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Average loading times for Spectrum games?When you hear people talking about the Spectrum or other cassette-based computers nowadays, a lot of them claim the games took 15, 30 or even 45 minu…
The Spectrum's baud rate was around 1500, quite fast for its time. Baud rates of 300 were not uncommon for other machines. Perhaps that's why disc drives never really took off for the Spectrum. -
divIDE ProductionJust to let everyone know that we have made further progress with the updated divIDE. Board design has been completed and changes have been made to …
... boards now recognise the HDD drives. Still aiming to have first ... -
Why are people so sick?I have 4 cats. They all rarely go out and never get into fights or make a nuiscance of themselves. In the last two years I have had one kicked to d…
... of those bloody hypocrites who drives on the motorway at 90mph ... -
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…
... idea in 1982 when disk drives typically cost well over £200 ... price. However, with much cheaper drives around within the space of ... -
Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... a real speccy without disk drives or flash cards, but it ... -
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…
... else would be using hard drives Sir Clive would hunting down ... -
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…
... else would be using hard drives Sir Clive would hunting down ... -
+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... not need this, but newer drives don't seem to have ... -
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…
... 3 beebs, 5 1/4" drives, tape player & software for ... -
a dumb question?Well, I have been confused with all these interfaces so I have the following question which will make things clear for me... ;) Is there a "device" …
... programs/datas with PC to drives/medias. -
Anyone have any pics of their collection?I'm an Atari 800XL owner and the main media that games were on for that were tape. Trouble is I've seen loads of pics on the net of peoples collectio…
... , plus the books, mags, Disc drives, +D, divide ect and the ... -
Anyone have any pics of their collection?I'm an Atari 800XL owner and the main media that games were on for that were tape. Trouble is I've seen loads of pics on the net of peoples collectio…
... , plus the books, mags, Disc drives, +D, divide ect and the ... -
Anyone have any pics of their collection?I'm an Atari 800XL owner and the main media that games were on for that were tape. Trouble is I've seen loads of pics on the net of peoples collectio…
... , plus the books, mags, Disc drives, +D, divide ect and the ... -
I smell burningLast week my computers PSU blew a fuse. I looked to replace the fuse but is solder in place. Feeling lazy I just got my spare PSU of the shelf and r…
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Top 25 PlatformersAt Retro Gamer we love feedback from readers and are constantly looking for ways to integrate your thoughts and opinions into the magazine. Anyway,…
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Impossible Mission -it still drives me mad to this day ... -
i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
[url=http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/index-m.html]WinHex[/url] is a great bit of software to "find" things hidden on hard drives, you will be amazed at what I have found when I get the "Can you take a look at my PC is not working" phone call. -
i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
... "find" things hidden on hard drives, you will be amazed at ... -
i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
... to look at their hard drives when they go wrong, or ... -
i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
... how to wipe their hard drives.
and to enter ... -
+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.
... price.
However, the drives are frequently broken so check ... -
+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.
... are suffering from dodgy disk drives. It's quite often fixable ... -
+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.
Are these floppy-drives special-made, or can a regular PC-drive be used ? ( i noticed that t he capacity was 720 kb) -
+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.
... =Pilsener;168963]Are these floppy-drives special-made, or can a ... modern 1.44Mb drives. What you need are drives from old XT ... -
i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
... free space on hard drives. If your drives are cleaned with this ... -
i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
... bleach free space on hard drives.[/QUOTE]
Whooa! You ... -
i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
... cant google for wiping hard drives then they wont navigate wos ... -
+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.
... modern 1.44Mb drives. What you need are drives from old XT ... -
divIDE ProductionJust to let everyone know that we have made further progress with the updated divIDE. Board design has been completed and changes have been made to …
... was developed to control disk drives or external peripherals.
The ... -
Best way of getting source/binaries onto Spectrum/Sam?What is the best way of getting source and binaries from a PC onto a Spectrum or a Sam Coupe? It is quite tiresome typing it in each time and savin…
... would have com ports, floppy drives etc. I haven't even ... -
Best way of getting source/binaries onto Spectrum/Sam?What is the best way of getting source and binaries from a PC onto a Spectrum or a Sam Coupe? It is quite tiresome typing it in each time and savin…
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Nope. The original citizen drives don't have a standard ... would have com ports, floppy drives etc. I haven't even ... and main PC have floppy drives, and COM ports, I made ...