by Phoebus Dokos | Firmware, General, Happening, Hardware, Hero Article, News, Resources
NOTE: This document will get expanded as time goes on and as more questions come in and are addressed Source Sources to the QL Core for the Next can be found in the following location: https://gitlab.com/thesmog358/qlnext NOTE: The QL Core is still under heavy...
by Phoebus Dokos | Firmware, Happening, Hardware, Hero Article, Resources
As the KS2 machines are being delivered, AA (core designer) posted important info on Facebook; we repost it here as it’s important for all backers to see it: In update 31 under heading “HDMI Timings”...
by Phoebus Dokos | Firmware, Hardware, Hero Article
How to install and use additional cores Introduction From v1.26, the firmware supports multiple additional cores installed in theNext’s Flash memory, in slots 8..31 (slots 0..7 are reserved for anti-brick and standard Next cores). Adding cores to the SD card To...
by Victor Trucco | Happening, Hardware, Resources
TBBlue stores configuration state in a field of registers. These registers are accessible via two io ports or via the special nextreg instructions. Port 0x243B (9275) is used to set the register number, listed below. Port 0x253B (9531) is used to access the register...
by Phoebus Dokos | Hardware, Hero Article, Resources
The ZX Spectrum Next DMA (zxnDMA) Overview The ZX Spectrum Next DMA (zxnDMA) is a single channel dma device that implements a subset of the Z80 DMA functionality. The subset is large enough to be compatible with common uses of the similar Datagear interface available...
by Phoebus Dokos | Coding, Hardware, Hero Article, News, Resources
General Description The tilemap is a hardware character oriented display that comes in two resolutions: 40×32 (320×256 pixels) and 80×32 (640×256 pixels). The display area on screen is the same as the sprite layer, meaning it overlaps the standard...
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