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New Postal Prices and the Preservation Team ShopAll, As many of you will be aware postal charges in the UK are set to increase dramatically on the 30th April. What you might not have realised is …
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A single cassette will now require to be ... is concerned is one single cassette game.
... 250g limit would be 2 double cassette games or 3 ... This means anything over 1 cassette thick (i.e. a ... . A single cassette will now cost ?2.93 to send ... -
SSD on an old laptop - a question for the system builders among you.I'm upgrading an old laptop from Win XP to Win 7. I've bought one of these [url=http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240gb-crucial-m500-slim-msata-ssd-msa…
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2 external drive!)
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Older PcsDoes anybody collect older pcs? whats the oldest you have? personally im not as such, i have an older one mi mate gave me, but its only maybe 10 …
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+2B, installing joystick to internal port (via Atari adapter) kills keyboard totallyHello all. I'm once more a speccy owner, after something like 30 years xD Anyway, bought 128+2b from ebay. Works fine, except for the built-in joyst…
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Spectrum games collection for saleHi all I'm having a clear out and all my old ZX Spectrum games must go. The reason being is I'm now marrried and I need to give the other half so…
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Chase HQ Ocean Cassette only 2 copies!
Chuckie Egg ... 9 Computing
Robocop 2 Ocean Cassette only
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+2A external tape loadingGot a +2A on the way and will want to load externally. Now I know that the +2A is basically a stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a floppy …
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Music / BonustracksHi all, Is there a reason for some of the low quality MP3s still in the above folder? If not, could someone please upload clearer versions of the f…
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All being well, a better version of the Starglider 2 audio cassette should be hitting the WoS archives...
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Survey: buying new games?Hi all, I'm steadily progressing with my Ragnar Revival isometric game for the Spectrum 48k and if I keep working as hard as I do now, it'll probabl…
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AdviceIf I connect a personal CD Player to my +2A to load Speccy games from the CD-R/CD-RW to the SOUND socket of the +2A, will anything happen to the comp…
You cannot put external cassette (or cd) recorder to +2a' ... from the +3 model where external tape really works.
SPECTRUM +3 NIGHTMAREGot my Specci +3 through the post this morning. The good news all the keys work and it turns on ok. The bad news the disk drive doesn't work. When yo…
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I have 2 +3 cassette leads each with an headphone ... jack and 2 plugs for the ...SPECTRUM +3 NIGHTMAREGot my Specci +3 through the post this morning. The good news all the keys work and it turns on ok. The bad news the disk drive doesn't work. When yo…
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I have 2 +3 cassette leads each with an headphone ... jack and 2 plugs for the ...Games to TradeHi I have a few games to trade, I am looking for text adventures (on any format), here's the games if anyone is interested (duplication indicates mo…
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All single plastic cassette boxes unless stated otherwise,
In double cassette cases;
Roadwars, Melbourne ... utilities;
Profile 2 Spreadsheet, Cassette Software (very psychadelic case!)
improvements to gameshello while i playing a few spectrum games,i thought how better some games would be better with an improvement:- automania-128k tune,less grating t…
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Strider 2: put cassette into Mum's hi-fi ...SpecDrum2 updatedHello again, just to let you know that the specdrum2 program has now been updated and is in the remakes section and now does not have the enter code…
Yeah that will be it...my default drive is G: (sata)
C D E and F are IDE
H and I are the DVD burners
J is a USB 2 external
and K is my pendrive
/teeheeDid you have a 128k version Spectrum or only 48k?In the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20495"]thread[/URL] discussing extra features of 128k games it seems like it ofte…
... a 128k model (even +2 with cassette incorporated). Now I prefer playing ...The Clone Ranger (c)1987 Hometown SoftwareJust found this whilst sorting, unfortunately I haven't got anything set up to test it on at the moment, too many tapes everywhere :) I couldn't fin…
[QUOTE=Hairy;449657]Side 2 of cassette is 'The Junior Ranger's ... with what's on side 2? It sounds like it might ...Spectrum in Argos catalogue from 1985I don't think this has been posted before. Some brilliant person has scanned in an Argos catalogue from 1985 and uploaded it to Flickr. [URL="http:/…
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Interface2 * 2
Commodore 64 * 2,
Commodore Cassette Player * 4 ... Printer 801 ,
Atari 2600cx * 2,
Casio PT1 Organ,
So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
... being able to attach an external cassette deck without a modification, and ...Unboxing my old SpeccysToday I dug out my old collection of computers from the bygone age. My ZX81 fired up fine, but it looks like the keyboard membrane is goosed, as on…
... second speccy was the +2 and, cassette recorder problems aside, it was ...Unboxing my old SpeccysToday I dug out my old collection of computers from the bygone age. My ZX81 fired up fine, but it looks like the keyboard membrane is goosed, as on…
... second speccy was the +2 and, cassette recorder problems aside, it was ...about Back to SkoolHi All, Back to Skool today! :) [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000362[/url] I got original tape and make samples for side a …
... may be and more) 2 dropout, cassette is not in very good ... health, at home with 2 different ...+2 fried using the datacorder(Hi, first post here.) I just got hold of an extremely battered and bruised +2 sold to me for spare parts. As usual I plug it in, hook it up to the …
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2. replace the [URL="http://www ... .uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-2-2A-Cassette-Drive-Belt-/121059907742?pt ... =UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item1c2fbb989e"]cassette drive belts[/URL]
What models are repairable these days?I've followed a few threads which are trying to repair the mainboard components of the older 48K models, but it got me wondering - is it possible to …
... the need to use an external cassette deck sometimes. The built in ...Fixing/modding my new +3Hi, In december I won an auction for a working +3 with a dead floppy drive, + a Multiface 3, some disks and tapes, for a very low price (I think nob…
... controller and hook up an external 3.5" drive. You would ... the motherboard to make the external socket "A:" instead of "B ... the floppy port and have 2 external drives)Fixing/modding my new +3Hi, In december I won an auction for a working +3 with a dead floppy drive, + a Multiface 3, some disks and tapes, for a very low price (I think nob…
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Yep ... lower pin 7 of the external floppy edge connector.Toastrack refurbishmentYesterday I opened a drawer in my old desk and discovered 2 complete toastrack 128s and a board only for the same. As I already have a fully working…
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Spec +2 (grey) - 970mA
+2 with cassette running - 1.035A ... me is that a +2 with cassette running only draws 100mA more ...Toastrack refurbishmentYesterday I opened a drawer in my old desk and discovered 2 complete toastrack 128s and a board only for the same. As I already have a fully working…
... me is that a +2 with cassette running only draws 100mA more ... run a toastrack or a +2 Grey?
[I][B ...Giving up on SpectrumsHi all... Bit of a downer post here... I'm really close to giving up on Spectrums.. My 48k has given me nothing but head aches since day one... and …
... +3 with a Multiface 3, external cassette recorder, and a 3.5 ...
