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Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
Amazing how cheap the prices are isnt it ? The external drives are so much cheaper now and i must admit i'm embarassed how small (ahem) my hard drive is now (no jokes please) as its only 200 gig. Even my wife laughed at the size of it when she saw it. -
Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... are isnt it ? The external drives are so much cheaper ... small (ahem) my hard drive is now (no jokes please ... mine bought his first hard drive (actually a hard card ... (via the brilliant +D drive) and Atari ST, so ... it with a 1GB hard drive (or 800MB, or whatever), ... -
Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... 300 quid for a 170MB external SCSI HDD for the Atari ... the last partition, the H: drive, funny how I still remember ... -
+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
... being wired to accept an external tape machine.
The ... after all. I'm not ready to give up on this ... -
+3 and amstrad 6128 disk b port compatibility questionAfter having read many web pages, secarica's long text and guesser's ascii-art diagrams for connecting a pc floppy to +3 drive B slot, I found myself…
... some old-style floppy disk drive in the used market (e ... have jumpers for ready signal. Or, take some drive from Commodore Amigas ... have ready signal jumper on, but you should set the drive as ... DS1, that is, Drive B, with another ... -
+3 and amstrad 6128 disk b port compatibility questionAfter having read many web pages, secarica's long text and guesser's ascii-art diagrams for connecting a pc floppy to +3 drive B slot, I found myself…
... the cable installed into Amiga. Ready signal works correctly. Then I ... and put it into the drive, with red cable "far" from ... /> You should put, in your drive, the connector with red cable ... -
+3 and amstrad 6128 disk b port compatibility questionAfter having read many web pages, secarica's long text and guesser's ascii-art diagrams for connecting a pc floppy to +3 drive B slot, I found myself…
... Ready" signal.
The +3 expects a Shugart compatable disk drive ... the READY signal works slightly differently to a Shugart drive, ... is inserted
[*]The drive has been selected
[*] ... is inserted
[*]The drive has been selected
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I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... words, what is a hard drive caddy? It sounds like a ... internal hard drive in that turns it into an external, you can ... -
Small BasicFor all those people who ask "where's the equivalent of Sinclair BASIC for today's generation", I give you (a link to) [url=http://msdn.microsoft.com…
... to create a 3" USB drive, but I was told the ... 3" disc preservation has the drive connected to a desktop motherboard ... to a USB floppy disk drive. So I can use CpcDiskXP ... (I'm using an external 3.5inch drive on my +3) on ... -
Small BasicFor all those people who ask "where's the equivalent of Sinclair BASIC for today's generation", I give you (a link to) [url=http://msdn.microsoft.com…
... to a USB floppy disk drive. So I can use CpcDiskXP ... (I'm using an external 3.5inch drive on my +3) on ... Windows with an USB floppy drive. I didn't test it ... floppy as a standard floppy drive for DOS programs so it ... -
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…
... got the test for the 'drive busy' condition completely wrong, so ... data when it wasn't ready. This didn't show up ... also have to check the 'drive busy' status when crossing from ... you need to check the drive busy signal" / "now you need ... -
Why did the QL fail?Browsing some old magazines: an advert appeared for the QL, 128k of ram and 32 bit processor etc...also very cheap compared to other similar spec com…
... as this is how the external devices ?see? the machine. So ... />
However, the 8 bit external data bus throttled the throughput ... preferred custom chip wasn?t ready) made the original QL a ... -
Missing girl foundGreat news about that kid Shannon Matthews [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7296756.stm[/url] Must admit i really really thou…
... release it 'till it's ready. And please please please keep ... case you have a hard drive crash or some other disaster ... been lost due to hard drive damage, the PC being nicked ... -
IBM Floppy Disk Drive for Spectrum +3If I connect one up, will I be able to download roms and write them to a floppy with my PC, then play them natively on my Spectrum +3? What format di…
... it on my +3 on drive B: (external floppy 3.5") This ... -
plus3e simple ide interface problemhi, I prepared a 8bit simple ide interface 3 days ago, but I got problems (with or without ide cable connected). 1.First of all, I have to press re…
... lines directly to the hard drive cable, it significantly loads ... problem. However, if the drive isnt ready in 1 or 2 ... /> >format command returns with "drive not ready" error.
>4 ... version with a laptop hard drive, which effectively reduced the ... -
Gazza 30 tins of Spesh Brew A Day!God I thought I was tanning the bevvy a bit heavily lately! Surely 30 tins of Special brew (9%) is an impossible drinking feat! Each day?!? link…
... was up and about and ready for work.
I ... , but he had managed to drive god knows how many miles ... -
Laptop SATA/IDE etc helpA mate of mine has got a laptop, an Acer Extensa 5220, and he's asked me to put XP on it, as it currently has Vista, which he doesn't like (who does?…
... first floppy drive of a system. An external USB floppy drive is probably ... -
Laptop SATA/IDE etc helpA mate of mine has got a laptop, an Acer Extensa 5220, and he's asked me to put XP on it, as it currently has Vista, which he doesn't like (who does?…
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Give me your Minigame ideas...I am working on a new MiniGame as I write this. It is a combined version of Snake and Bingo. On a full screen at the start the numbers 1 to 30 are …
... , drape, dread, dregs, dries, drift, drive, drone, dudes, dunes
eared ... , ravel, raver, rayed, react, reads, ready, realm, reams, reaps, rearm, rears ... -
Using a Spectrum in JapanHi all, at the moment I have a 48k Spectrum on its way (with a LOT of other stuff) to Japan where I intend to use it. So I have some fairly straight…
... 'm still sleepy and getting ready for work.[/SIZE] :D
external usb enclosures. That ac adapter ... -
What spec/age is your computer(s)?Not started a thread for a while so here goes. I have a Desktop Replacement Rock Direct Quaddra Ti 3.4Ghz machine which was 4 years old in January. …
... internal hard drives
external 500gb hard drive
fuck ... -
Loading games from MP3 playersI read on here ages ago about people running Speccy games from MP3 players or iPods.. Would I be right in assuming that you would plug said player i…
... between internal tape recorder and external socket. Relay could be driven ... of tape motor. So normally external input is active. If you ... it in my car tape drive nor in my +2.
Windows Vista?I'm having real trouble finding a decent spec. laptop that has Windows XP on it, it's all Vista Vista ****ing Vista. I've down (well, let's be honest…
... 100% utilized and the hard drive would be constantly streaming data ... the transitional phase and be ready for sudden shifts that break ...wINDOWS 7[URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8081003.stm]I love it when I'm first with this kind of crap[/URL]
[QUOTE=chop983;358828]My only question is if you've already got one of the netbook/nettop things with no DVD drive how are you going to install it. are they going to sell it on a USB stick?[/QUOTE]
Borrow or buy an external DVD drive.Rom upgrade(s) for the Humble spectrum +2 (not 2a or 2b)Hello there my fellow forum chummies, I was thinking today, after reading all this lovely rom burnery stuff, is there a way I could update the ROM o…
... interface contain also HD floppy drive and same ide ports as ... with any other ROM in external eprom/sram memory. But original ... connect to divide via LS120 drive.Suggestions for resurrecting a hard disk?I started up one of my PCs today, which I hadn't used for a couple of weeks, and HD1 won't start up. My impression is that the motor has seized, as i…
... to a PC via an external enclosure, but it was a ... starts at $1000USD per Hard Drive. :-oSuggestions for resurrecting a hard disk?I started up one of my PCs today, which I hadn't used for a couple of weeks, and HD1 won't start up. My impression is that the motor has seized, as i…
... says its worth freezing the drive, works more often than you ... /> Try putting it into an external enclosure, dump it in the ...FS: Spectrum +2, monitor, Multiface, +D and drivesHi guys, I'm reluctantly selling my +2 - +D setup. It comprises of: Grey Spectrum +2 with external tape modification (internal drive no longer work…
... Spectrum +2 with external tape modification (internal drive no longer works)
Few +3 & +2A questionsI don't know those models too good, so my questions can be quite stupid. Spectrum +3 has a sound distortion problem. Do all +3 models suffer from it…
... tape deck instead of disk drive. Is the sound also distorted ... possible to plug +2A to external tape deck like a +3 ...computer wisdom neededany ideas? my computers dying, yesterday my computer developed a fault whereby itd keep freezing up, it did it on my XP and ME partitions and even o…
... .....awesome
also 1TB hard drive sounds great :) but with the ... can easily buy a 1TB external later on.
the rest ...
