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Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …
... to add a compact flash drive internally so I'll need ... and cheapest drive to build.
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+3 Disk Drive for +2AWill the 3" FDD Drive featured on the +3 work on the +2A if I was able to install it correctly?
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128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... happens. On TV there is no signal of any kind. Almost ... there is no sound from chips from box ... motherboard looks almost perfect - no scratches, no dust, no burns as I could ... in electronics). If there is no TV signal from speccy I ... -
ZX Spectrum +3 - incompatible ?Hello :) I'm newbie here. I know WOS site since years, never checked forum before ;) , but this moment came when I have problem. I wanna buy ZX Spe…
... ? Because it has 128kB, disk drive :P I don't wanna ... +2 with tape drive, I was sick in past ... position of head in tape drive ;)
So ... non-existent I/O port no longer returned the last attribute ... to ZX+3's disk-drive ? (needs a cable or ... -
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…
... Speccy to an IDE hard drive. But the question is: who ... (.SNA, .Z80) to the hard drive? I've tried with the ... -
SP7 Tape to Plus 3 Utility from KobrahsoftI recently won an auction on ebay for a multiface 3. Included in the auction was the following items (apart from 6 3" disks): 1) 3" disc with "SP7 T…
... Beginner's Tape to +3 drive utility - Owners Manual". 21 pages ... "SP7 Advanced Tape to +3 drive utility - Owners Manual". 39 pages ... the moment, so I have no way of testing the disk ... used.
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USB Flash DriveHi all, Does anyone know if it possible to build a USB interface where one can connect a USB Flash Drive to? These are also called "Memory Sticks" i…
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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…
... process of fitting a second drive, which I know to ... to format disks on that drive to 720K.
I ... it setting up the original drive 1 that came with ... visually identify if drive 1 is a 720K drive? If so, ... the details of setting the drive parameters? I had to ... -
Arghhh no soundHi All Over the past few years I have bought a few old rubber keyed Spectrums to re-live those good old days. Thing is they have all been bought a…
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Goodbye and best wishes!Sorry if this is not posted in the right group but I didn't know where else to put it. There might be those that see this as a way of advertising my …
... website, but that is by no means the reason for this ... , but seeing as I have no more interest in this subject ... danish version of the Sinclair QL manual. I will add it ... -
Housing Estates, a postmans view.1. Your gate must be closed at all times. Always. On Saturdays it is preferable if you also lock it / bolt it shut at the bottom. It shall be deemed …
... tent, a rotting car with no windows or wheels. Arrange ... you have nothing to do, drive around the estate looking for ... "anything for number 42". Under no circumstances give your full address ... refreshing long iced drinks. Under no circumstances offer the red-faced ... -
+3 Disc Drive ProblemsI was loading a game (gauntlet) on my +3 tonight and the drive made an unusual noise (not the silent ticking, like 2 seconds of noise). Then the driv…
... my +3 tonight and the drive made an unusual noise (not ... seconds of noise). Then the drive light started flashing on and ... +3 I can nab the drive out of, but it's ... annoying if the drive has got killed by a ... -
Spectrum +2 No TV PictureHi, As a retro collector in Australia I thought it was time to check out a real Spectrum as they were never popular here. So I bought the Spectrum +…
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It arrived with no RF cable so I used ... the BC237 as I as no one here stocks the BC237 ... stuck with a speccy with no picture
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+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... 34 on the connector is Drive ready, 32 is side 1 ... is the same (pin 34 drive ready) does this mean I ... -
Any interest in new low-cost mass-storage interface with 512K RAM?I've recently added support to ResiDOS and the +3e ROMs for SD/MMC card interfaces; in particular, ZXMMC (which has no onboard RAM and so is only sup…
... particular, ZXMMC (which has no onboard RAM and so is ... file
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Sinclair Pc-200 boot diskHi, So, i rescued a pc-200 from certain death. I had never seen one live, and it's quite a nice looking machine when compared to the cream coloured …
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It had no disks of any kind, and ... it?
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Why has no one remade 3D Deathchase?Why is 3D Deathchase, which is about 8k of code running on a 16K Spectrum, still unmatched (as far as I know) for a game of it's type? Since 3DD I'…
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mega drive collection for PS2do you guys think it's any worth the 30?? It's the one console that I've always wanted to have and never got (parents gave me the SNES, while all my…
Spectrum +3 Problem & A Modification IdeaThis is a dual post. And it's also my first post, so I apologise if I get stuff wrong lol. My mate bought a Spectrum +3. I'm unsure about how many d…
... mate has the FDD version. No tape deck. The problem is ... powers up, but there is no display on the T.V ... would then load the hard drive with MAME and about 7 ...What are the rules regarding...... me recommending a (computer and console) shop in this forum? My XBox DVD drive recently decided that it was sick of it's job, and I couldn't fi…
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My XBox DVD drive recently decided that it was ... to see that the new drive worked, as opposed to getting ... home with the new drive, putting it in the ... out that the new drive was from a duff ... a standard IDE drive), and I've had no trouble with ...Broken disk drive?Well last night disaster struck. I booted the Sam and started loading something from disk. There was a horrible grinding noise and everything crashed…
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Opening up the drive this morning I've found ... should I consign the disk drive to the dustbin.
drive on order from Quazar anyhow ...Half Man, Half BiscuitI managed to get on the guest list for the gig in Cardiff bay tonight. I have no idea what they are like live, but it should be a laugh. I like the …
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I have no idea what they are like ... much because they can't drive and Nigel gets travel sick ...Spectaculator and favorites location helpI am using Spectaculator and i have a fair few favorites bookmarked with the menu in the emulator. I have recently moved all my games from my C: dri…
... my games from my C: drive to I: now all my ... things in Notepad but to no luck.
Thanks all ...Linux - Whats the best distro?I don't need to go down the Vista path.. So I've built a Linux machine with some scrap PC parts. AMD 2700+ , 2gig RAM, MSI mATX KM4AM motherboard, C…
... AGP x8 card. 20gig hard drive.
I installed Fedora ... up my MSN contacts.. with no problems at all.
Nosferatu helpWe ain't having much luck with our RZXs recently! Is anyone familiar with Nosferatu? We've successfully escaped from the castle with the deeds and ar…
... kill all the rats and drive stakes through the heart of ... vampiric townsfolk but all to no avail. How the heck do ...For Sale: Random CrapHey Yo! Items here for sale. Open to any offers, and can be split or put into bundles. Just looking to get rid of this lot, or it'll be ebay'd or sk…
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Batman Returns (Inc manual - no box)
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Laptop CD-ROM Drive (Includes IDE Converter)Whats up wi mi speccy ? M RAMTOP no good 0:3I bought a speccy on ebay tried to load Mission Impossible but about 30 secs into loading it stopped and i got the error message ... M RAMTOP no good…
I bought a speccy on ebay tried to load Mission Impossible but about 30 secs into loading it stopped and i got the error message ... M RAMTOP no good 0:3 ... I take it it means it has defective ram ?Best looking Speccy?So, we've had the poll for the best Spectrum - but how about the best looking one - and why? For the best one, I voted the rubber 48K, because of it…
... unbalanced by the disk drive or tape drive hanging off the side ... 't really look dated today (no white plastic to go yellow ...Hard drive crash - any help?My HD has crashed, the OS is Windows 2000 Server. Right at the start of the boot process it says "Error loading operating system". Running the reco…
... a fixmbr too, but with no luck.
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