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Where are you from / who are you / do you still use the real SpectrumJust three questions to see how divers the Spectrumworld is and how many users are still around. If you want to stay anonymous, just answer the last …
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2) Marcus
3) I would ... to chuck it out, a grey +2 and a slightly battered (read ... still make tapes for the +2.
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ZX Spectrum 128k +2Hi, can anyone help me out? I'm trying to get a 128k +2 (the black one), im not bothered about it being boxed or anything (as the price is usually …
Too right - the black +2A (and +2B) suffers the same incompatability as the +3, whereas the grey +2 is identical to the original 128 speccy. In a crap coloured case. :) -
What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
... can remember mine...
2 x ZX81
1 ... Speccy - 1 boxed
2 x Speccy plus - 1 boxed ... Speccy 2 - grey
2 x Speccy 2a - black
2 x ... Speccy games
2 x Commodore 64 - boxed
2 x 1541 Floppies - boxed
Broken sound on Spec +2My spectrum +2 (with the +3 system board) just gives off static sound through the UHF out. The audio out is also full of static sound. This is sitti…
... a similar problem on my grey +2, but when I tuned it ...Multiface problemsHi there, OK, I was troubling the guys in the chat forum with this yesterday, but I'll reiterate here. Here is the hardware I am testing: Spectrum…
... +3 are different from the +2 / 128K+.
However the ... +2 is compatible, the multiface manual ... it will work with the +2. Additionally, the friend who gave ... was using it with a grey +2.
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... +2A has one, has the grey +2
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No, the +2 only has a SOUND output ...Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
... was led to beleive the grey +2 did have a fault, ... had a friend with a grey +2 which did display the ... a picture of a +2 was a caption reading something ... like "spectrum +2 - on it's way ... the same on a friends +2, oddly enough it worked ...Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
... effect only occur on the grey +2? i remember that happening on ... it only happens on the grey +2 machine and that it will ...Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
sargeant seymour and LED storm both load fine on my grey +2 with all 128k stuffs intact, and also loaded on my friends grey +2 all those years ago.. More than one revision of the grey +2 we don't know about? Seems unlikely..Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
For what it's worth, I had a grey +2 and I remember playing LED Storm in 128k mode.Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
sorry friend, i HAVE to playback on a speccy, it's a grey +2 (see original thread intention)
i should have mentioned snow in a new thread ;)Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
LED Storm worked fine on my old grey +2... A few games that wasn't compatible with the grey +2 are later games, such as Robocop 3 & The Ninja Warriors. Although these both worked on the +2A & +3.Plus 2 QuestionsHi, I have just bought a second hand Plus 2 (A) from eBay and have a few questions that (I hope!) someone can help me with: Joysticks: Which Joys…
... bought a second hand Plus 2 (A) from eBay and have ... the tape/volume port, my grey +2 doesnt have one, but I ...Plus 2 QuestionsHi, I have just bought a second hand Plus 2 (A) from eBay and have a few questions that (I hope!) someone can help me with: Joysticks: Which Joys…
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I used a grey +2 for years and had hardly ...About buying Spectrum system for gaming. What kind of package?Hi, I've always been a C64 fan. No do not get me wrong, Spectrum was so rare here compared to Commodore. Lately I've been looking for Spectrum to pl…
... I'd recommend getting a grey +2 model as they are cheap ... your C64 joysticks, since the +2 and +3 have differently wired ... a lead to connect a +2 to it.
... An unboxed +2 with a load of games ... but to start on, a +2 is best in my opinion ...A sad day...Just received all the stuff that I had shipped over from the UK. Guess what's missing? Yep, some of my Speccy games. About 200 to be precise. And…
... for the 128k+ and Lght. grey +2 but the +3 PS is ...Any way of transfering .TAP etc files to tape???Just got me a +2 off eBAY....?10 all in..not bad eh? Its a bit dirty but it works. Is there any way of transfering .TAP and other emu files to actua…
... that if you open the +2's datacorder, and put the audio ... /> In other words, keep the datacorder's door open, and just ...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?
arrgg, the plus 2a doesnt handle the mb02 very well. has anyone patched in a ear socket into a grey +2? thanks monty :)Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
... dog-ugly CPC 464. The grey +2 is, despite (or because of ...Sound distortion on +2/+3Hi all, this is my first ever posting, so please be gentle! I have two +2s and a +3(all second-hand but in vgc) and the AY output on all three is ver…
Yeah, most grey +2's should NOT have this problem. It's mainly +2A's & +3's.Sound distortion on +2/+3Hi all, this is my first ever posting, so please be gentle! I have two +2s and a +3(all second-hand but in vgc) and the AY output on all three is ver…
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Yeah, most grey +2's should NOT have this ... /> I don't think *any* grey +2 machines have the sound problem ...Getting a DISCiPLE/+D to work on a +2A/+3?Does anyone know how compatible the two interfaces could be made with the +2A/+3? I remember that there were a couple of POKEs that could get a +D t…
... other message says - when the grey +2 was released it needed pokes ...Last speccy game you ever played....................before packing the thing away and leaving your childhood behind. Mine was Where Time Stood Still, 1988 I think.
... wouldn't run on my grey +2. In fact towards the end ... not load up on the grey +2's.Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…
... have to say the grey +2.
[I]2. Best Software house ... 48k version of the Saboteur 2 music.
[I]8 ...How do I use a standard Atari joystick with my +2?Hi there. I hope someone hear can give me some advice on how to build or acquire some sort of adapter to allow me to use an atari-joystick in joy po…
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My machine is a grey +2. I assume Fraser is hinting ... the SJS-port on the +2. That way you do not ...Power supplysCan I power my 48k with my 128k+2 power supply or will it damage the little rubber keyed thing?
I have used my (Grey) +2 power supply for years to ... problems at all. Pity the +2 itself long ago left for ...What hardware Sinclair and not related has everybody got?Just had to try to list all my clutter in the attic and my dads garage (this has got a bit out of hand), anybody else got as much Retro as this (boug…
... speccy (lots of of)
+2 grey
+2 black
+D, Disicple ... /> megadrive 1 and 2, 32x and megacd 2
white jap ... pal ps2
oh yeah 2 brazilian speccies
silicon ... graphics indigo, indigo2 and 2 big onyx desksides
sun ...+3 and microdriveHi guys, does anybody know if an interface 1 and microdrive are compatable with a +3 thanks Uzzzi
Short answer: No. :)
They are compatible with the 16k, 48k, +, 128, and Grey +2, but not the +3 or Black +2A.Cylu doesn't work in 128KI've played hundreds of 48K games on my original Spectrum 128K+, and all of them load fine, which is more than can be said for the plus2 Spectrums. H…
... the release of the +2 under Amstrad) and programmers ... - but later owned a grey +2 and also a black +2A ... too much trouble with the grey +2, just a few troublesome ... in a special standalone +2 version as well as ... generic Spectrum version - the +2 didn't like the " ...What hardware Sinclair and not related has everybody got?Just had to try to list all my clutter in the attic and my dads garage (this has got a bit out of hand), anybody else got as much Retro as this (boug…
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