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  • Proud owner of a grey +2And for once, everything works! including the DivIDE+! Came with a bunch of tapes (sorry fog, no make a chip, although ive now got another copy of c…

    ... the tapes out on the +2 the play button snapped off ... play button or a new tape deck for it, cant have it ... collection is a decent grey+2, mine aren't in brilliant ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN November 2010 Hardware
  • Proud owner of a grey +2And for once, everything works! including the DivIDE+! Came with a bunch of tapes (sorry fog, no make a chip, although ive now got another copy of c…

    ... the tapes out on the +2 the play button snapped off ... play button or a new tape deck for it, cant have it ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 November 2010 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3 and Kempston InterfaceFurther to my update here: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31812&page=5[/url] I tried a D'Ktronics Kempston compatible …

    ... the 48, now im having problems with the 128 toaster, that ... (using my PC as a tape deck), and then find an alternate ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 November 2010 Hardware
  • Help Setting up / testing 48k +Hi guys, I've bought hubby a Spectrum + 48k and games for Christmas. As it's a surprise, his sister and I have been trying to test it at her house …

    ... />
    if you have a tape deck and you can get past ... ]
    symbol shift + P [B]2 times[/B]

    so ...

    then play a tape.. if the levels are right ...
    fog fog November 2010 Hardware
  • Alternate PowerHi All Been sorting and decorating and throwing stuff out, and seem to have mislaid a whole box of Spectrum stuff :( Found me Spectrum +2 but as ye…

    ... should have an original grey +2 PSU and have several +2A ... 48k, several power supplies, Commodore tape deck and several various cables :(
    Chris A Chris A November 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... by modification to allow external tape deck[/quote]

    That's ... faff around with the internal tape connections). Will add a link ... the details again (on foro.speccy.org).

    [quote]and ...
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... +2a tape and +3e roms then we got the ultimate speccy?[/QUOTE ... into a +2a, connect the tape deck and put the disk drive ...
    Glenn Glenn December 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    [QUOTE=BiNMaN;495461]Did you ever finish your case mod? where you were removing the tape deck and adding a keypad, I would love to see that[/QUOTE]

    No. I cancelled all my speccy projects, remember?
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • +2 Grey external tape modIve had a search through previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt find anything pertaining to the grey, only reason im posting is…

    ... a grey +2, and it doesn't have a tape connection at ... to press play on the tape deck for the lead to let ...
    FrankT FrankT December 2010 Hardware
  • +2 Grey external tape modIve had a search through previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt find anything pertaining to the grey, only reason im posting is…

    ... you can't connect a tape deck to it? As a matter ... of interest did the +2 datacorder have a remote function ... , for example? My Commodore C2N deck that I had with my ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 December 2010 Hardware
  • +2 Grey external tape modIve had a search through previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt find anything pertaining to the grey, only reason im posting is…

    ... you can't connect a tape deck to it?[/QUOTE]
    ...
    You can connect a tape deck no problem, you just have ... of interest did the +2 datacorder have a remote ... example? My Commodore C2N deck that I had with my ... cut power to the tape deck from software, it's ...
    guesser guesser December 2010 Hardware
  • +2 Grey external tape modIve had a search through previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt find anything pertaining to the grey, only reason im posting is…

    ... tapes) and a tape counter, I find the +2 to have neither ... by GEM software, on the +2 it wont even find the ... , stick it into a regular tape deck on any other machine, loads ...
    Macc Macc December 2010 Hardware
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... Both the medium (audio tape) & common tape recorders aren't suitable ... (where people use a crap tape deck). Especially for pre-recorded stuff ... 10x the price of a Speccy (which was a significant ... ', existing TV + a cheap tape deck was the only thing you ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie December 2010 Hardware
  • Sold a +2, lady is having trouble with it..Hi guys.. Just a few questions.. and maybe some things to try.. other than what I`ve told her already. I sold a plus 2, I tested all three games be…

    ... with a lot of plus 2's I bought..
    ... unpause at the end the tape deck the furthest button on the ... look and see if the tape is even rotating AND ... other obvious thing is the tape belt is gone, but well ... try hitting play on the tape deck with the door open and ...
    fog fog December 2010 Hardware
  • Cronosoft -Still up and running?Does anybody know if Cronosoft is still up and running? I remember Chaosmongers saying stuff a while back about having difficulties maintaining it, a…

    ... audio CD's of the Speccy .TAP files now -

    tape player going into a Speccy 128 through the ... Sony CD to a Denon tape deck.

    The Audio CD ... tranferring to tape reliably without the need to have Speccy set up ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers December 2010 Chit chat
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... pins to attach an amstrad tape deck if you were putting it ... into a +2/2a case but if it ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN December 2010 Hardware
  • Sold a +2, lady is having trouble with it..Hi guys.. Just a few questions.. and maybe some things to try.. other than what I`ve told her already. I sold a plus 2, I tested all three games be…

    I would check the connector from the tape deck to the motherboard.. I opened my +2, put it back together, then spent 20 minutes wondering why my tape deck wouldnt work...heheh. So, maybe it has come disconnected somehow...
    polomint polomint January 2011 Hardware
  • Anyone here have the UIEC for the C64....and if so what do you think about it? Guy selling them on Ebay for $55 and I'm tempted to get one, a brief look seems to suggest there is lots of…

    ... original 1 there is a 2 way switch on / off .. errm ... with the jiffy dos ON.. tape deck don't work
    fog fog January 2011 Chit chat
  • Supertest 128 - Loader QuestionI wonder if someone could explain (in simple terms please) :) , the purpose of the switch code. I see what is doing (going to 48k mode via spectrum)…

    ... slightly worn tape deck and an excess of leads as speccy is upstairs ...
    spider spider January 2011 Games
  • Supertest 128 - Loader QuestionI wonder if someone could explain (in simple terms please) :) , the purpose of the switch code. I see what is doing (going to 48k mode via spectrum)…

    ... slightly worn tape deck and an excess of leads as speccy is upstairs ...
    jp jp January 2011 Games
  • Back in the day Speccy related problems.Thinking back about the days where i used to play on the ZX Speccy (48K original rubber keyed wiith seperate data recorder) i recall some of the prob…

    ... were used to buy a Speccy. In Auckland (NZ) ... you could buy the Speccy without a power supply making ... TV images running the Speccy off an Atari 2600 ...

    A dedicated tape deck was still a bit too ... much, so the hi-fi tape deck was used - it actually ...
    Stefan Drissen Stefan Drissen January 2011 Games
  • Specific memories attached to certain gamesThought it might be interesting to share a few memories attached to certain games. For me a few spring to mind... [B]Agent X[/B] One morning I had …

    ... , as I almost killed my Speccy by dunking one in a ... of tea sat on the tape deck the day I bought it ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 March 2011 Games
  • I've got a VIC 20 again!!!It's been 24 years since I got rid of mine. Had a brief interlude with one in 1998 that I got from a boot sale and then went BANG later that weekend.…

    The VIC and C64 both use the same tape deck. It is the beige coloured one, there are broadly 2 designs but if it's beige it should work. The black ones have a different connector and are for C16s.
    Alien 8 Alien 8 March 2011 Chit chat
  • I've got a VIC 20 again!!!It's been 24 years since I got rid of mine. Had a brief interlude with one in 1998 that I got from a boot sale and then went BANG later that weekend.…

    ... C64 both use the same tape deck. It is the beige coloured ... one, there are broadly 2 designs but if it's ...
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2011 Chit chat
  • Need some help with an MIA titleI've just dug out my slightly battered copy of the freebie flexidisc that came with Computer Gamer in December '85. It had a couple of C64 games on i…

    ... .. BUT due to how the tape deck is I wonder how they ... levels.. you couldn't do "tape 2 tape" really.

    I'll ... someone ported it to c64 tape / disk

    was the ...
    fog fog March 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • +2 grey composite modWithout digging out the schematics, is it possible to do the composite mod like the 48k on these?

    ... "]Wikipedia[/URL], there is a +2, +2a and +2b. I always ... thought that the +2 was the +2a, but I ... not?[/QUOTE]

    The +2 is the grey one. Came ... disc player but with added tape deck.
    Modge Modge March 2011 Hardware
  • What am I doing wrong with loading?I recently got my Spectrum working, but I'm having troubles loading games. I plug a cable from my computers soundcard out to the Ear port, type LOAD …

    ... I will do on my +2 and +2B/+3 will be ... increase the sensitivity of the tape input on the +3.

    For the +2 and +2B I believe you ... use the amplifier on the tape deck PCB but I wouldn't ... also use a mp3 car tape adapter thingy. That would save ...
    guesser guesser April 2011 Hardware
  • What am I doing wrong with loading?I recently got my Spectrum working, but I'm having troubles loading games. I plug a cable from my computers soundcard out to the Ear port, type LOAD …

    ... the sensitivity of the tape input on the +3 ... 525766]
    For the +2 and +2B I believe you ... the amplifier on the tape deck PCB but I wouldn' ... use a mp3 car tape adapter thingy. That would ... internal amplifier from the tap-deck, velesoft I believe posted, ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 April 2011 Hardware
  • Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…

    ... like the GUI and the Tape Deck !
    Not to mention Program ... :
    7000 t-states (1secs) - 2 ms
    5789000 t-states ... (2 secs) - 1654 ms
    5099500 ... t-states (2 secs) - 1457 ms

    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2011 Emulators
  • Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…

    ... like the GUI and the Tape Deck !
    Not to mention Program ... :
    7000 t-states (1secs) - 2 ms
    5789000 t-states ... (2 secs) - 1654 ms
    5099500 ... t-states (2 secs) - 1457 ms
    [/quote ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2011 Emulators
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