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Using a +3 power supply to power a CPC.Hi there, I'm going to try and power a CPC6128 using a +3 power supply. The +3 supplies 12V DC 0.2A and 5V DC 2A, the CPC6128 needs 12V DC 0.4A and …
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See the +3 power supply diagram in the ... I looked at WOS's Plus 3 manual, did a search on ... Anyway, when I tested the +3 previously, I found 2 12V ... that's what came with my second hand +3 with the dodgy sound ... using it for ages with no problems). -
How to increase the motivation to preserve?I've been thinking about this for some time now, and I think I may have an idea. Without hard-to-obtain knowledge, the only way to see if something …
... way of non-North American games on it. True, there are ... and a lot of collaboration with a large(ish) number of ... 20, throw in mail-order games, adventures, different label & box ... either be to start off with Speccy +3 disks and see how ... -
What's so special in Lotus Esprit?Lotus Esprit quite often appears in games. There are at least 2 Speccy games with this car (Turbo Esprit and Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge) and many m…
... can be seen in many games with cars like Ferraris and Lamborghinis ... /> Well out of all those 3 i would probably put the ... when a cars slower in games like that theyre better on ... the worst out of all 3 really. -
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…
... of the Spectrum ROM (with some modifications from SE Basic ... interpreted BASIC with no real enhancements.
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disks for preservationI have gone through my lists and because i havent the hardware to do +3 disk preserving so its not much point in me keeping hold of them so i am offe…
... is from a compilation too, Plus 3 Arcade ?
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Old vs NewApologies if this is a repeat of an old thread. Who thinks what is best? Old 8-bit games or today's PC titles? I would have to go for the old titles…
... think you can compare old games with modern interactive movies, I wouldn ... 't even call them games any more.
Some ... design which works only in 3 dimensions isn't much of ... don't want realism in games as I have boring old ... -
Old vs NewApologies if this is a repeat of an old thread. Who thinks what is best? Old 8-bit games or today's PC titles? I would have to go for the old titles…
... think you can compare old games with modern interactive movies, I wouldn ... 't even call them games any more.
... design which works only in 3 dimensions isn't much of ... ' challenges - for example - arcade games such as Defender, Robotron, and ... -
What are your favorite Spectrum games?[FONT="System"][/FONT] If anybody has asked this question before, please forgive me as I'm new to the WorldofSpectrum forums, but what are your favo…
... happen very often) I choose games with easy and immediate action. Still ... Of The Exploding Fist
3. Barbarian
4. Nemesis ... Encounter
2. Karnov
3. Bedlam (frantic)
4. Commando ...
2. SkoolDaze
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Battle of Games 1 :)Greetings. :D Following something my network does sometimes, which is taking two bands together and asking the vote of the audience to know which one…
... , but they're very different games... it's TE's originality ... /> I usually give advantage to games with more 'grey cells' involved, but ... 's:
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DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... "original" divide works perfectly on Plus/3 here. Ofcourse it works as ... it goes into 48k basic (with paging turned ON - as if ... Certainly the current version works with FATware. ESXDOS would be ... - AND even this has problems with loading 128k Snapshots - .TAP ... -
DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... " divide works perfectly on Plus/3 here. Ofcourse it works as ... it goes into 48k basic (with paging turned ON - as if ... AND even this has problems with loading 128k Snapshots - .TAP ... default, and therefore remain compatible with the existing firmware.
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Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... ), and although most of my games were gone I still had ... also got a ton of games with it (I've mentioned the ... under which I got my +3 in a few threads on ... -
generated missionswhich speccy games randomly (or partly randomly, at least) generating their misions/scenes do you know, please? (combat lynx being a great example.) …
... Chaos, and lazer Squad. Those 3 are excellent no matter how ... based on real things) strategy games like Johnny Reb, or (god ... kid. But I think Strategy games with a fantasy or futuristic element ... -
Atic Atac, the +3 and Multiface.Hello :smile: I have a Spectrum +3 with Multiface 3 attached and working well. I have discovered that at least JetPac and Atic Atac (all Ultimate …
... /> I have a Spectrum +3 with Multiface 3 attached and working well.
games?) will only run in 48k ... snapshot on disk using Multiface 3?[/quote]
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Galaksija emulator for ZX Spectrum +3/+2A(black)This is a NEW program/utility/game pack for ZX Spectrum. It is basically an emulator of an ex-Yugoslav computer "Galaksija" which is also Z80 based. …
... though (it does work on Plus/3, Divide and MB-02 still ... /> Please test if it works with the SE now... in the ... paging is used BEFORE the +3 ... so the order of checks ... . MB-02
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WOOOH nice find today :)all my retro game goodness came today :P nearly orgasmed in a charity shop today as i came across all the following .....boxed a gamegear (with powe…
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tried sonic that came with it, tried shinobi and wonderboy ... a couple of master system games with the master gear addon they ... was one of the first games and popular.....also normally appears ... , i shall gets :P
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Now on EbayNo bids yet, expires tomorrow? Quite odd! [url]http://cgi.ebay.nl/SINCLAIR-PLUS-3-3-COMPUTER-WITH-PSU_W0QQitemZ110102553837QQcategoryZ11994QQssPageN…
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So you think you know your Spectrum games, do you....I thought this might be a fun thing to test your knowledge of Spectrum games - below is a quote taken directly from Crash in their description of a p…
The games with the question mark are guesses cos I've never played 'em.
1] Pentagram
3) Quazatron
7] The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (7)
13] Combat Lynx (?)
14) Hypersports
15] Blockbusters (?)Will an interface 1 work with a +2?I don't want to break anything, can I bugger up the +2 by connecting an interface 1 and microdrive to it? Are they compatible? If they are, with no…
... swap. There is an interview with Dr. Ian Logan in Issue ... Interface 1s were sent out with Eproms. These had very early ... plan was to replace them with proper ROM versions there are ... compatibility with the Plus 2.
There is some conflict with the Plus 3 where ...Got my Wii modchipped todayAnd it's working great. I've tried four "backups" so far, and everyone has worked perfectly. The chip I went for was the [URL="http://www.wiikey.cn…
... console fan (Generally not enough games I like to make it ... picked up a cheap XBox (with Doom 3) and modded it quite ... don't see anything wrong with that. Nobody has lost a ... waited until I updated my games PC if I didn't ...My Spectrum Games collection in the atticI thought over the weekend I'd catalogue what I had. Humoungous amount I think. There's about 50 photos and you can see it all here: [url]http://tin…
... . We took in 2nd hand games and I nabbed the good ... across a batch of unsold games cos we was able to ... . The books that came with the 3 I got are over 20 ...Late-night quiz shows - new regulationsI wonder if these new regulations will help prevent the late-night phone-in quiz shows from scamming everybody: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ente…
... /> After all - people often play games with rip-off odds.
3 numbers (1 in 999 chance ...NMI : especially PitersHello Piters, here the link to your NMI-button. [url]http://members.tripod.com/~piters/nmibutto.htm[/url] I don't understand your reason to place …
... /> Amstrad fixed the NMI routine with the +3, so it is usable ... in +3, +3e and +2A.
... software compatibility problems, since some games check for a fixed NMI ...Personal Gaming History in (very) Brief'79:PrinztronicMicro5500 --> '80:PlayedCoinOp(Space Invaders) --> '83:Spectrum(48K) --> '84:Spectrum+(kit) --> '86:Spectrum128 --> '88:AtariST --> '9…
... (my cousin's), Mac Plus
1990-Plus 2 (grey), Mac II ... ci
1992-Plus 2A, Plus 2B, Plus 3
1993/2007-Many ... started using (and playing with) the Plus 2, and now I'm ...Reasons for buying a QL ?It seems, from what I have read, that the QL was a bit of a failure back in the days. But apart from being a collectible, is there any useful/intere…
... of my dads. Nice, with double 3 1/2 inch disk drive ... , tools plug-in, a few games ... board. Wish I had more games for it tho, as it ... like a powerful machine. The games Ive got dont seem to ...Personal Gaming History in (very) Brief'79:PrinztronicMicro5500 --> '80:PlayedCoinOp(Space Invaders) --> '83:Spectrum(48K) --> '84:Spectrum+(kit) --> '86:Spectrum128 --> '88:AtariST --> '9…
... have boxed in garage) - Shared with Brother.
198? ... page 3 girls !!!!!!!!! and also a speccy emulator and loads of games ... [/COLOR]- There was not many games for my son (Aged 6 ... in 1984 playing loads of games with no instructions !!!!!!!!!!!!New Spectrum projectsI know that someone started a topic very similar long ago ( I think It was Tony), but its been a while since it was replied, so It would be nice if e…
... I'd do a few games. The first I hope will ... probably churn one out every 3 weeks, that is if I ... expanded abstract data types, networking games with if1. Although when these get ... your turn: how many speccy games are currently in development at ...Games club WC 23/05/07ok to coincide with the realease of harry potter and the deathly hallways, we at the games club HQ have put our combined knowledge in a bowl and pick…
... a working copy ages ago with my 48k (lost in the ... the disk version I had with my +3 crashed every time you ... had a ton of Mastertronic games on it?Super Paper Mario (Wii)What an utterly brilliant game! Those of you who have played the previous Paper Mario games should not miss this one. This is the reason the Wii is…
Yep, had SPM for a while now. I'm on chapter 5.something. Wicked game. Have you found the arcade yet, with the 3 sub games you can play?Mailstrom[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002992[/url] I've uploaded a couple of TAP versions of the game to /incoming. One is the TZX …
... a standard headerless load but with some slight cosmetic tweaks. ... perhaps improve compatability in general with anything that supports TAPs ... on the disk that came with my +3, along wioth Nomad, Cosmic ... completely unprotected and all the games can be copied to ...
