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Grey +2 soundJust tried the tape in sound mod on the +2 and it works :smile: [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/zx128+2-load-save.jpg[/url] Veleosoft strikes…
you do have to laugh though, I mean how much would it have added to the cost to add a flippin tape counter to the internal +2 tape deck :) -
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…
... most 'personality', but the +2 (again to me) is the ... good, but it lacked a tape counter, which is bad (and very ... mine to have an external tape port (instructions were in ... Er, So I'll vote +2, as even though I much ... days) I think the +2 was the best for using ... -
Huge compilation - 7(ish) tapes?I'm trying to remember the name of a speccy compilation that had about 100 games and (I think) was on about 7 or 8 tapes. My mate bought it from a m…
there is 2 different sets they did, one ... and was sold with the +2's.. and logic did a ... the funny thing.. the +2's didn't have a flipping tape counter !! -
Loading games with cassette adapter - no PLAY requiredAfter several encouragingly successful experiments with the use of cassette adapters commonly used to connect a multimedia player to a cassette-only …
... /technical-docs/ZXSpectrum128+2_ServiceManual.pdf]+2 service manual[/url], and it ... />
I'd imagine the +2 and +2a/b cassette mechanisms ... you could add a digital tape counter. -
At the Carboot sale today.Today at the carboot sale I picked up An Acorn Electron -I see these all the time, An Official Branded BBC Micro Datacassete Recorder - I'v…
... works as it has a 2 prong plug on it.. like ... ]
notice the onboard tape deck (with volume control + vu ... to laugh compared to the +2 tape deck, it looks better functionality ... has volume VU meter and counter) -
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…
... I'd go for the +2, though as that was my ... may not have had a tape counter (something which I found really ... -
Games not loading and then suddenly loading againDoes anyone else notice that their games suddenly start working weeks after not working? I've got a bag of non-working games to throw out (tested t…
... should have allowed external tape deck on a +2 .. I mean they ... didn't even put a counter on ... . and the amount of troublesome +2 tape decks FAR higher.. -
spectrum +2 tape recorder is dead helpMy +2 grey's tape recorder is not even coming on when i press play so i was wondering with the 5 cables going into a plug and then connecting on to a…
[QUOTE=fog;576705]and it adds a tape counter.. dunno how they could be so cheap NOT to include one.[/QUOTE]
And yet that pile of poo Street Fighter 2 tells you to stop the tape & reset the counter lol -
What was the best Designed Speccy???So what does the World Of Spectrum think the best Designed Spectrum was? [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/thespectrums.jpg/][IMG]http:…
... on any Spectrum was the +2 and +3, though - it really ... typing (though I modded my +2 so that it could use ... the internal one had no tape counter (why, Amstrad, why?). And of ... course the +2/+3 didn't have the ... -
Games Club 16/4/12sorry a day late with this, the days seem to be mingling into one another for me. Road Race - Ocean Software Ltd Insurgency - CCS Ninja Hamster -…
... long as I flip the tape over to locate the side ... "working" section. On a +2. Without a tape counter.
It's ... -
ZX Spectrum 12K +2 (gray version) made in UK?Quick question: Does anyone know whether the 128K ZX Spectrum +2 (gray version) was produced in the UK or just in Taiwan? All models have so far had …
... a fair few from buying tape bundles... they work fine, but ... ones though :)
grey +2's I got a silly ... . the big problem is the tape drive not working properly... always ... em for not having a tape counter, such a simple thing to ... -
Trading C64 for Spectrum +2 grey?I have an offer to trade a Commodore 64 with power supply and tape recorder for a ZX Sinclair +2 Grey model. It would be an even swap bar the cost of…
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I have spare grey +2's but the big issue ... have with them , is the tape decks not working.. maybe some ... if they had included a tape counter it would have made life ... -
Your best looking machineWhich computer / console that you have owned / was the nicest looking? The 48k Spectrum still looks great today of course, but I thought the Atari S…
... than a speccy +2 .. least that has a tape counter :)
internally ... machine cosmetically.. is probably the 2 toast racks I have that ... -
Project #1 : Speccy 128k+2 with diVide inside...Hi guys, I just have finished my Super Spectrum #1 The idea (I was thinking of that since 2007) was to fit an english grey +2 motherboard in a +2A…
... entire lifetime. But my +2 deck still works now ... I wouldn't say the +2 deck was better designed, ... much higher speed than the +2 deck would. :)
2 deck is "good enough", ... is. Though personally a tape counter would have been a ... -
Modding +2 - Tape CounterGot my first Spectrum April this year and I hit 40 in July, was always a Commodore 64 user back in the day and that machine now sits side by side wit…
... that mod on my first +2 (grey) when I bought it ... 's, adding a tape counter coming from a dead tape recorder...
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The counter is coming from an Amstrad ... -
Modding +2 - Tape CounterGot my first Spectrum April this year and I hit 40 in July, was always a Commodore 64 user back in the day and that machine now sits side by side wit…
very good.. it did amaze me how cheap amstrad were by not including one.. what would they have saved ? ?2-3..
even my ancient EACA (looks like it's from the 70's) even has a tape counter -
Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…
... ) . Least it had a tape counter unlike the speccy +2
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Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…
... ) . Least it had a tape counter unlike the speccy +2
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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…
... solution for all my +2 and +2A, and for ... I have an old grey +2 very damaged, with dead ... tap, .tzx... using "Speccy Tape".
And in working order ... one of my grey +2). So another Spectrum enthusiast ... br /> Next step : Adding a tape counter like on the +4, and ... -
What systems do you regret buying/not buying?I've never had a non-mainstream console or computer really, I've owned (in order of my buying them*): ZX Spectrum (48K, 128K, +2) Atari ST (STFM/STe…
... em then lists em for 2-3 times the price.
tape counter ;) ) . and aqurius .. thinks like that ... have their charm.. or 1-2 decent games.
funny ... -
joystick port for output ?just curious regarding the joystick ports on 8 bit machines. I just purchased something on the atari 8 bit.. but included in the box was a atari 8 …
... extra synch flags, maybe a 2-bit counter, to two joystick ports ... a slave to render Player 2's view.
I ... . Though if you stuck to tape loading speeds it'd take ... -
Favourite Speecy HardwareHi, Just wondering what your favourite piece of Spectrum add-on hardware is/was? How about the Alphacom thermal printer? Or the Currah Speach thin…
... Multiface 128, with my Spectrum +2, with a cassette port at ... I could use a separate tape recorder, one with a tape counter. -
Features you wish your computer hadI wish my computer has a 'Stop F*cking About' button. So that what ever the computer feels it needs to do when it holds me up with a spinning cursor …
A +2 with a tape counter .. I can't believe Al ... -
Features you wish your computer hadI wish my computer has a 'Stop F*cking About' button. So that what ever the computer feels it needs to do when it holds me up with a spinning cursor …
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[QUOTE=fog;817217]A +2 with a tape counter .. I can't believe ... /> I know. My +2 had an external tape port to fix that ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... again!) inside my broken cassette tape recorder a COMPUTONE no less ... in bolting on a tape recorder onto the +2 128K : this standardized ... also with the belts ; the counter does not count anymore and ... right ones (main belt and tape counter belt) is not going to ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... possibility is that there are 2 separate market values the ... Useful 35 pcs Mix Cassette Tape Machine Belt Assorted Common Belt ... do both belts including the tape counter.
There are ... in repairing this old cassette tape player like remembering not ... -
Recommend Cassette PlayerI've not needed to buy one for about 30 years so can anyone recommend a new cassette recorder and source please? Do they even make them anymore?
... hold it together , luckily though 2 of these have brass backing ... and the tape counter belt which had also failed: the tape counter now works ... -
Modifying Commodore datacorder's for Speccy use. Is it possible?Just wondering if it's possible to modify a Commodore datacorder for use with the Speccy, or if anyone has. My assumption is the output and input on …
... . I just had delivered today 2 more Commodore datacorder's 1531 ... Japan and has a small tape counter with a SAVE led above ... in Taiwan with a larger tape counter, and the SAVE led is ... underneath it's counter. The Taiwan made one has ... -
Noob's guide to joysticksWhy on earth would I be asking this *now*, I hear you all scream? The answer... curiosity. Back in the day all I ever had was a +2 and Sinclair's …
interesting adapter, I do make +2/+3 ones myself but a ... />
I think having no tape counter on the machines was the ... you had to plug joystick 2 into joystick 1 , to get ... -
Making your own tapesTowards the end of last year [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53607/recommend-modern-1994-2017-games]I dropped in here to ask a…
... the one that drives the tape counter on deck B, which I ... 1, right plugged into track 2) *does* give me the ... sound could interfere with the +2's ability to recognise a ... them. And being a +2 it was made by Amstrad ... 90-odd games compilation my +2 came with, one I' ...
