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Used games are killing the games industry and should be banned (wibble wibblI was on a forum for flash cartridges ('backup' devices that allow you to play digital images on a real console, so you can download a game and play …
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DOS problem....Okay, so a while back I picked up a disc in a charity shop full of old PD demos and games for PC....most of which run in DOS... When I first start…
... back I picked up a disc in a charity shop full ... -
The ZX Spectrum as a Business MachineMaybe it is time to treat this"business" side of the Spectrum more seriously . What spurred me int action was the arrival in the post today (from Eb…
... Invoicing" . (3 and a half Disc-ZX spectrum Opus Discovery) produced ... -
XP and Chrome issues Oct 2017I use various XP PC machines with the last update of Chrome (then they stopped for XP) For the last few days the forum has displayed "This site can'…
... it reloads a pre-built disc image with word/chrome/excel ... etc to the memory/disc partition and uses that for ... requiring Admin rights.
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Spectrum games in big boxes, including rare collectionsTNT2 Double Dynamite Compilation The Winning Team Dizzy Collection with Extra Cartoon Collection Rainbow Islands Carrier Command World Cup Carni…
... /> Project Stealth Fighter (on 3" disc)
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Something my dad did for me...Today, what's left of it, is what would have been my dad's 75th birthday, but he never made it past 50. Here's something he did for me, other than…
... that used those new-fangled disc drives, and the tapes had ... looks like a one-megabyte disc!" I wonder what he'd ... -
Reviving a Microdrive (and its notoriously fragile media)eBay has been getting a [i]lot[/i] of business out of me lately, which brings me to this... Context: some years ago I bought a job lot of Spectrum…
... how to get a +3 disc drive working again - cleaning, fitting ... -
Headerless tape loading blocksIs there any way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed blocks? I imagine it involves Taper. I ask because now that I know I'…
... of t'old days onto disc (after I've confirmed that ... -
Dead +3 - Helps!!!!!Okay, just got a +3. It worked fine, apart from two things:- 1) clicking disc not reading discs 2) audio issue I bought a replacement belt. I ca…
... two things:-
1) clicking disc not reading discs
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Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... be caused by the ceramic disc capacitors around the upper/lower ... -
I've bought a Sony Minidisc deck in 2018 - For the Love of MinidiscsI've got a little HIFI obsession going at the moment, not only tape decks, but mini disk and vinyl. I recently brought a second Technics SL1200 becau…
... for a high end mini disc player to replace my late ... my portable.
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Bandersnatch referencesList here what you spotted :) I'll start. Date the episode is set - Imagine went bust. "Expansion - Imagine!" - either Imagine expanding so qu…
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Thompson twins - flexi disc on YS?
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"Congraturation, you suC5ess"?(Maybe I've posted this before, or something like it, but I used the Advanced Search and didn't find what I was looking for, so here we go...) Jus…
... ROM fully working and a disc drive instead of the twin ... -
Silly things I used to do(and in this case, somewhat spectrum related) When I was much younger I had a strange behaviour: I liked wrecking toys and throw them out of the…
... and it traveled like a disc in slow motion, unwinding perfectly ... -
New WoS and ZXDBIt turns out new WoS is using [url="https://github.com/zxdb/ZXDB"]ZXDB[/url]! More precisely [url="https://github.com/zxdb/ZXDB/blob/c4bd3e40d81a8d47…
... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0025981"]Trans-Disc Express[/url] along the way ... -
The Social DilemmaHas anyone watched the NetFlix documentary 'The Social Dillemma'? It pretty much told me what I already know about how these tech giants are able…
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Looking for QL Software ZX Tape insiderDear ZX Friends, at the very early days of ZX Emulators for the Sinclair QL I got my hands on a russian emulator. Sorry, I can not recall the name…
... and then stored on the Disc Drive. I recall I used ... -
"Doubled Up" Standard Size Cassette Cases.Was Viz (Virgin Tronix) the only game that had 2 standard sized cassette cases merged together to house the two tapes? I think it is the only one I …
... of the label that the Disc version cost £14.99 and ... -
CSSCGC 2021: 25th edition extravaganza![img]https://csscgc2021.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/yellow_programmer_960x600.png[/img] [url=https://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/csscgc2021/][b][size=…
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Are there any TWIN COMPUTER games or any other twinned software for the ZX Spectrum?I noticed in the PSS Game "Tobruk" that there was an option for the use of 2 Amstrad Micros . The instructions say :- "This advanced version of Tobru…
... !) And:- "If you have the disc version both machines must have ... -
Valuation of 4 Sam Coupé games?I have 4 Sam Coupé games that I want to sell. They're all disc versions and practically mint condition and includes inlays/manuals. Well, perhaps exc…
... to sell. They're all disc versions and practically mint condition ... -
Free Spectrum Hardware and softwareFREE! I have a large collection of Spectrum hardware and software that I no longer need. There are at least two Spectrum machines, several interfaces…
... interfaces including a Plus D disc drive and a pair of ... disc drives. There are two printers, ... -
Civ 2 questionI've been wanting to play Civ 2 for ages but it won't work on W10 (not surprising as it's from 1996!). I still have the original CD ROM and after so…
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16pf Capcitors for C72/C73 issue 3b. Can I use 18pf?Looking at the service manual it states to use a 16pf ceramic disc capacitor in positions C72 and C73 on issue 3b boards. Is this very critical in bo…
... to use a 16pf ceramic disc capacitor in positions C72 and ...