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External tape deck for the plus 2aCan anyone tell me if you can use an external tape deck on the plus 2a using the 'tape/sound' socket? Ta :)
Can anyone tell me if you can use an external tape deck on the plus 2a using the 'tape/sound' socket?
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External tape player into +2AMy tape player keeps acting up on my beloved :roll: +2A, tried cleaners and adjusting the head. No luck. Is there any way of connecting an external …
My tape player keeps acting up on ... any way of connecting an external tape player to it. If it ... -
ZX +2 - Can I connect external tape player?Is it possible to connect external tape player to ZX Spectrum +2/A and use it instead of the internal player? The connector is marked tape/sound, but…
Is it possible to connect external tape player to ZX Spectrum +2/ ... player? The connector is marked tape/sound, but am not sure ... -
+2 Grey external tape modIve had a search through previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt find anything pertaining to the grey, only reason im posting is…
... previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt ... I wanted to do the mod on my grey but the ... -
+2 external tape input. Best method?I've seen various ways of connecting an external tape input to a +2, like soldering the wires directly to where the tape head connects to the tape bo…
... various ways of connecting an external tape input to a +2, like ... to where the tape head connects to the tape board or tapping ... into the connector from the tape drive to the main board ... various other points on the tape board, but what is the ... -
How do you get an external tape recorder to work on a +2a?Just for the hell of it, just say the internal cassette player stopped working. What command would you use when hooking up an external player, so the…
... use when hooking up an external player, so the specci would ... 've just got a +3 tape lead, but want to see ... -
External Tape / Audio Input on Spectrum +2AEvening all, I've just picked up a Spectrum +2A and have been trying to load TZX files from my Mac into the Spectrum. I know the leads and methods …
... I'm using the sound / tape in port, but the +2A ... ).
So, can an external audio source be used on ... to get one of those tape adaptors for iPods, and put ... -
+2 external tapeHi guys, as there is a new App for my iPhone called Speccy tape, I want use it with my Spectrum +2. However, the +2 does not have a tape jack, but I …
... for my iPhone called Speccy tape, I want use it with ... +2 does not have a tape jack, but I found on ... cable and jack for an external recorder as well, or do ... -
Modding +2 - Tape CounterGot my first Spectrum April this year and I hit 40 in July, was always a Commodore 64 user back in the day and that machine now sits side by side wit…
... you how to mod for an external tape deck which I ... the near future incase the tape deck packs up.
... to do a mod to add a tape counter to the ... modding to add an external tape deck and get hold ... +3 as that machine supported external tape out the box.
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Spectrum +3 tape Loading !Hi all ! Wonder if anyone else has come across this. Ive recently bought a +3 from ebay. On the whole its fab. The disks work fine, the 128k tape g…
... The disks work fine, the 128k tape games work fine, but the ... hassle - and ive tried two external tape recorders.
I ... Thompsons Supertest 128k seems to work whatever volume the tape recorders are ... long as im only using 128k games or the disk !
What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…
... to do a mod to allow an external tape deck to be ... added. The +2 tape deck ... issues with loading by tape. My personal favourite is ... also find that many 128K games actually work on ... good sound too. All the 128K spectrums (128+, +2, +2A ...ZX +2 Grey with quiet ULA soundHi all. I come here for advice before messing up with the main boards and end up killing them for good. I got this grey ZX +2 with a very low ULA a…
... output on any of my 128K Spectrums. So I have no ... the sound from the stereo mod.
The audio outputs on ... enables the use of an external tape deck.Spectrum +2 datacorderHi, my Spectrum +2 datacorder isn't working. Does anyone know if I can still load software through the tape/sound socket at the back of the machine i…
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I performed the mod suggested by microhobby magazine to ... \:D/
INTensai brand external tape recorder and even a portable ... the internal tape recorder or pcb - the external jacks links ... Are there any differences between 128k +2 grey Issue 1 ULA ...Spectrum +2 grey ear mod?Is it possible to turn the sound port on the back of a grey Spectrum +2 into an ear input? I know it's possible for the black +2 but I can't find muc…
... that the mod to add a socket for an external tape recorder to ... (however tenuously) is that the 128K models operate by switching banks ...+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 …
... stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a floppy ... also understand it the +3 tape loading lead works on a ... anyone have pinouts on the tape loading/saving lead. I have ...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?
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?New tape releases - 128K only?As Jon's new Egg-Head game is 128K only, and splATTR has also evolved into a 128K only game - both due to memory constraints - I was wondering if the…
... new Egg-Head game is 128K only, and splATTR has also ... evolved into a 128K only game - both due to ... 't have access to a 128K machine, or if these days ...Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to ... cyan border. Instead the tape just runs with no effect ...
I have tried a tape I know loads (tested it ... the screw between the tape desk and the tape controls.
... ? Can I rig an external tape player to the +2 ...What we gotI moved house and I have setup my Spectrum gear, I was looking at all that I have and was thinking what else do others have in there collection? Ok …
... /> Spectrum 128K grey case no mods
Spectrum Plus2B tape mod so I ... can do tape to tape,
Spectrum ... +3A sound mod done by ... 48K rubber keyboard with Video mod
Philips CM8833-II ...128 +2 tape deckI am not 100% sure what to buy to fix it.. first. scuba dive worked / loaded.. then games after didn't.. should I just got for the tape belt?!?! or…
... I just got for the tape belt?!?! or for a new ... assuming I could use an external tape deck, I tried and nothing ...+2 Tape RecorderI was given a +2 for Christmas in 1991, it packed up in 1995 but in the 3 or so but it got some quite intensive use in that time. One issue I rememb…
... datacorder was quite unreliable, R Tape Loading Error was quite common ... and rewired it so an external tape recorder could be used, this ... modified it to use an external tape recorder.The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…
... . That would give us 48K, 128K, an AY chip correctly wired ... need the modification to allow external tape deck to be attached. Stereo ...Adding external tape inputs to a +2Hello all, Having read the instructions in Crash and having had great success with a 48+ and Speccy Tape in the iPad, thought might add tape inputs …
... with a 48+ and Speccy Tape in the iPad, thought might ... add tape inputs to an old +2 ... /> Can I leave the internal tape player connected too and simply ...spectrum+2 (grey) - no sound from tape deckit was working up to 5 minutes ago, but now there is no sound from the tape drive. everything is moving and nothing seems out of place. any ideas? a…
it was working up to 5 minutes ago, but now there is no sound from the tape drive. everything is moving and nothing seems out of place.
any ideas?
also is there a way to connect an external tape drive to it?+2 Force Loading from external tapeHi all My tape player is shot and now thanks to my frustration not functioning what so ever i see there is a Tape/Audio port on the back of the spec…
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My tape player is shot and now ... i see there is a Tape/Audio port on the back ...+2 tape input protectionI'll start this by admitting I've not checked on a 48K or Toasty-Rack diagram to see how the tape input is actually wired in but what I'm asking is f…
... diagram to see how the tape input is actually wired in ... read if you use an external tape player with the grey or ...The trials and tribulations of the external tape recorderAnd you may find this a strange topic, because having been a +2 owner for the last 31-and-a bit years, it's not something I've had to deal with in th…
... bought one of those new tape recorders from Argos, the ... would have the same tape transport mechanism as every ... my +2Bs where the tape was clearly dragging inside ... played the Oh Mummy tape into Audacity, and it ... of these modern-built tape recorders and had a ...Killed Until Dead - Spectrum 128K versionI first got hold of this game about the same time as the film "Clue" started being shown on TV, and there was a "Miss Marple" series on TV, followed …
... to stop and start the tape all the time.
... pieces to make a 128K version (AFAIK the original ... be loaded from tape.
The 128K version does ... another RAM bank on the 128K Spectrum. However, this ... to rip out the tape loading routine and replace ...+2 external tape adapter.Hi All, So after fixing my +2, there's a problem with the lack of a tape system to load games. So I got one of those car MP3 adapters that looks l…
... that looks like a tape, removed the internal mechanism ... +2 cover with the tape inside. Soldered on a ... I push Play, the tape deck head engages with ... want to load a normal tape...
So ... having to install tape ports to load from tape.
My speccy is ill :(Hi all, this is my first post and all so go easy on me ;) I've got a +2 (gray case) speccy which had a really poor tapedeck, basicaly on any tape, t…
THey're easy to mod to put two sockets on, so you can use an external tape-deck. I'm crap, and I did it to mine :)
There were some easy instructions somewhere, damned if I know where they are now.
