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Spectrum +2 power woesMy orginal 48K+ has been dead since about 1989, a 128K Toast rack I bought about 10 years ago was dead on arrival and my 128K +2 has a dodgy power co…
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Did I well? (Warning! May Contain Gloating!)After a long time of trying, I finally, found myself this for ?75 (+ ?7 P+P) on eBay, Buy it Now. I think I did quite well.. not a massive bargain, …
... and complete too. Only thing dodgy is the polystyrene lid! Quite ... -
tech help please - broadband - adsl filter?I have bt home hub, wireless connection. couple of days ago brief power cut, power back on, all lights on homehub went red. Settled down started wor…
... connect together to the phone socket. we have no other phones ... 's just a little plastic socket. Which one do I need ... -
RGB to S-Video and Composite Adapterif I produced a dongle that generated composite and s-video from the RGB socket on +3 and Black +2 spectrums would anyone be interested? I'm thinkin…
... s-video from the RGB socket on +3 and Black +2 ... to plug into the RGB socket. It'd have three output ... -
Upgrading the Humble Spectrum 128 +2 (Grey)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am at a subtle in-pass in my wants for one of my +2 motherboards. I received this mobo, DOA in a job lot from fleab…
... dead CPU, a rotten CPU socket (some gunk had gotten into ... -
No more Guitar Hero???just found this out now... I sad because I was hopping to have a Led Zepplin Guitar Hero... but not that sad since I never updated the game to PS3 (h…
... (have the drums & the mic & guitar for PS2... also ... -
Speccy Mouse???Hi. I really hope somebody could help me with this. Most of you will have seen the Speccy Stuff I've got listed in the for sale section. Amongst it…
... interfaces with the same 9pin socket on. One has the port ... -
Sinclair ZX81 ZXPand Interfaces Now AvailableWe are pleased to announce the launch of the ZXpand Interface for the Sinclair ZX81 Home Computer. The ZXpand interface is a brand new interface for…
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Question about wiring up ethernet at homeWell, since WoS is the best forum I know for technical folk, I wondered if I could get a sanity check on my wiring plan for laying some ethernet cabl…
... , ending at a double rj45 socket box. Then I can have ... that plug into the attic socket box at one end and ... I use a network wall socket as a coupler without messing ... -
Loading games with cassette adapter - no PLAY requiredAfter several encouragingly successful experiments with the use of cassette adapters commonly used to connect a multimedia player to a cassette-only …
... amplified loudspeaker with a headphones socket - the signal becomes so strong ... -
For Sale: Nintendo Game Boy (Original) + GamesYo! I have for sale an original white fat Nintendo Game Boy (has dodgy power switch). Has also the following games (all cart only): Wave Race Tetri…
... fat Nintendo Game Boy (has dodgy power switch). Has also the ... -
48k IssuesJust got a 48k Spectrum (a replacement for a faulty +) from the helpful guys at Flashback, and had a tape deck delivered today. The keyboard seems t…
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Michael HutchisonLook what I've found - Michael Hutchison seems to be an author of loading screens for Repton series. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.c…
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+2/+3 Sync problem on Commodore 1084sI have a strange issue, I got an RGB monitor cable from ebay for the +2/+3 to the Commodore 1084s (d-sub socket). It works fine on my Spectrum+ 128k …
... the Commodore 1084s (d-sub socket). It works fine on my ... -
Spectrum 128k+ Toastrack lower Beeper level?Does anyone know the easiest way of matching the AY and beeper levels? I'm guessing perhaps the easiest thing to do is lower the beeper line rather t…
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Anyone played Glug Glug? Thoughts?It got called Jetpac underwater in the crash review. Just had a go and despite some dodgy control issues seems a pretty good game for the time. Cert…
It got called Jetpac underwater in the crash review. Just had a go and despite some dodgy control issues seems a pretty good game for the time. Certainly better than some of CRL's other games such as Caveman. Anyone else remember it? -
Fixing broken SpectrumsI've got 4 Spectrums and now they are ALL ill! My 128k toast rack, which I've had since new, now has flashy squares upon power up! I'm gutted the mo…
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My 48k+ has a dodgy aerial connection, you have to ... -
Someone with a bit of a thing about clone games:I don't know if anyone knows who this is, but it's a blog post on arcade game clones and the development of licensing over the 8-bit era. I came acr…
... he ever came across those dodgy scum up and down the ... -
IDE Hard Drive on your Spectrum!Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Today, I am going to share with you something that has truly captivated me over the last couple of months, some of you…
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Calling all owners of Black +2s...Another annoying hardware survey for you... If you have a Black +2 with a motherboard marked: [B]Z70833 ISSUE 1 [/B] [LIST] [*]does your board have…
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Old Acer laptop questionI have an old Acer Travelmate 610 (from ca 2001), and since we're already into old machines in here, I'll give it a shot. The boot-menu has 3 option…
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Souping up my Spectrum+ 128k ToastrackI wrote a small piece on the various things I've been doing to my ZX Spectrum+ 128k toastrack, primarily getting it working with the bright output an…
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Greetings all overheat problemsfirstly hello everybody and thanks for adding me to the forum dont know if ill be much use here but i hope so the problem i have or should i say a…
... so fine on the RF socket but great on the RGB ... -
+3 sound and mic outputI own a +3 since 198... dunno, it was hard to get it that's all I remember. The thing is it never saved on tape correctly. I read years ago it may be…
I own a +3 since 198... dunno, it was hard to get it that's all I remember. The thing is it never saved on tape correctly. I read years ago it may be a factory fault.
Now I'm trying to get it working again. I found an easy fix for +3 sound:
Problem with sound on a grey +2Hi, posted this on another existing thread in miscellaneous but in hindsight should probably ask here: Recently I sold a very nice condition boxed …
... with headphones from the sound socket, and level is again really ...Paint it blackI opened this professional Speccy keyboard and to my amazement there was no classic ZX PCB "in the basement". Just this - [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.…
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An original Speccy with Mic, Ear and TV simply plugged ...Dead Spectrum SocietySo I'm getting back into real Sinclair computers rather than emulators. During the summer months I was lucky enough to buy a working ZX81 and was giv…
... to right, with the power socket to the right of the ...Improving the Spectrum +2's Cassette RecorderHi people, Nice techie question here! I have a Spectrum +2 (grey). Actually, I have several. I'm trying to get this particular one to load tapes be…
... tape deck was a bit dodgy? Is there a recognised improvement ...Stereo sound kits for all 128K modelsI'm offering [B]a complete upgrade kit to enhance your ZX Spectrum 128K / +2 / +3 with crisp stereo sound[/B] as described in: [url]http://www.worldo…
... soldered audio output cable and socket
[*]DPDT switch with cable ...
