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+2 grey PSU capacitor changeHi I opened up a +2 grey power supply (2.1A max output) unit in order to replace the aged electrolytic capacitor inside, just like I always do with …
... to replace the aged electrolytic capacitor inside, just like I always ... is one big 6000uF 16V capacitor inside BUT i can't ... with a fresh 4700uF 25V capacitor?
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grrr The Capacitor PlagueI'm getting fed up of The Capacitor Plague. If you don't know what this is, I'll tell you the result. Your computer stops working. Sometimes, it won'…
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Composite video for 48k Capacitor orientationHello, My multisystem TV is acting up and I'm unable to navigate the menu to tune in the RF signal for my speccys. However the A/V input still works.…
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C46 Capacitor MarkingHi all I've just watched this part of this video: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeCVt2T-YSo&t=17m0s[/url] And he says the marking is incorrec…
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Composite Video Mod Capacitor ValueCouldn't find any thread where this has been asked before but I'm not convinced the search in this forum is the best...:) Due to the recent retire…
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48K Issue 3B slowly fading over 15-20 seconds, capacitor gets hot.Hi folks, Recently my much-modified* RAM testing 48K board failed with a hot/burny smell so I turned it off quickly for looking at later. Thinking…
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Awful image on 128K +2B / CV mod not workingHello, My two +2 B output a terrible image through RF. Lots of shadows and moiré patterns. One is slightly better than the other, but really ba…
... / +3 models only. One from Secarica and another one from the ... .
[URL]http://www.secarica.ro/plus3_composite_video.pdf[/URL] and ... ]
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+3 Audio hates me with a passionHihi Since nobody seemed to have a spare +3B board, I've been trying to replace the audio entirely, aiming for a speaker inside the machine Since p…
... 3B circuit on [url]www.secarica.ro/zx/[/url]
... circuit on [url]www.secarica.ro[/url] has a ... amplifier) and ground. This capacitor forms a low pass ... a smaller capacitor. The best standard value capacitor to let ... on the [url]www.secarica.ro[/url] pdf and ... -
are the following (tzx) really missing ?On the list at [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/stp/games.html"]www.worldofspectrum.org/stp/games.html[/url] there are some existing items ages a…
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wantedI need a booting floppy disk made by W95B or later. I need it to boot before running powerquest drive image to have access to fat32 disks. If someo…
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Music on Tour de Force (Gremlin)Has this game really a music somewhere ? Perhaps the 48K bzz-bzz at the beginning of any level and/or for game over is considered "music" ? The WOS …
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how to make a (protected) .DSK to disk transfer ?I know how to make file transfers between .DSK files and physical disks (logical copy). However, how can be done a physical sector transfer (disk im…
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SwitchBlade from WOS has a problem ?I am not able to load this game neither with WinZ80 nor with ZXSpin. Something wrong, but where ? The version from TZX Vault is a demo or smth., it …
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seeking info about a mysterious version of ProGolfSimI have 2 versions of Pro Golf Simulator (Codemasters) and would like to clarify which is which. No original tapes, just old copies. One version is i…
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disk write protect on Spin ?Is there an option for Spin to default a (loaded) disk to be write protect ? I whish I have no worry when loading a perfect original disk to convert …
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something is missing from TZX Vault's AutomonopoliWhile loading, the WOS version of this game (.tap) generates a quite nice red screen with a copyright notice. This version is identical with my ancie…
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what loading scheme has this game ...... Emlyn Hughes Arcade Quiz, on questions blocks ? WOS has this game as independent item, how were the questions blocks encoded ? I have The Loopz …
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+3 test disk somewhere ?The "Integral disk test v1.5" from the +3's QAZPLM ROM test says it requires a test disk. Is it possible to find this disk somewhere ? It appears tha…
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How to fix the +3 sound distortion (not to implement ABC stereo)I was wondering if anyone is familiar with a method of how to fix the distortion in +3 early versions but not the one described in Secarica's site (e…
I was wondering if anyone is familiar with a
method of how to fix the distortion in +3 early versions but not the one described in Secarica's site (excellent site by the way) which implements the ABC stereo
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what's the difference between old colossus chess and new colossus chess ?I (still) have two disk image files from TZX Vault, "Colossus 4 Chess - Side A.dsk" and "Colossus 4 Chess - Side B.dsk". Today, the .zip archive from…
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+3 soundhello there, just a quick-fire question today. i'm kinda keen on the idea of using my +3 quite a bit, particularly if i bother to to actually sort …
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Composite video mod on a 16K issue 2, not workingI carried out the composite video mod detailed here: [url]http://user.tninet.se/~vjz762w/fixuspec.html[/url] I chose the one that requires the trans…
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48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …
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Issue two picture qualityDoes anyone know if issue two and earlier spectrums have worse picture quality (in general, beside colours) compared to issue 3 and later? I mean on…
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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 …
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Microdrive wont LOAD - Help PleaseI have many Microdrive cartridges containing Original Programs and Backups. I have tried to read and load from any number of the cartridges all seem…
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Irrelevant QuestionThis is an indeed irrelevent to the speccy scene question but since i searched and i searched and coulnd't find any help elsewhere, i desided to ask …
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+3 sound problemHello! I've bought +3 a year ago and I wasn't really impressed with it's sound. It was really bad. Then I found this page [URL="http://www.secarica…
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Fitting a 3.5" floppy drive in a +3looking on here [url]http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#3and5inchdrive[/url] and they are on about fitting a 3.5" PC floppy drive. I…
looking on here
[url]http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#3and5inchdrive[/url]
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The unofficial Amstrad WWW resourceNot sure if this fits this section... Some sites with info about the Plus 3's Floppy Drive Controller (uPD765A) had a link to this website: [url]htt…
... "]Faq[/URL]. [URL="http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_software.html"]Christian ...
