Reposted by Robert PriceAndy Toone @lockfarm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not just nice to hear - vital to hear. This is what those "legitimate concerns" seek to conceal - families being driven out of their homes by bigots. 041
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I've recently been playing with making my own ZX Spectrum ROM cartridges. I've written up how I created a cartridge for retro computing legend @onlyretrofans.com's game Jurl. When used on a ZX Interface 2, the game now boots instantly at power-on. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/maki...robertprice.co.ukMaking a Jurl ROM Cartridge for the ZX Spectrum - Robert PriceIf you are interested in Retro Computing, then you have probably come across Johnny Blanchard and his quest to port his game Jurl to as many platforms as possible. One of those platforms is the Sincla... 0113
Reposted by Robert PriceIan @wordsoup.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I asked him how he did it on Youtube & he said: "Speech is synthesized from subphonemes." ... "At all, there are 23 256-byte subphoneme waveforms, along with other 34 256-byte waveforms for instruments, that are well-packed." www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OKO...youtube.comWe Are Vocoders by Dmitry_Milk at DiHalt2026 summerYouTube video by Dmitry L 063
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 12/07/2026This is an amazing bit of coding on the ZX Spectrum. 12.5k, but does need 48k to run. 140
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I’ve finally been able to get hands on one of Paul Farrow’s ZXC4 ROM cartridges for the ZX Spectrum. 160
Reposted by Robert PriceMark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This is an incredible finding. If reproduced could bring big health benefits. Am wondering if big cycling nations have lower Alzheimers and dementia. 911921
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Another great issue of Freeze-ZX magazine to enjoy in the sunshine. Thanks @freeze-zx.bsky.social ! 231
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 16/04/2026It’s new #RC2014 day. Where better to start soldering than the capacitors on the backplane. 471
Reposted by Robert PriceVinny Mainolfi | FREEZE-ZX | ZX Spectrum @freeze-zx.bsky.social · 09/04/2026This time next week I’ll be sending FREEZE‑ZX Issue 03 to print — the long‑awaited next chapter is nearly here. You can preorder your copy today from: freeze64.com/freeze-zx-is... Issue 02 sold out fast, so grab No.03 while you can. #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #Speccy #SinclairSpectrum 075
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Who needs a fancy PlayStation or XBox when you can play Kill The Bit on your #RC2014 Orton 3C instead. All 28 bytes were toggled in by hand. 060
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I’ve been using a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 to spy on my #RC2014 Orton 3C’s data bus. At the moment this just displays the hex value it can currently see. This means I can make sure the values I’ve toggled in are correct without having to mentally convert from binary. 120
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Happy Valentines Day! Here’s a little program for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum to plot a heart on screen. 151
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 13/02/2026My #RC2014 Orton 3C computer is up and running. This is a really low level Z80 computer that you program using the switches on the front panel. In this case, I’m calling a ROM routine that reads the switches on the left, displays them on the LEDs, then rotates them left. 240
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 06/02/2026@peteronion.bsky.social is it too early to ask if you are organising another RC2014 Assembly this year? I really enjoyed the one last year and I would love to attend again. 100
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Testing out my #RC2014 Orton 3C Digital IO module on my #RC2014 Picasso. The power light is blinding, so I may need to swap the resistor for a bigger value like the numbered LEDs. Apart from that, it’s all looking good for both input and output. 240
Reposted by Robert PriceCycle Advocacy Network - South East England @canseengland.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Excellent article by #Eastbourne consultant orthopaedic surgeon @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social. She's the person on the cycle below. She highlights contradictions on transport at national and local level. The #NHS and @eastsussexcc.bsky.social need to do better! #ActiveTravel @cyclinguk.bsky.social 063
Reposted by Robert PriceReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 21/12/2025This is a very good article. Enabling much more active travel and discouraging driving is a public health intervention that will reduce the load on the NHS. 1267
Reposted by Robert PriceGeorge Beckett @markgbeckett.bsky.social · 19/12/2025With help of @robertprice.bsky.social , I've connected my Timex Sinclair 2040 printer to my @tynemouthsoftware.co.uk #Minstrel4th. ZX Printer was well-supported by #JupiterAce with lots of software, which I'll be exploring. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/usin... www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/sw_zxprinter... 272
Reposted by Robert PriceQuazar @samcoupe.com · 05/12/2025More community links to people's fab projects have been added to my site for the interfaces (below) that I make for #RC2014 & compatible systems. 2014.samcoupe.com - ZX True Tone (ZXTT) - SAA1099P Soundchip Interface - ZX-RC and SAM-RC Bus Interfaces - SID Soundchip Interface - Graphic OLED 073
Reposted by Robert PriceHoffman @h0ffman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Do you like 68000 assembly source code? Then here is some.. github.com/djh0ffman/TT...github.comGitHub - djh0ffman/TTE_Circumvent: Revision 2024 Amiga IntroRevision 2024 Amiga Intro. Contribute to djh0ffman/TTE_Circumvent development by creating an account on GitHub. 1317
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I tried to expand on my #RetroChallenge and build an #RC2014 module that could decode the 8 bits returned from a NES controller using just 74 series logic and a 555 timer. It didn’t work. I think I have the timing slightly out so some of the logic is triggering too early. I need a dual scope! 121
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 03/11/2025The #RetroChallenge may have finished, but I have a bonus post. The SNES controller is an extended version of the NES controller. So, I have reworked my #RC2014 NES controller module and Z80 assembly language example code to use the SNES controller. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 – Part 9 – Using a SNES controller - Robert PriceExtending the RC2014 NES controller module to use a SNES controller instead, and using Z80 assembly language to read it. 021
Reposted by Robert PriceQuazar @samcoupe.com · 31/10/2025Great to see the ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface in use here to use Robert's RC2014 NES Controller module on the ZX Spectrum! The Bus Interface gives your #ZXSpectrum two #RC2014 expansion slots and with an optional ZX through port too. Info/Purchase at: 2014.samcoupe.com 072
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 31/10/2025It's the final day of the #RetroChallenge so I've written about my finished project. In this post I explain how I was able to connect my RC2014 NES Controller module to a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and how I hacked the Manic Miner code so I could use my new module. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 - Part 8 - Playing Manic Miner with an NES controller - Robert PriceAttaching an NES controller module to a Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer and hacking the classic game Manic Miner to use an NES controller. 082
Reposted by Robert PriceMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 25/10/2025My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/... 511315260
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I teased this a few days ago, but here's the latest part of my #RetroChallenge I've been able to put together the various parts I've already written up, and I can now move a pixel on a LED matrix using an NES controller on my #RC2014. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 - Part 7 - Moving a pixel with a NES controller - Robert PriceIn this article I show how to move a pixel around an 8x8 LED matrix display by using an NES controller on an RC2014 computer. 021
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I've been using the 8x8 LED Matrix module on my #RC2014 recently as part of the #RetroChallenge I've written up how it works, and also added a demo program in Z80 assembly language converted from the original BASIC example. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 – Part 6 – Using an 8x8 LED matrix from Z80 assembly language - Robert PriceLooking at how the 8x8 LED matrix module works on an RC2014 computer. Example code is given in both BASIC and Z80 assembly language. 121
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I've written about creating a reusable Z80 subroutine to read the NES controller on my #RC2014 computer as part of this year's #RetroChallenge To test it out, I output the returned value to LEDs. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 - Part 5 - Writing a reusable Z80 subroutine to read the NES controller - Robert PriceCreating a reusable Z80 assembly language subroutine to read an NES controller. The subroutine is tested by outputing the received byte to LEDs. 031
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 19/10/2025More progress on my NES controller module for the #rc2014 #RetroChallenge. I am now able to move a pixel around on an 8x8 LED module using the NES controller. Lots to write up over the coming days. 120
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 19/10/2025I’ve plugged in the 8x8 LED matrix for my #RC2014 for the first time in ages. The first job was to rewrite Shiela Dixon’s smiley example from BASIC to Z80 assembly language to help me understand how it works. It’s definitely working :-) 121
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 18/10/2025More work on my #RetroChallenge today. I was taking the out from the NES controller, reassembling it on the #RC2014, and showing the output in the red LEDs. I then noticed that I’ve accidentally reassembled the byte backwards. Oppps 180
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 17/10/2025I've been working a bit more on my #RetroChallenge, getting an #RC2014 to talk to a NES controller. In my latest post, I explain how I've used Z80 assembly language to work out which buttons are being pressed and to print this back over the serial terminal. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 - Part 4 - Bit-banging a NES controller using Z80 assembly language - Robert PriceIn this article I bit-bang an NES controller from my RC2014 using Z80 assembly language. The results are then sent to the serial terminal. 051
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I've soldered up the PCB for my RC2014 NES Controller #RetroChallenge Thankfully, it all seems to work, so I've written about how to use this from MS-BASIC. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 – Part 3 – Bit-banging a NES controller from BASIC - Robert PriceIn this article I use MS-BASIC on an RC2014 computer to talk to an NES controller using bit-banging. 131
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 09/10/2025More work on the #RC2014 NES controller #RetroChallenge this evening. I have designed a circuit and PCB that should allow me to bit-bang the NES controller from my RC2014 computer. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 - Part 2 - Designing a PCB for bit-banging a NES controller - Robert PriceDesigning a PCB to allow me to bit-bang an NES controller on my RC2014 computer. 041
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 08/10/2025It's official, I'm taking part in this year's #RetroChallenge I'm planning on getting an NES controller working with my #RC2014 computer. www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/rc20...robertprice.co.ukRC2025 - Part 1 - How does the NES controller send data? - Robert PriceFor this year’s RetroChallenge, I am hoping to interface an NES / Famicon controller to my RC2014 computer. The NES controller has 8 buttons: Up, Down, Left, Right, Select, Start, A, and B. The cable ... 131
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 25/09/2025That’s my #RC2014Assembly name badge module built and working. The LEDs are connected to the bus so I can see what is happening in my #RC2014 in real time. I did have to remove the LED on the RX pin for it to work when using a serial terminal. This is a great little module. 130
Reposted by Robert PriceRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 23/08/2025The increasingly far right seem to have infiltrated pretty much everything now - even a political party led by a former human rights lawyer who used to let refugees sleep on his couch makes “a country of strangers” speeches - racism and hatred emboldened every day 921444
Reposted by Robert PriceTrans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 08/08/2025The EHRC is not changing course on their bathroom ban. They don’t care what the consultation said. So what happens now? 🧵 archive.ph/inGpF 419094
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 05/07/2025@miltonhide.bsky.social at the Eastbourne farmers market. 032
Reposted by Robert PriceThe National Museum of Computing @tnmoc.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Calling all RC2014 builders & 8-bit enthusiasts! Join us - Sept 20th and share your practical implementations, Witness Microsoft BASIC & Z80 machine code demos & custom hardware. Link: ow.ly/pteE50WiQ7G #RC2014Community #RC2014 #Z80 #8bitComputer #DIYComputingow.lyRC2014 AssemblyThis event provides a unique opportunity to explore the practical implementations and diverse applications of the RC2014 086
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 19/06/2025It’s not everyday you find a Spanish galleon docked in your local harbour when you go out for a bike ride. #Eastbourne #naovictoria fundacionnaovictoria.org 151
Reposted by Robert PriceProf Scarlett McNally @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social · 12/06/2025My new @bmj.com article. About #dementia. Increasing. Needs care, intervention and prevention. £42billion cost. 1/3 of us will care for someone with dementia. Healthier environments reduce major risk factors for dementia. Our families and UK economy can’t afford not to. www.bmj.com/content/389/...bmj.comScarlett McNally: Healthier environments and prevention can help us manage dementia betterSome celebrations are tinged with feelings of shame or sadness. At a cherished relative’s 90th birthday recently, I confided in her oldest friend that she was happy but living a different life from wh... 171
Reposted by Robert PriceRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 01/06/2025A work in progress (with a content warning attached) caused by seeing how #pride month has given papers permission to write more dismissive / dehumanising words on the trans community 913631
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Thanks for a lovely enjoyable show at The Lamb tonight @robinince.bsky.social and Jo. I had a wonderful evening. Thanks for taking the time to chat afterwards, and sign my copy of Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal. 220
Reposted by Robert PriceRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Reminder that we couldn’t find a bookshop to sell books in Eastbourne tonight but I will be very happy to sign any books and will be hanging about and drinking wine as it has been a hell of a first month on tour wegottickets.com/event/659747/wegottickets.comRobin Ince & Jo Neary at The Lamb Inn, EastbourneRobin Ince is back with his new comedy and stories to coincide with the publication of his fantastic book ‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal ’ about neurodiversity. It’s an astonishing book, full of b... 68120
Robert Price @robertprice.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Disappointed I couldn’t make it to RetroFest, but the seaside makes up for it, and there is also Robin Ince at the Lamb Inn tonight! 120
