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  1. Messing with advanced things in the super advanced Hicolour graphic mode of the Timex Sinclair 2068.

    #ts2068 #zenzx

  2. ZenZX v0.6.11 is out

    — a preview release on the ramp-up to v1.0.

    ZenZX is a ZX Spectrum emulator in Go (48K/128K/+2/+3, now TS2068 too).

    What's new:

    • New menu system: Light, Dark, and Spectrum themes, selectable fonts
    • GUI toolkit reused from zenimate, including file dialogs
    • TS2068 support, with hi-colour mode
    • Tape loading improved: new -tapemode=turbo, more precise .tap/.tzx decoding via zentools
    • ULA memory contention implemented
    • Joystick (Kempston, Sinclair) and mouse (Kempston, AMX) support

    Builds for Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, and Linux available. This is an interim release, no guarantees whatsoever, BUGS ARE EXPECTED and feedback is very, very, welcome!

    More to come before v1.0.

    Repo:
    github.com/ha1tch/zenzx

    Downloads:
    github.com/ha1tch/zenzx/releas

    #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputing #golang #emulation #foss #Spectrum #speccy  #ts2068 #zenzx

  3. ZenZX v0.6.7 is out

    — a preview release on the ramp-up to v1.0.

    ZenZX is a ZX Spectrum emulator in Go (48K/128K/+2/+3, now TS2068 too).

    What's new:

    • New menu system: Light, Dark, and Spectrum themes, selectable fonts
    • GUI toolkit reused from zenimate, including file dialogs
    • TS2068 support, with hi-colour mode
    • Tape loading improved: new -tapemode=turbo, more precise .tap/.tzx decoding via zentools
    • ULA memory contention implemented
    • Joystick (Kempston, Sinclair) and mouse (Kempston, AMX) support

    Builds for Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, and Linux available. This is an interim release, no guarantees whatsoever, BUGS ARE EXPECTED and feedback is very, very, welcome!

    More to come before v1.0.

    Repo:
    github.com/ha1tch/zenzx

    Downloads:
    github.com/ha1tch/zenzx/releas

    #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputing #golang #emulation #foss #Spectrum #speccy  #ts2068 #zenzx

  4. ZenZX is getting Timex Sinclair 2068 emulation. Just because.

    This may not look like much but it's the output of a small programme plotting on the screen in so-called HiColour mode.

    Also adding Kempston and Sinclair joystick emulation, plus Kempston and AMX mouse emulation.

    A Timex Sinclair 2068 is like a Spectrum with extra graphics, and the same AY sound chip that was later inherited by the ZX Spectrum 128k, plus Kempston joystick ports, and some fancy memory modes.

    #zenzx #ZXSpectrum #TS2068 #TC2048 #Spectrum #Speccy #

  5. Estuve haciendo pruebas con el módem wifi para TS 2068. Pude correr la versión de Retroterm para Timex y conectar con algunos RetroBBS, pero tuve que potenciar el audio con el mixer para poder cargar juegos y programas. Es la home computer más sorda que he visto en mi vida. #timexsinclair #ts2068

  6. Estuve haciendo pruebas con el módem wifi para TS 2068 que me mandó Ezequiel Filgueiras. Pude correr la versión de Retroterm para Timex y conectar con algunos RetroBBS, pero tuve que conectar la TS a una notebook y potenciar el audio con el mixer para poder cargar juegos y programas. Es la home computer más sorda que he visto en mi vida.

    #timexsinclair #ts2068

  7. I also have this American ZX Spectrum #TS2068 that does #NTSC :)

  8. I found the materials referenced earlier, a 1988 NASA paper explaining the theory and Sinclair BASIC code implementation to perform certain satellite orbit calculations.

    Here's the paper as PDF
    ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/198900
    NASA Technical Paper 2811
    An Economical Semi Analytical Orbit Theory for Micro-Computer Applications

    The header of the code reads:

     1 REM SAVE"BgORBIT"
    2 REM An Economical Semi-Analytical Orbit Theory
    for Micro-Computer Applications 1986-TimeX/Sinclair 2068
    R.A. Gordon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GreenBelt, MD.
    AIAA 24th Aerospace Sciences Meeting Jan.6-9,1986
    [AIAA-86-0085]

    See a scan with some of the intricate Sinclair BASIC code in the images below.

    #TimexSinclair #ZXSpectrum #Spectrum #Speccy #retrocomputing #TS2068 #NASA #space

  9. NASA Technical Paper 2811

    March 1988

    An Economical Semi Analytical Orbit Theory for Micro-Computer Applications

    UPDATE: PDF at the NASA documentation site found here:
    oldbytes.space/@haitchfive/115

    Folks at the Timex Sinclair Online Group are doing some restoration work trying to help re-create 1980s NASA satellite orbit calculation code written for Timex Sinclair computers, up until now only existing in vanishing printed form.

    youtube.com/watch?v=dpOQqbfj2Ao

    #TimexSinclair #ZXSpectrum #Spectrum #Speccy #retrocomputing #nasa #space #TS2068

  10. Módem wifi para TS 2068 - versión 3 😎 Creado por Jorge Castillo, el módem se conecta a cualquiera de los puertos de joystick y requiere 4 transistores y un módulo ESP8266 con firmware zimodem. #ts2068 #timex #8bit #homecomputer #retrogamer #retrocomputacion #sinclair #timexsinclair #retrocomputing

  11. Here's some more detail about the recently revived Timex Computer 3256 (a third-generation ZX Spectrum successor derived from the Timex Sinclair 2068 and the Timex Computer 2048)
    loadzx.com/timexcomputerworld/

    #ZXSpectrum #Speccy #Spectrum #TS2068 #TC2048 #Timex #TimexComputer #TC3256 #TimexComputer3256 #TimexSinclair #retrocomputing

  12. If you don't have the time to watch the full presentation and you only want to see TENET working between some networked Spectra, you may head straight to the practical demo here:
    youtu.be/Mkn9syUI_N8?feature=s

    #TimexSinclair #Timex #TC3256 #TENET #ZXSpectrum #Spectrum #Speccy #retrocomputing #TS2068

  13. Few of us, even the most studious ones, probably ever heard of the Timex Computer 3256, a ZX Spectrum-inspired successor to the Timex Sinclair 2068, or believed it was forever lost to time.

    Some incredible engineers unearthed the Timex Computer 3256 AND its peripherals, and revived it in 2024. The Sinclair-inspired computer, its networking interface called TENET (short for: Timex Educational Network), floppy drive controller, networking software for the classroom, and all. Restored, revived, and re-created in new hardware. It's nothing short of a Jurassic Park achievement, infusing life and embodiment to something that only remained in some faint ROM memories.

    See their presentation here:
    "TENET: A deep dive into the lost ZX Spectrum Network"
    youtube.com/watch?v=Mkn9syUI_N
    (it's a long one, but I promise every minute is worth it for the dedicated ZX Spectrum engineer)

    #Timex #TimexSinclair #ZXSpectrum #Speccy #Spectrum #retrocomputing #TC3256 #TS2068

  14. Eventually the three four five Sinclair speckies I now own will hopefully join my other small collection of speckies made in the Americas, across the sea. But that will have to wait.

    #TS2068 #Spectrum #ZXSpectrum #Speccy #TimexSinclair #retrocomputing #retrogaming

  15. Many people have known for decades the rumour that Sinclair Research did work on a portable ZX Spectrum prototype codenamed Pandora.

    What I didn't know (and TiL;) is that they did so using a cobbled-up Timex Sinclair 2068 for it.

    theregister.com/2024/01/15/opi
    #ZXSpectrum #Pandora #Sinclair #SinclairResearch #Spectrum #Speccy #retrocomputing #TimexSinclair #TS2068