bit sound on the ZX Spectrum was a bit incomplete. I used a shortcut to test out the “interleaved oscillator” technique, and I couldn’t ge…

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McMartin @mcmartin@mastodon.gamedev.place
· 1mo ago
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This week on the blog: the followup: working through my (eventually) successful attempts to play good digital audio out of the ZX Spectrum's 1-bit beeper! Also some 10,000-ft looks at the prior art on the Spectrum and the Apple II to round it out. https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/digital-audio-on-the-zx-spectrums-1-bit-beeper/ #retrocomputing #zxspectrum #apple2
Digital Audio on the ZX Spectrum’s 1-Bit Beeper
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Digital Audio on the ZX Spectrum’s 1-Bit Beeper

It’s finally time for me to wrap up this ZX Spectrum series, with a look at how to get the simple 1-bit beeper on every Spectrum model to emit high-quality digital audio. The results are quit…

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FediFollows @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services
· 2mo ago
:zxspectrum: #ZXSpectrum accounts to follow: @juanfr@mastodon.social - Spectrum enthusiast sharing news, photos, screenshots, history etc @Sloanysoft@oldbytes.space - Making new games for 8-bits including Spectrum @noisetank@oldbytes.space - Retro fan on ZX Spectrum, SAM Coupé, 8-bits @morefunmakingit - In-depth videos of repairing ZX Spectrums & other classic computers @AYMusicBot@retrochat.online - Bot posting ZX Spectrum music @helpcomputer0@mastodon.art - Pixel artist creating art with Spectrum #Sinclair #Spectrum #SinclairZXSpectrum #RetroComputing
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Juan F. Ramírez @juanfr@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
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Finally, after trying many cool computers & consoles, I'm trying my #r36s with what it's really worth! 😎 #zxspectrum #retrogaming
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Robee? Na! 🌈 @RobeeShepherd@mastodon.art
· 3mo ago
Boosted by @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social
I still can't believe what I am hearing here, a #ZXSpectrum demo in under 13k which plays sampled music of a Kraftwerk song, in it's entirety. How is this magic done? I get the only other updates it is doing are border and attribute changes, but the sampled sound on it's own is incredible, it even fades out the volume at the end!
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scene.org file archive :: we_are_vocoders.zip

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Retrópolis @retropolis@bitbang.social
· 3mo ago
Garbage Collector especial: FujiNET https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/24/garbage-collector-especial-fujinet/ #MundoRetro #AppleII #AppleIII #atari #Atari2600 #Atari8bits #AtariLynx #BallyAstrocade #BBCMicro #ColecoAdam #Commodore64 #ESP32 #FujiNet #GarbageCollector #GoogleDrive #Intellivision #Jogos #MSDOS #MSX #multiplayer #NECPC6001 #rede #redes #TRS80ColorComputer #videogame #WiFi #ZXSpectrum
Garbage Collector especial: FujiNET - Retrópolis
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Garbage Collector especial: FujiNET - Retrópolis

Aconteceu tanta coisa recente relacionada à FujiNET que a gente vai ter que ter mais um garbage collector só dela. Tivemos um recentemente, mas é pouco, vamos ter mais. A FujiNET é um dispositivo de hardware de código aberto multifuncional projetado para micros clássicos, onde ele combina as funções de um emulador de múltiplos periféricos

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fanta 🐌 @fanta@mastodon.green
· 3mo ago
💾 Ejercitando la paciencia con Manic Miner en verano https://56k.es/fanta/ejercitando-la-paciencia-con-manic-miner-en-verano/ Boby grabó en lo que sobraba de la Cara A con su cassette doble pletina el juego «Manic Miner». Lo grabó también en la cara B por aquello de tener otra copia de seguridad. Boby era buena gente pero realmente «no tenía muchas luces», no era «el lápiz más afilado del estuche» .... #xz #spectrum #zxspectrum #manicminer #zx80
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Ejercitando la paciencia con Manic Miner en verano – 56K

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Steve Wetherill @stevewetherill@oldbytes.space
· 4mo ago
Sidewize features in chapter 10 of my serialized memoir. You can read it here: https://stevewetherill.substack.com/p/chapter-10-the-future-that-never-was Note for nerds: The video here is captured at 25 fps, and since the game itself runs at 50 fps, the flicker visible here is due to quantization of the multiplexed weapon rendering (player weapons/enemy weapons were rendered on alternate frames). Also, in the video, depending on which frames were dropped by the 25 fps capture, some weapons will be dropped altogether. It looks great on a real CRT with real phosphor decay characteristics! #RetroGaming #GameDev #Memoir #ZXSpectrum
Chapter 10: The Future That Never Was
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Chapter 10: The Future That Never Was

Chasing the raster, glimpsing the future, and a critical disagreement.

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PsychicParrot 🦜 (Jeff) 😷 @psychicparrot42@mastodon.gamedev.place
· 4mo ago
Had an old Sinclair ZX Spectrum replica sitting around (a modern Bluetooth replica one, made by Elite) so I decided to frame it! Just used a sticky Velcro on the back so it can easily be removed without damage, if I ever use it again. I put a loading screen background in there, too. I reckon it looks pretty good! 🤓 #retrocomputing #zxspectrum #art (Edited: Uploaded the correct image file this time!)
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