ZX Spectrum Next Official

ZX Spectrum Next Official

@specnext.com

The ZX Spectrum Next is the official recreation of the legendary ZX Spectrum home computer using FPGA technology, updated for the 21st century! Visit us at: www.specnext.com

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happy-ferret.bsky.social
@happy-ferret.bsky.social

This will require 28 MHz Turbo Mode and 2MB of RAM, because I'm officially tired of optimizing things for a while. @specnext.com I hope that's acceptable for minimum specs (I'm new to ZX Spectrum Next development still so I don't know the community that well). #IndieGameDev #ZXNext

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SarahJaneAvory
@sarahjaneavory.bsky.social

Spectrum Next #Delphian progress: added a linked polygon system so that I can link surface detail to a polygon. Also added support for 5-sided polygons. Rearranged some memory too, so models are now in their own bank. Oh, and added some quick lasers too! Next step might be to make ships move...

ZX Spectrum Next Official
@specnext.com

www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... A small update regarding users with dropped pledges due to installment payment issues with KickStarter

kickstarter.comUpdate 9: Small update regarding users with KS payment plans that lost a payment! · ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3It has come to our attention that some users that picked the payment in installments plan have seen their pledge dropped after missing a payment and Kickstarter isn't offering any remedial action.Plea...

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Henrique Olifiers
@olifiers.bsky.social

The initial steps of a 3D engine for the ZX Spectrum Next!!!

L Break Into Program@breakintoprogram.co.uk

Couldn't sleep last night, head full of ideas, so did a late coding session converting the clipLine routine from C to asm. There was a bug I couldn't fix, so slept on it and identified it straight away this morning. I can now start on clipping filled triangles now clipLine is in the asm domain.

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Henrique Olifiers
@olifiers.bsky.social

The one in which I talk about the success of the ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 Kickstarter and what's around the corner.

Time Extension@timeextension.com

Interview: "I Wasn't Expecting This Level Of Success" - Spectrum Next Boss On Crowdfunding, Cores And Commodore. (Image: @ZXSpectrumNext)

timeextension.comInterview: "I Wasn't Expecting This Level Of Success" - Spectrum Next Boss On Crowdfunding, Cores And Commodore"We all agree that the Speccy is the superior platform"

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Geoff Wearmouth
@warmtoffee.bsky.social

Replying to @warmtoffee.bsky.social

Look at these numbers 0.5 0.19 0.123 0.1648 0.12345 0.747747 0.1234321 0.12345678 All are inaccurate on the standard ZX Spectrum. For the true floating point form print the number with a divisor. e.g. 12345/100000 has mantissa 7CD35A85 not 7CD35A84 as used in the Spectrum. I fixed it for ya! 🙂

ZX Spectrum Next Official
@specnext.com

And don’t forget Gosh Wonderful as well as Looking Glass ROMs by the ever amazing @warmtoffee.bsky.social are included with each ZX Spectrum Next!

Geoff Wearmouth@warmtoffee.bsky.social

The Gosh Wonderful ZX Spectrum ROM V1.40 is available for download along with a useful BASIC program “peeker” that I use to peek under the hood. It uses 3 routines by Steve Vickers written for other Z80 computers back in the 80s. They achieve total accuracy. speccy4ever.speccy.org/_CMS.htm

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Association MO5
@assomo5.bsky.social

Le ZX Spectrum Next @specnext.com lance sa troisième (et sans doute dernière) campagne Kickstarter pour une nouvelle version qui émule cette fois aussi le Commodore 64... mag.mo5.com/272466/le-zx...

mag.mo5.comLe ZX Spectrum Next cartonne pour la 3e (et la dernière ?) fois sur KickstarterAu printemps 2017 puis durant l’été 2020, le ZX Spectrum Next a fait l’objet de campagnes de financement, seul moyen d’acquérir ce micro-ordinateur hommage à la machine de 1982 (...)

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Tufty McTavish
@tuftymctavish.com

👨‍💻 It’s been exciting to watch the @specnext.com Issue 3 ramp up to big numbers over on @kickstarter.com. I’m reminded to check in every now and then, such as with this short interview 👇 It’s rocking in just shy of £1.5million as I type. Amaze! 🤩 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #RetroGaming #RetroComputing ⌨️

Time Extension@timeextension.com

Interview: "I Wasn't Expecting This Level Of Success" - Spectrum Next Boss On Crowdfunding, Cores And Commodore. (Image: @ZXSpectrumNext)

timeextension.comInterview: "I Wasn't Expecting This Level Of Success" - Spectrum Next Boss On Crowdfunding, Cores And Commodore"We all agree that the Speccy is the superior platform"

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Henrique Olifiers
@olifiers.bsky.social

We are brewing a new Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next! This one is the best yet -- and features cores for the Sinclair QL and C64(!) Launches on Kickstarter this Saturday -- make sure to put up a reminder here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... #retrocomputing #retrogaming

kickstarter.comComing soon: ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next: the evolution of the Speccy computer, now expanded into the world of the Sinclair QL, C64 and... More!

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QL Next by SpecNext Ltd
@sinclairql.bsky.social

QL Next core update: Mode 16 has been updated to match the Thor palette bringing even more compatibility. On other news, Tobias' FAT32 driver is working quite well in R and W mode. Only thing missing is the XTcc-compatible dataspace implementation and bye-bye container files!