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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 …

    ... computer will not load from cassette. I will be getting some ... the TEA2000 chip on a +2A behind 2 resistors (Substantial ones ... tape lead worked in a +2A(NOT +2) which incidentally the ...
    Keith Coles Keith Coles March 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +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 …

    ... +2a and +3.

    It is unlikely that an external cassette ...
    Fraser Fraser March 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What are the differences between the +2 and the +2A ?I only acquired a +2 for the first time in my life a few months ago. It works fine. :) I even managed to tracke down nearly all the wargames by the s…

    ... ever though of transplanting the +2A tape deck into the +2 ... the +2A one to make the keyboard match the cassette buttons - a ...
    Refrenz Refrenz September 2002 Games
  • What are the differences between the +2 and the +2A ?I only acquired a +2 for the first time in my life a few months ago. It works fine. :) I even managed to tracke down nearly all the wargames by the s…

    ... +2a is so badly rated. I have not had any cassette problems ...
    Fraser Fraser October 2002 Games
  • My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …

    ... fast action (and Cascade's "Cassette 50" is a good example ... a new machine to a +2a in a shiny new case ...
    Anonymous Anonymous October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Connecting a data recorder to a +2A?I have a +2A Spectrum, and getting increasingly frustrated by the unreliable built-in data recorder, I decided to start using an external one. I got…

    Have you cleaned the +2A's cassette units heads? I never have any trouble loading or saving with it.

    Fraser.
    Fraser Fraser November 2002 Games
  • Connecting a data recorder to a +2A?I have a +2A Spectrum, and getting increasingly frustrated by the unreliable built-in data recorder, I decided to start using an external one. I got…

    I`ve messed around with this in the past and found that taking the cassette mechanism out of the +2a and putting it into a +2 made even the most stubborn games load. In fact it is even better than a 48k with external tape.
    Anonymous Anonymous November 2002 Games
  • need helpw with speccy i found in a binToday what a find, walking past a wheely bin I saw an atari box, after more investigation I uncovered a wood panel atari and a speccy plus leads for…

    ... 128 (none have built in cassette decks or disc drives), then ... you have a Speccy +2/+2A/+2B/+3, then the sound ...
    Refrenz Refrenz April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …

    ... a different case with a cassette recorder built into it.

    Now the +2A is a different matter. It ... properly only on a +3/+2A.
    [/quote]

    Cheers ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle August 2003 Emulators
  • New SpeccyDo you think someone should go about creating a new spectrum computer? I'm talking about a spectrum compatible (not an emulator) with the capabiliti…

    ... (except maybe the +2 or +2A) added a new characteristic to ... but miles better than the cassette), the Penta had TR-DOS ...
    GOC GOC October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • light grey plus 2 external tape deck?can i just plug a tape deck into the socket on the far left, ear to ear? or does the light grey model not support it?

    ... to load from an external cassette player on the grey +2 ... interface.

    The black +2A/B, on the other hand ...
    monty.mole monty.mole March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Newbie: Which speccy to buy?Hi all, sorry to be a pain, I'm looking to buy a speccy at the moment. I was wondering which model is the best if you want to load games through a …

    ... , do the 128 models with cassette
    >players built-in ... /> Yes, if I recall, ZX +2A had something like that. Guys ...
    Yerz Yerz March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…

    ... just hard to play on cassette, like North & South, Turrican ... , I later found that the +2A/+3 needed a PAUSE 1 ...
    Jmk Jmk May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I never had this as a lad...I have only just found out recently that I can no longer load games on my spectrum, thanks to BT building a mobile phone mast 100 yards away from my …

    Its a +2A, the cassette recorder is connected to the speccy. :(
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie June 2004 Games
  • The worst spectrum add on?I once had a light pen for my Spectrum that was really bad. I cannot remember what company made it. It was supposed to 'draw' by holding it directl…

    ... />
    The cassette deck on the +2 and +2A. Complete rubbish, no ... /> Just think how cool the +2A would have looked without it!
    Refrenz Refrenz November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The worst spectrum add on?I once had a light pen for my Spectrum that was really bad. I cannot remember what company made it. It was supposed to 'draw' by holding it directl…

    ... connect to an external cassette like the +2A/+2B and +3
    CKay CKay November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…

    ... if one comes with the Cassette version ? Was gona check the ... as it fails on my +2a (Black).

    The plot ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2005 Games
  • Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…

    ... works properly on 128/+2/+2a/+3/Penatagon and Scorpion etc ... been a new cassette version for the +2a? As the +2a is basically ... />
    @Starglider - Does your cassette box have +2a shown or just 48 ...
    FrankT FrankT September 2005 Games
  • Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …

    ... ear socket to attach a cassette deck(ala Crash TechTips). Is ... have a +2, not a +2A, so there's really very ...
    Spirantho Spirantho September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Recommended cassette recorder?I'm looking for a new cassette recorder with a counter. Any suggestions?

    If anyone has an old Spectrum 128, +2, +2A or +3, then use the built-in cassette recorder to play games. Connect the 9V-DC socket to the mains (PSU if you're using +2A or +3), switch on, rewind a tape, start an emulator, et voil
    Swevicus Swevicus October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Shadow of the UnicornI was trying to download this to play on an emulator, but cannot seem to get it to work. I recall the game came with an interface that had a 16K chi…

    You need to load the ROM first which can be found in the z80 zip file on WoS. There is also a version for the +2A/+3 there as well.

    After you've loaded that, stick the tzx into your cassette recorder and press 1 'Load game from tape'
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous November 2005 Games
  • 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's tape/sound ... wired it directly inside my +2a. It is quite easy as ...
    Timppa Timppa November 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Mulitiface 1With a Mulitface 1, can you save games from tape and put them on disk on a +3? Or is it just compatitable with the 48/128k +2 models?

    ... +3 came out (and the +2A too, I think), many hardware ... *only* on the +3 (and +2A, I think). The Mutltiface 3 ... to +3 disc, just to cassette. Only the MF3 would have ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2006 Hardware
  • Opus Discovery 3.5 inch disk driveWould one of these work on a +3 or +2a? So could you save games onto normal disks using a multiface 3 or another mulitiface (1 or 2?) for the +2a? W…

    ... +2 - not a black +2a (the colour distinction is often ... tell for sure because the cassette controls are printed on ... and above them on the +2a).

    There is ... the +2 and the +2a. One of these differences concerns ... not work on the +2a or +3 without a ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 February 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum Game CompatibilityHi, At the moment I have a spectrum 48k. I am planning to get a 128k +2, but I have a problem. Will my 48k games work on 128k +2? Because some of the…

    ... get a +3 or a +2A. These machines won't run ... (don't know about the +2A) has corrupt sound. The +2 ... I could connect an external cassette player. Not really necessary, but ... the +2 (and +3 and +2A)'s joystick ports aren't ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2006 Hardware
  • some questionshello all, I havent been here for a while, but Im back, older and wiser (I hope). No more stupid spectrum OS ideas. Well I have a speccy + 2a and I …

    ... .
    Im sure those cassette things work, but the reasno ... speccy died. I killed 2 +2a's that way!
    < ... where there is only a cassette player and you want ... 's. They have a cassette shaped thingy (not a ... the play head in the cassette player will be). This ...
    mulder mulder April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…

    ... very little in a black 2a that is of any use ... the tape deck from a +2a in a grey +2, you ... using a standard 48K type cassette lead instead of the proper ... it in favour of the +2a. It's the most compatible ...
    DEATH DEATH May 2006 Hardware
  • What should I get??I want to add a Spectrum to my collection but having come from the Atari/Commodore/TI/Apple world, I am a little unsure what to get? Something that …

    ... a friend to install a cassette-in port onto my +2 ... the back properly, the inbuilt cassette recorder lacks a tape counter ... for the +2 (not the +2A, which has all of the ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2006 Hardware
  • speccy +2A composite videorecently bought a +2a , it works perfect , though can?t get a good picture out of it with the rf output plan to use it on a viewsonic 2010 LCD, th…

    ... />
    +2a don't have port on case for connecting cassette player ... cable that goes internally from cassette player to motherboard in case ...
    nekdo123 nekdo123 June 2006 Hardware
  • tapper on xpdoes tapper work on xp? planning to convert tzx to voc to wav

    ...

    i have a +2a and need casettes, don?t ... grey +2 had very temperamental cassette decks (I have four of ... it!), so I guess the +2a has a similarly poopy deck ...
    trellis trellis June 2006 Emulators
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