Raspberry Pi Zero W Powered ZX Spectrum
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this video, I show off my new Recreated ZX Spectrum powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero W! it's also battery powered so you can take it with you.
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Excellent set up! Congrats! Please, replace retropi by ZXBaremulator.. its free and you will have a 99% Zx experience. Only 4 sec of bootup (no linux, just spectrum in Pi baremetal). Runs on any Pi model and very good emulation of all zx models. You can use usb keyboards and joysticks.. and optionally even a 0 lag real zx keyboard and joystick through gpios acting as Address and Data bus of the zx. I'm using it routently and 3d printing now a zx case usign original rubber keys and touch keyboards adapters. Just have a try.. you won't regret!
Is there any chance you can publish the step by step instructions somewhere so I can make this please? Also, can you perhaps suggest a way of ensuring the switch for A and B modes are still available? thanks!
Real impressive and certainly brings back fond memories of my first computer. Any chance you can show how the pins on the Pi Zero are wired up?
Jet set willy on the specy almost brought a tear too my eye,stone cold classic. Quite strange watching a chap in the USA in 2017 do something I spent a lot of time doing in the UK in the eighties
A tip: you can watch movies at Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies these days.
@Byron Benicio Yup, I've been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :D
@Byron Benicio yup, been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :)
I'm impressed by how you managed to do that yourself that easy.
Honestly, I'm too stupid for modding like this so I often leave things as they are.
Enjoy your ZX Spectrum Pi!
Great job, man especially with the LiPo charging setup.
of course this is an older video but buddy! This is really neat, I like how simple it was to make a nice little ZX to take with you, nice video!
all these useless posts about PRONUNCIATION ???
each country has its sounds, what the problem?? in italy we call it : zeta ics (zx) spectrum and nobody gets hurt..... ;-)
because its supposed to be pronounced ZED x, becuase thats its name, thats how it is supposed to be said.
@@tortisluvzu9678 pizza isn't supposed to have pineapple let people be people
- Hay man, wanna play on my Spectrum?
*launches a PS1 game*
-- Wha...
i read comments that people been having problem with this version of zx spectrum keyboard. if not, i'll love to get this. Even, if it's not a real spectrum. :p
an internal speaker is needed for the authentic experience, a headphone speaker will do in place.
Hi again, after few days spent trying to recreate this wonderful project, I've noticed that there is a "big" issue you must be warned of. Basically this keyboard has two mode: the A mode emulates a spectrum keyboard, so with FUSE (and only with FUSE, not lr-fuse that is the pre-installed zx emulator in retropie) it works exactly as a real spectrum, every key or key combo works. The B mode is more a USB 40keys standard keyboard.
Now the problem is: if you set the A mode, the experience is exactly like a real spectrum, but you definitely need another device in order to control FUSE (for example to exit from the emulator) since there's no way to press F1 or the ESC key for instance. If you go with the B mode, everything works fine for gaming and only for gaming. There's not even a way to, for instance, write Load "" since the Symbol Shift + p doesn't work.
At this point the only way to recreate a complete spectrum experience would be to add another step to this hack, and use an arduino in the middle. You should be able to google around and find a clever project by a guy that has been able to "liberate" the recreated zx spectrum using an Arduino Leonardo and a USB hub (but it could be done with a smaller pro micro and it should fit this keyboard, unfortunately this latter way is a little beyond my iron soldering skills...).
So right now an important improvement would be to leave the A/B switch functional, in order to be able to control FUSE (and emulation station) and have the complete zx keyboard when needed. Or at least take an USB port outside the key.
I'm trying to go the leonardo way (micro+usb host mini shield), but not sure what i'm doing
Thank you for pronouncing it "ZED" X Spectrum,Really frustrates me when Americans call it a "Zee" X spectrum
Zee is just Z, a letter in the alphabet, when you say the alphabet you say Zed?
Oh I know that,However the system is called the ZED X spectrum
Nope, it's called ZX Spectrum and was made in the UK. Everything else is your opinion.
I've never seen Clive Sinclair himself call it anything different,So why should you?
Because zed and z are essentially the same? If clive was American I'm sure he would've called it the zx.
Nice vídeo ! Great job ! Subscribed and Liked ! Greetings from PORTUGAL !
This is hilarious since I used to have a spectrum.
damn man thats slick!
You invented the raspberry 400
I remember I saw those keyboards. Regret not buying one now :)
wish i had this in the 80s bud!
remember copying games tape to tape....great fun
happy days..didnt know at the time :)
Damn SD cards in the 80's, that would have been insane. From what I remember even floppy drives were a fantasy beyond our wildest dreams, well if you were poor any way.
Nice, this is a build I wanted to do and it's nice to see there is ample room in the case for the pi w and a battery.
I have one of these and going to try a setup like yours thanks for the links and great vids
Could you adapt this to take a usb joystick? That's the big thing that's missing with this. The Spectrum experience is a joystick one.
Thanks for sharing this man. Pretty sweet
Do you still have the build instructions somewhere online?
Could you run Windows 95 in an emulator on this computer?
could the Recreated Sinclair ZX Spectrum be done with 128k version?
This is cool and with those raspberry pie boards & 3D printed or molded cases from different game consoles,gaming handhelds, 80's pc's, we can fake those systems trough emulation with almost no distinction from the real systems,great as an alternative way to play past 80's & 90's games on it.
Would it be possible and easier (apart from hacking the keyboard a bit more to expose sockets on circuit board) to use a Raspberry pi3, running it off the mains so no need to wire in a on off switch, battery etc. Hook up to TV with hdmi and 2 usb exposed for usb controllers?
Oh my word, am i hearing you correct, ETA Prime, you said Zed X Spectrum, good man, none of this Zee X Spectrum, you know it makes sense. i am impressed, keep up these fun projects. Thank you.
I've got an issue with this keyboard in retropie -> fuse. Apparently the symbol shift key doesn't work (it works fine at the raspbian command prompt anyway). Also every time I do press the space button, I get the onscreen help. Is there a way to have it work like the real speccy keyboard? (BTW it's unlocked and in B mode).
Oooh he said ZED X Spectrum! Your pronunciation sir is perfect! Love what you did here. I LOVE the old speccy. Wonderful memories. I want to setup the spectrum emulator on my Pi but everytime I run a game it nearly always drops to the flashing cursor screen. How do I get them to autorun? Also having trouble getting xbox360 controller mapped. Anyone be able to advise me?
The only problem with this is that , because of the single core cpu, you have no sound on hdmi and no analog jack, so basically you cant have sound, and a spectrum emulator without sound sucks. Solution is to use raspberry pie 3 A+ which is still small enough to fit inside the recreated and has output sound on hdmi and also a stereo jack ( also faster pi)
So is it worth more or less now?
Honestly?
I really don't like this setup, mostly because i have never touched a zx spectrum, but if it was a snes or a gba, i would love it
But this makes a big question: can you put a raspberry pi inside a logitech wireless keyboard and mouse?
To make it like a portable working station to work from the living room and using the TV as a monitor
One question: is the keyboard recognized as a full zx keyboard in the emulator (for instance are you able to use the basic? Or use the "keyboard" as game control option?) or it's only used as a kind of joypad?
Always wanted to do something like this, good to know someone else has done it! However, I'll be trying my hand at using a Pi 3, as well as a 2.5" HDD for expanded storage. Wish me luck!
I know this has been asked before ... here and on your facebook page but any chance of a wiring diagram? And ideally a way of switching between A and B modes? ... thanks :-)
back in the 80's: If only games loaded faster and without a load fail.
2018: WHY do they load INSTANTLY! I want the FULL RETRO EXPERIENCE complete with TAPE LOADING NOISES
. Guess we spent way too much time as kids doing this.. Because I can still tell when it's finished loading the screen dump on the game intro! Dancing red and blue stripy borders forever! :o)
How long before a bootable version of Spectrum Next on this PI ?
Does the emulator produce the same cheesy (I mean original) sound from the Speccy? Jet Set Willy and others had a particular warble to the sound!
You even said Zed instead of Zee.
I always wanted a Spectrum as a kid, if I learnt basic I could have been working as a coder now.
Hi not sure why my comment isn’t showing but I have a couple of questions. Could I set it up to run off usb c power? Could I add usb joystick ports and would it run on zxbaremulator?
That zx spectrum was so cool.
I had a Timex zx spectrum but I always wanted that version.
If only adafruit could ship stuff outside of US...
See I thought his was a classic ZX spectrum with a Pi Zero linked into it to load games from SD and other cool tricks.
Would it be possible to bung a USB hub on the inside and for it all to be powered off it?
hi, just saw this and wondered if you had considered fitting a pi inside a real spectrum case which i have done and have the original keyboard wired to the pi's gpio pins plus a huge collection of spectrum games on microsd running zxbaremulator.
Most speccy games used keys = Q-UP A-DOWN O-LEFT P-RIGHT M=FIRE check out world of speccy web page
+David Thompson my main issue is remembering the keys to navigate the emulation station menu. LOL the emulator used maps the keys in game to the way I mapped them
In the input configuration.
Can you change the key maps for the emulation station, looking at the speccy brings back great memory's had one of these www.flashbackgames.co.uk/shop/Item.asp?Title=Low_Profile_Keyboard_for_Sinclair_Spectrum_In_Original_Box&ProductID=5325 and www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000274
Love this , I had a speccy back in the day, I would like to see a video with the Retro Pie set up for the ZX Spectrum. I get a gray error box when I start games, but they work.
I need a Commodore 64 & Amiga 500 version of this
Cool video,got all the parts now need a wiring diagram can anybody help?
I need to do this with a Pi 4 and an SSD. Probably a fan. Thanks for the idea!
Please could you just show a little bit more of schematics for the gpio?
Excellent video. Subscribed and Liked! ..
Great work, can you show the wiring up in more detail please as I fancy having a pop at my own version.
No Kempston Joystick?
Guys I think I should probably post this, Don't buy the recreated ZX spectrum from game it won't be delivered that's how I got caught out and had to spend hours on the phone getting my money back, they haven't had any online stock for months and have said they won't be getting any more in. Basically it's a website glitch for that product line and they can't set their stock level to 0.
I bought one from game online yesterday for £24.99 and was delivered first class post this morning
What kind of switch did you install? I am looking for a switch to connect to my raspberry pi fan.
Fantastic! Truely well done. *thumbs up
If only they had recreated the look of the plus.
I started working on this setup but I just realized that the way you implemented this you lost the ability to change the keyboard to the zx spectrum mode. This means that you can't do any basic programming and use it as a real speccy keyboard. You just use it as a regular keyboard mapped through emulation station. I need to figure out how to improve on this.
Google 'PJ Evans ZX '. This guy came up with a brilliant keyboard solution using the gpio on the pi!
Just bought a recreated spectrum on ebay - was very inspired, so I will make my own retropie spectrum - thanks for the video :-)
I got the recreated spec this week and doing the same. Any tips (if you did yours already). In uk btw
why not a Pi 3? this thing has a lot of space
Can you send me one of these? I really want one of these!
Sweet looking setup EtaPrime!
QAOP > WASD
blasphemy! ZX/: > QAOP > WASD
QAOP
Love all your video
Wait.....an American talking about a Sinclair? I'm confused now. ;)
really really cool! awesome work.
Is it me or does he sound like everything apple pro
frak, i thought it's a next.
They sell a fully fledged hardware clone called OMNI DESKTOP 128HQ for $110. Same features (HDMI Sd-card), but cheaper and you get REAL Spekky.
+Volo Thank you! I'm looking at them now
blue led sux
I only just saw this video.. so sad I missed this at 35 pounds, it's now $200 just for the keyboard.. then add the pi etc. can't do it :(
Lovely
Gorgeous!
HELP ME!
What did you connect to the keyboard tape ZX?
if you explain to me the question I can help...
neat
Why does the video description mention raspi3 when your using a raspizero-w? Is it just fundamentally the same idea?
i dont see Pi 3 in the description
WASD on a speccy is inauthentic, it really ought to be ZXPL... (or should I say ADWS really ought to be ZPLX)
QAOP were the original standard keys for the Speccy.
WASD only makes sense if you need a hand free for a mouse. I remember the standard keys on my 8-bit system (BBC B) being Z,X,",?, Which made using "Return"and "Spacebar" easy to use as fire button 1 and 2.
Ooops, my bad, Is there a way to do this build with a Raspi3? or would it be worth it?
+opalatom if your just looking for Spectrum games and other old consoles the Pi zero w is perfect
You could do it with any Raspi. The Speccy is just a keyboard and nothing more, will work with anything.
Honestly I'm just trying to find the best home for my Raspi3 Model B. Also trying to figure out how to get the most from it emulation wise. Any Ideas would be great.
Wow you really are King of Retro
first!!