FAQ

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What ports are available on the Next?

9v power, HDMI, VGA, Ear, Mic, PS2, SD card slot, two DB9 joystick ports (compatible with Cursor, Kempston and Interface 2),original spectrum bus connector. A mouse (using Kempston mode emulation) and keyboard can be connected simultaneously to the PS2 port via a Y splitter cable. Yes you can use the Ear and Mic ports to save and load software from tape, or more modern recording and playback equipment.

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What other Cores are available for the Next?

Extra cores are not the primary focus of the Next, but the board is FPGA based, so you can upload anything you want. There is another project called Multicore which now supports 42 different cores. All of them could easily run on the Next board by just changing the FPGA pinout.

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What video modes does the Next support?

Standard Spectrum, enhanced ULA, Hicolour and Hires Timex, Radastan, Layer2, Sprites

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Which joystick protocols are supported on the Next?

All the major joysticks protocols are now supported by the Next. Kempston, Interface 2 and Cursor. Two DB9 joystick ports are available on the Next itself, with USB style controllers implemented on the Pi0 accelerator (if you have one).

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What are the video output capabilities of the Next?

The Next has HDMI output and the VGA port supports both RGB 15Khz and VGA 31Khz signals.

The RGB and VGA are switchable on the HD15 (vga-like) connector. You can use a regular VGA monitor or even a HD15 to Scart cable. HDMI has full video and audio support without any type of conversion or hacks. The ZX ULA outputs the pixels directly to the port combined with the sound from the TurboSound Next and makes for a beautiful video output with perfect timing. Note that the two video outputs can be used at the same time e.g. you can plug a RGB or VGA display into the VGA port and a TV into the HDMI port simultaneously.

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