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Loading on a 128k speccyOffhand I'll confess I didn't do a lot of research on this beforehand, but here's my question; How do you load a large program off tape on a 128k…
... I didn't do a lot of research on this beforehand, but ... do you load a large program off tape on a 128k speccy? The ... thing.
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Multi-load games on a +2/+2a/+2bHello guys. How do you guys manage to play multi-load games on a +2/+2a/+2b? There's no tape counter. Sorry if this is a crazy question. I know of…
... to play multi-load games on a +2/+2a/+2b? There's ... counter. Sorry if this is a crazy question. I know of ... -
Games you would like to see released on a tapeWhich existing Spectrum games would you like to see as real tape releases? As for me: Prayer of the Warrior Robotron 2084 Survivisection King's…
... - previously only on a covertape
Earth Shaker - previously only on a covertape
Block Dizzy - previously only on a covertape
Sword of Ianna - previously only on a cartridge
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Compiling Fuse on a Raspberry PiHi I have been having issues with compiling Fuse on a Pi running Raspbian and was wondering if this forum is an appropriate place to seek assistance…
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I have been having issues with compiling Fuse on a Pi running Raspbian and was wondering if this forum is an appropriate place to seek assistance?
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Why buy a Raspberry PI to learn programming when you can learn on a Spectrum?I had a raspberry PI for just over a year, never did anything on it except it was fun to get it hooked up to the Internet and be surfing it on a syst…
... for just over a year, never did anything on it except it ... Internet and be surfing it on a system that cost less than ... £50, had a couple of books too. Just ... me. Raspberry Pi is a good thing all the same ... and technology but have not a clue how they work ... -
hi res udgs on a zx81iv tried to use the software farm hi res program to re create a sprite. unfortunately, it looks nothing like the original. it only has 128 possible b…
... res program to re create a sprite. unfortunately, it looks nothing ... binary combinations for each line on a 8x8 udg and some of ... dont wont anything that involves a hardware mod, either, if possible ... -
DISCOVERY ...Hi, I have just bought a DISCOVERY drive for Spectrum, but i have not the documentation with it... Do you think that i can find it on this "marvelous…
No, i want to know if there is a way to convert a spectrum files for emulator to a real 3 1/2 disk for use on a Discovery 3 1/2 drive on a Spectrum ?
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Can I convert a sna to a real tape ?Hi I just want to know if there is a way to convert a spectrum files for emulator to a real tape that I can load to my real spectrum. Or convert a r…
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Me, i want to know if there is a way to convert a spectrum files for emulator to a real 3 1/2 disk for use on a Discovery 3 1/2 drive on a Spectrum ?
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[newbie warning :)] Spectrum +3 questionsHello all, Yes, I am a Speccy newbie [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] My Spectrum +3 arrived today, and I already have a few questi…
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for the various +3 connectors inc. psu & floppy ... :
You can connect a 3.5" drive up to the floppy B ... +3DOS just like the internal 3" drive, and you can format disks ... -
+3 Disk Dumping, Your Problems ?Hi folks, I believe many people who read these forums are in possetion of +3 Disks as listed on the SDP projects' pages. I'd like to know the main …
... currently do, is dump a 3" disk as a whole image onto the ... PC.
We don't use 3.5 ... image. Also people wanna connect a 3.5" drive to their speccies for larger ... -
+3 Disk Dumping, Your Problems ?Hi folks, I believe many people who read these forums are in possetion of +3 Disks as listed on the SDP projects' pages. I'd like to know the main …
... I would be up for a meeting with you and Dave ... offered to make me up a 3" - 3.5" drive cable, so I will ... your hardware. Probably not a good idea to dump disks ... and the place looks like a *TIP* !!!
The ... I'm gonna email you a full list of my Spectrum ... -
.dsk back to +3 original format?Hi everyone! I recently stumbled over my spectrum +3 and i decided to replace its 3" dead drive for a 3.5" one. After some time, i was able to put it…
I've been trying to get a 3.5" drive working with my +3 as an external drive, but when formatting disks it just spins for a while then I get a NO DATA error report. Which PC utility did you use to format the disks ??? -
Spectrum modficationsThere is a post about Outrun on the games forum, which makes the fair point that the game is playable when you double the speed on an emulator. Other…
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On 2003-03-23 14:45, ... ) and Scorpion 256+ Turbo (3.5-7 Mhz). A normal Spectrum with optionaly ... *not* the original Spectrum with a faster hardware set. They run ... think that Mike Wynne put a 7mhz Z80 into SpeccyBOB, and ... -
TO SPRINTER OWNERS (help!!)Hi, can anybody describe me, how should be 3,5" fdd connected to Sprinter? As a: drive, or b: drive?????????? Heeeeeeeeeelp!!!
... floppydisk is actually 5,25" drive (although it would be a: in Sprinter ... 's case) and the 3,5" drive is b ... -
I've finally bought a Spectrum at a boot sale!I do rather well at boot sales collecting games carts for consoles, but for some reason, I have never,ever,ever seen a Spectrum for sale second hand …
... , guess they were doing a house clearance. Anyway, they ... my retro-technology flyer in a shop window.
a small bundle of tapes.< ... an A500) with PSU and a seperate 3.5" drive
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Clone Project feedbackFinally i now have some time to start again with my clone project. I have decided to drop the 48k project and go directly on a 128k clone. This migh…
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On 2004-09-08 15:36, ... and TR-Dos as add-on cards and to be able ... could plug normal PC's 3,5" drive into.
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Games not working on the plus 2a/plus3Can anyone please tell me the name of any games that would not work with the plus 2a/plus 3 even in 48k mode? Games that were simply not compatable …
There was a version of Cobra on a Plus 3 compilation disk: The Magnificent Seven, which must use some alternative to the floating bus.
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New Spectrum, new Spectrum... what about the old one?Suppose Amstrad were to release not a new spectrum but the old one, plain and simple. Well, "rapackaged", say the 128k with a proper keyboard, or wha…
... full 128k spec and a built-in 3.5" drive I'd buy one ... trailing power supply would be a big bonus too.
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ZX Spectrum 3.5 Floppy help and adviceGod I'm useless. Can I please ask for some serious advice here as I'm just too uneducated to get anywhere with this! The Problem. I want to be abl…
... 720kb .
The +D needs a 3.5 drive with its own power, easy ... fix up. I did it a few months ago
With ... two sony floppy drives and a twist in the cable not ... in the Docs.
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For Christmas I want.... a Llama .. what do you want?
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1. A Spectrum-keyed Rubber
2 ... (for ?1.99)
3. To go on a boxing day hunt for ... days of posting
5. Michael Howard's rectum to ... Xmas....not me!)
3. AN ITCHY DUVET STUFFED ... JOE PASQUALE' DVD
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WoS Database Machine Type wrongI've noticed that certain games quote 48k and/or 128k incorrectly. Examples I've just found today: Rambo 3: WoS quotes 128k but it works fine in 48k…
... machine something will run on, hence, a 16K game will be ... it won't run on all the other models.< ... based game will only work on a Plus 3 but the same game ... be avalible as a tape that will work on a 48K.
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+3 upgrades advice neededI`ve just bought a +3 after years of wanting one here, [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ZX-SPECTRUM-3-128K-c-w-BUILT-IN-3-FLOPPY-DISK-DRIVE_W0QQitemZ5234…
... long as you dont use a big huge chunky iron (which ... with small electronics anyway). Having a heatstation does help but isn ... /> I've never had a 3" inch drive in my speccy. I built ... up from parts and put a 3.5" drive in it so transferring software ... -
Psycho neighbourWell, there I was last night, sitting in my living-room, a nice cold can of Guinness in my hand as I watched the latest episode of Lost on Channel 4,…
Last Year a severely bloodied man who'd ... , I dont know. He was a serious junkie and consequently collapsed ... I am really. Council took 3 days to clean the blood ... , they were having a party, music blaring 5 am, on a monday. i yanked ... -
Has anyone ever owned, played on, or even seen an Amstrad GX4000I ask this question because the machine must have existed because Mean Machines from issue 1 until about 8 reviewed software for it until it flopped.…
... CPCs not having a color limit on sprites, so ... style 'rainbow' effect on SwitchBlade and having hardware ... also like the CPC Plus machines it seemed to ... its music when run on a Plus rather than on a standard CPC.
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Barcelona - Champions of EuropeWhat a wonderful night for english football, Barcelona are the kings of europe and the Gooners end up with nothing. You can't believe how happy I am.
... the sending off. Andy Gray on Sky was right, we still ... Rooney/Owen/Lampard/etc one-on-one in the World Cup ... do so, and Arsenal went on to score with 10 men ... of won it 4 or 5 - nil on a riot win in the ... second half.
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Barcelona - Champions of EuropeWhat a wonderful night for english football, Barcelona are the kings of europe and the Gooners end up with nothing. You can't believe how happy I am.
... so, and Arsenal went on to score with 10 men ... of won it 4 or 5 - nil on a riot win in the ... second half.
3. and ... mention that the referee made a mistake in sending Lehmann ... Ronaldinho.
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Garry Lancasters +3e site down?Hi, I have been trying to access Garry's page about the +3e ROM, because I know of a utility for the +3 he has on the site which makes it possible f…
it is a disk image, (I have no way of making 3" disks ... attached an external 3.5" drive, copy the image onto a 3.5" disk
Loading from XP to a real spectrum.Is it possible using the output from a soundcard of an XP box to load programmes to a real spectrum?
How is it pointless?
I used the TZX winamp plugin for this very purpose with my +3 to get programs in for ages (before I got a 3.5" drive connected up)Loading from XP to a real spectrum.Is it possible using the output from a soundcard of an XP box to load programmes to a real spectrum?
[quote=guesser]How is it pointless?
I used the TZX winamp plugin for this very purpose with my +3 to get programs in for ages (before I got a 3.5" drive connected up)[/quote]
Did you transfer a rom over though? ;)Additional 3.5" Drive for the +3Hi. I've been thinking of various ways of getting data off of my 3" discs onto a PC and have a couple ideas, one of which is to get some +3e proms bl…
you can get some useful programs of the +3e site, for example one the MSDOS program allows you to read 720k DOS formatted disks on the +3, and MFORMAT which lets you format the 3.5" disk to a variety of different formats
