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  • World of ZX81?Considering there is a lot of interest in the ZX81 (as well as some resources) on this site, how feasible would it be to include a WORLD OF ZX81 sect…

    ... so we got the +2, +2A and B and +3 ... it ... this, and a very high compatibility rate. ive seen the specifications ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Things you hated about the speccyFor me it would be the Kempston interface coming loose and the machine crashing after a good session of waggling my joystick.

    The compatibility issues surrounding the +2A.

    In fact, the whole Amstrad thing.
    MattLamb MattLamb November 2003 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 …

    ... was the Amstrad +2 - 128k compatibility, the rather nice surprise (for ... black(ish) it's the +2a/+2b.

    D ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…

    ... emulation of 48,128,+2,+2a,+3, Pentagon, Scorpion, Didaktik *, Kay ... can improve we will, but compatibility is way up above the ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2004 Games
  • fzx32 on GP32 progressing nicelyJust to let you know that Rlyeh is working hard on his ZX Spectrum emulator fZX32 for the GP32 and should be released in the near future. Its based…

    ... and sound emulation,
    - No compatibility bugs found (tested more than ... , ZX 128, ZX +2, ZX +2A and ZX +3 spectrum models ...
    Antiriad Antiriad December 2004 Emulators
  • Stupid question: How compatible is the +2 anyway?Right, time for a stupid question. I've never really had a +2 or +3 until a couple of weeks ago, got myself a +2 in an almost-new condition. Since my…

    I think the black (+2a/b) one's compatibility is worse than that ... ROM (copyright message only?). The +2a/b has seen a relatively ... />
    I'd expect the +2a/b to play fewer 48K ...
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why emulators are not as good as the real thingI think I remember thx1138 saying before that emus didn't cut it for him. Well, I agree. They are good fun, and I got into the Speccy for a second ti…

    ... , clearer graphics and better compatibility (I had a +2A).

    Sure ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree June 2005 Emulators
  • Problems with games on +2AHi! I have a +2A now and have problems running some games on it. I tought the resistor fix (to give it some kind of "floating bus" as the original 4…

    I didn't actually own +2A but a friend of mine ... had nothing but problems with compatibility. I'm pretty sure that ... mention have problems on the +2A.

    Still, Ninja Warriors ...
    Swainy Swainy July 2005 Games
  • Problems with games on +2AHi! I have a +2A now and have problems running some games on it. I tought the resistor fix (to give it some kind of "floating bus" as the original 4…

    yeah I had a +2a and there were definately some issues with compatibility.
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... you can't count the +2a and the 3 either, they ... compared to the C64, the compatibility with the C64 was software ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Games
  • Necessary +2A ROMsA +3 has 4 roms: Menu/Editor Syntax Checker +3DOS 48k BASIC I understand that a +2A is identical to a +3 but without a disk drive. It also uses …

    ... replaced the two ROMs in +2A with two identical eproms from ... +2 to get some more compatibility out of it. Some games ... runs also on this modified +2A. In addition you will not ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Slightly OT, but gotta ask: Which 128 would you buy?Guys, I'm interested in getting a 128 Speccy. Problem is, I never had one close to try, and I ignore which advantages has one model compared with the…

    ... /> I didn't like the +2a/+3 (though I own a ... +2a, and have added a 540mb ... 's flagrant disregard for ramdisk compatibility - was that *really* necessary?).
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Hardware
  • ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…

    ... the Timex while maintaining ZXATASP compatibility.

    [QUOTE] and divIDE ... could easily emulate the 128k/+2a/+3 ROM management by loading ...
    MikeW MikeW April 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…

    ... , thats the +2a isn't it? Is there a compatibility problem with ...
    speccy8 speccy8 April 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…

    ... , thats the +2a isn't it? Is there a compatibility problem with ... that one?[/QUOTE]

    The +2a and ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Hardware
  • Anyone got divIDE and +3/+2A?About a year ago, somebody asked me to port the Spectrum +3e ROMs over to the divIDE interface. I did this, but never heard back so I was unsure if t…

    ... thing. I currently use my +2A with DivIDE. I did, however ... rom's into the +2A - for compatibility reasons. Unfortunetly I currentrly don ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat May 2006 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... consider taking these from a +2a.

    I would think ... , not only because of the compatibility, but because it was my ... however.

    re: the +2a - i seem to have fixed ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace May 2006 Hardware
  • Anyone got divIDE and +3/+2A?About a year ago, somebody asked me to port the Spectrum +3e ROMs over to the divIDE interface. I did this, but never heard back so I was unsure if t…

    ... thing. I currently use my +2A with DivIDE. I did, however ... rom's into the +2A - for compatibility reasons. Unfortunetly I currentrly don ...
    glancaster glancaster 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 …

    ... the +3 has some real compatibility problems with hardware and software ... for the +2 (not the +2A, which has all of the ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2006 Hardware
  • 128K (heatsink) or +2 greylooking for one of these due to being unable to play 128K games on my 48K :) just in emu :( anyone has functioning and cheap one around ireland? (th…

    ... -case +2a on the other hand... that's a compatibility nightmare. In ...
    icabod icabod July 2006 Wanted
  • Using a Spectrum on a Amstrad monitorHi I have a Amstrad CTM644 monitor, is it possible to connect it to a spectrum 128 or a +2 If so, is there somewhere I can get an adaptor (Maplins…

    ... the same size (for backwards compatibility), in which case are you ... to connect it to a +2A?[/QUOTE]

    I am ...
    lv426 lv426 August 2006 Hardware
  • divIDE - +3 only or what??Guys, I've been let to believe that the DivIDE interface only works with the +3/2a. Looking at a website last night, the info there sugested it woul…

    ... used for, I think, +2a/+3 compatibility (I can never quite remember ... that it was for the +2a/+3 only has not played ...
    icabod icabod December 2006 Hardware
  • divIDE - +3 only or what??Guys, I've been let to believe that the DivIDE interface only works with the +3/2a. Looking at a website last night, the info there sugested it woul…

    Righty.
    Jumper 'E' is to allow you to flash the EPROM.
    Jumper 'A' is to provide +2a/+3 compatibility.

    As taken from Factor6's [URL=http://baze.au.com/divide/howto/index_en.html]Guide to building a DivIDE[/URL].
    icabod icabod December 2006 Hardware
  • Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…

    ... D.
    - The +3 and +2A have serious (and intentional) compatibility problems
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…

    [QUOTE=Paul van der Laan]
    - The +3 and +2A have serious (and intentional) compatibility problems[/QUOTE]
    Intentional?

    To be honest +2A/+3 compatibility wasn't nearly as bad as is often made out.
    AndyC AndyC January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…

    [QUOTE=AndyC]Intentional?

    To be honest +2A/+3 compatibility wasn't nearly as bad as is often made out.[/QUOTE]

    The rewired joystick port is the only intentional incompatability that springs to mind.
    StuBruise StuBruise January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum +2 questionThis is probably a very dumb question, but I'd thought I'd ask anyway. I understand that there are 3 model +2 spectrums (+2, +2A and +2B). How can I…

    ... most compatible is actually a +2A fitted with +2 roms (in ... - and you get almost perfect compatibility.

    TC
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat January 2007 Hardware
  • Spectrum +2 questionThis is probably a very dumb question, but I'd thought I'd ask anyway. I understand that there are 3 model +2 spectrums (+2, +2A and +2B). How can I…

    Yes. To get the most compatibility you need two of the ... roms in the sockets of +2A (thats for the reason that ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat January 2007 Hardware
  • Spectrum +2 questionThis is probably a very dumb question, but I'd thought I'd ask anyway. I understand that there are 3 model +2 spectrums (+2, +2A and +2B). How can I…

    Nice idea. I assume this wouldn't solve peripheral compatibility problems though (ie, the re-configuration of the edge connector for +2A/Bs).

    C.
    woodcock88 woodcock88 January 2007 Hardware
  • +2 / +2a : What's the difference ?+2 / +2a : What's the difference ? I still haven't managed to find out this yet. Yes, I know I'm an idiot.

    [QUOTE=Pilsener;168940]+2 / +2a : What's the difference ?
    < ... as it has the best compatibility with both 48K and 128K ... -built machines.

    The +2A comes in a black case ...
    Matt_B Matt_B February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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