Another #specnext blog post, this time about using the Sinclair QL core that was released last year.
https://www.elite.uk.com/mike/posts/2025-08_QL_Next_Xchange/ #sinclairql #retrocomputing
@amoroso I very much like my SpecNext, it's maybe overpriced but it's *perfect*. Kick-ass design, keyboard's just the usable side of weird, not like the ZX8[01] or OG Spectrum. I mostly run it as a Spectrum, play old games, code in it that way, occasionally boot some SpecNext software.
Another #specnext blog post, this time about using the Sinclair QL core that was released last year.
https://www.elite.uk.com/mike/posts/2025-08_QL_Next_Xchange/ #sinclairql #retrocomputing
It's the final hours of the Spectrum next Kickstarter, so what better time to reveal that Roguecraft will be coming to the machine next year!
Back it here: thalamus.link/specnext
Wrote a bit about reading the date and time from the Spectrum Next's Real Time Clock.
Na Kickstartera wjechało dziś ZX Spectrum Next issue 3. Ufundowane w ciągu piętnastu minut.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-3-0
Niby mam już issue 2, ale waham się.
#specnext kickstarter 3 funded in, uh, 7 minutes:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-3-0
I still haven't worked out how the colour mappings in the low-res Radasjimian mode work, or managed to get the fine-grained colours showing in the Timex high-colour mode, though.