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How rubbish is thatIt was perhaps last year when I bought a new power supply, as the old one at something like 250W was getting a bit shaky. Then, recently, my computer…
... , 3 HDD, USB card reader, floppy drive. It all adds up ... -
History Channel documentary doesn't even mention the SpectrumI recently saw this documentary about the history of computers and it didn't even mention the Spectrum. Was it really irrelevant when it comes down t…
... with single 5.25" 360K floppy, Greenscreen CGA monitor and 10MB ... -
divIDEAnyone heard any info on these (IDE interface for Speccy) ? I emailed the people responsible for selling these here in the UK, and heard nothing bac…
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How to write an IDE drive (8 bit)?Hi there. I want to build the 8-bit interface by Pera Putnik, and substitute the original ROM by an EPROM with the appropriate program in order to c…
... /> I working on PC program Floppy Image at moment. I added ... -
What? How much? ....yep, a new eBay record for a [url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-JUPITER-ACE-WITH-EXTRAS_W0QQitemZ290038568853QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4193QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewIte…
[QUOTE=chaosmongers]According to the advert, the seller also has a very rare Wang.[/QUOTE]
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Office CollectionI haven't had a rant for a while, so I thought it was about time. Office collections. How the fuck can there be one every week ? I only work with 20…
Let's just say that I must have missed that one.
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Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
... ended up, adding a homebuild floppy disk drive.
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Which Emulator?I?m interested to know which emulator people use! Which one has the look and ?feel? of a real Spectrum and which one has the most accurate loading e…
... , +D system, external 3.5" floppy drive for the +3 etc ... -
+D diskette reading sourceHello there, is there someone here who has a (free) source how to read +D diskettes? With this source I would like to add reading +D diskettes to m…
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The PC's floppy controller is close enough to ... biosdisk DOS call, for reading floppy disks with a regular geometry ... -
EightyOne 0.43Hmmm, 'twas round about July I fell asleep and only came round t'other day - honest gov! Anyway, I thought I'd better whip out a quick release and p…
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Added Disciple & +D Floppy interface (Read only at the ... -
2.5" disks.....Many years ago, did somebody made a disk drive for the Spectrum that used 2.5" disks. Yes, I did say 2.5". I'm sure I heard it mentioned during my …
... .co.uk/2-5-inch-FLOPPY-DISKS-x-50_W0QQitemZ160047369569QQihZ006QQcategoryZ11164QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/QUOTE ... -
Case for Pentagon 1024SLSee topic ... since using an ATX case for a spectrum would be boring in my opinion I'm looking for one of the below cases (or something in the same s…
First of all, thank you for the pictures.
Sadly those cases look quite flat and I don't think you could fit a Floppy in there ... so I'm not interested in that case, sorry :/ -
Flippin` ebay banner ad :(Sorry to post a new thread over something so trivial, but is anyone else getting sick or noticing the new ebay ads on websites, the banner sized flas…
... send you a copy on floppy...
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The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... I can pop on a floppy and run, and more to ... -
Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... when Richard Garriot was shoving floppy discs into Ziploc bags and ... -
Tape wear offI have quite a nice collection of Sinclair games on tapes I?m wondering if these tapes wear off and get damaged by time ? Then i?m not talking about …
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Opus Discovery 720K DriveOK, so I bought an Opus Discovery recently. Went through a whole process of fitting a second drive, which I know to be 720K. Eventually got the thin…
... a single sided 9 sector floppy.
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Hey people, I'm new and in dire need of help pleaseOk I have just now found a XZ Spectrum+3 in my loft with a box of games and software. I have got it up and working; but I am having trouble getting g…
... that the belt in the floppy drive is broke. It is ... -
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…
... hard drive rather than a floppy, that works on any Spectrum ... -
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…
[QUOTE=DEATH]So it's a bit like a +D/Opus system with a hard drive rather than a floppy, that works on any Spectrum then?[/QUOTE]
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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…
... hard drive rather than a floppy, that works on any Spectrum ... -
PCI TV TunerAny recommendations on PCI TV tuner cards? I'm after a dual digital/analog tuner with PVR capabilities. Digital for freeview, analog for Speccy. S…
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Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
... SIAC is the Sam motherboard, floppy drive + interface, IDE interface + Compact ... -
ZXSpin 0.61 Available nowHi all! Well, after a lengthy few testing cycles, I'm taking the plunge and uploading the latest version of ZXSpin, to replace the rather aged old 0…
... see a facility for formatting floppy disks, but noticed that this ... -
Tranferring a game back to +3 disk?Hi, Haven't been on here for ages, but got my Spectrum down from the loft recently, due to a house move in the next few months. I'd forgotten, but so…
... to connect a standard PC floppy drive to the +3, the ... -
Your favourite abandonwareJust found a great adventure game called Dreamweb It runs with dosbox, a utility for running old dos-based games. It's a pretty good utility and ca…
... on the alternative PC Zone Floppy, the one for 486 users ...
