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Fixing/modding my new +3Hi, In december I won an auction for a working +3 with a dead floppy drive, + a Multiface 3, some disks and tapes, for a very low price (I think nob…
... +2B case. Hook up the tape deck, Dremel out the panel for ... the floppy port and have 2 external drives) -
+2a no sound from rfHi, finally got my +2 working, the sound was working through the TV, then it started to crackle, which got worse and then the sound went. Sound is w…
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ZX Spectrum +2A - Issue loading gamesHi! I have my ZX Spectrum +2A with a very strange issue regarding games loading. The thing is that I can only load a few games from the Datacorder o…
Have you tried giving your tape deck a good clean. I had a similar problem on a grey +2 a while back and after giving it a damned good clean it now works perfect -
ZX-Modules app reportZX-Modules app report If You are interested, I want to report about the state and progress about my ZX-Modules programs. I would like to report at l…
... implemented repeaters.
Case 2: the user opens and edits ... user opens and edits a tape or disk file:
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Points on +2 Cassette to add Mono plugHi All, I am looking for the points on the ZX +2 cassette board where I can add the wires to a mono jack to load from WAV Anyone help?
... mods to the +2 to give external tape input you need to ... tape output, the +2 is always expecting "safe" levels from its internal tape deck ... -
Sinclair Speccy +2A Tape Loading IssuesHi all I've just got a spectrum off eBay and it wont load tapes Here's a video: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvIMj3gKlg[/url] I have ju…
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Sinclair Speccy +2A Tape Loading IssuesHi all I've just got a spectrum off eBay and it wont load tapes Here's a video: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvIMj3gKlg[/url] I have ju…
stick the tape deck back in and use a ... is that only for grey +2's
there was ...The end of the SpectrumWhat year is generally considered to be the last year commercial software was sold nationally in shops and stores? I think I abandoned my Speccy in …
[QUOTE=R-Tape;778693]As one of the ... why people stuck with the Speccy back then.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
tape recorder to the spectrum and ... loading sound blaring through the tape-deck (didn't realise you could ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... bigger keyboard and built in tape deck.
Sinclair and Amstrad ... ] handling of games when the Speccy 128 came out instead we ... and bright colours leaving the Speccy couldnt really handle the same ... .
For me the 128K Speccy was the death of the ...Audio in on Spectrum +2a - not working properly?I know this has been documented before but I seem to be having some issues. I have done the mod documented on here where the jack is desoldered, th…
... would load first time through Speccy Tape without a single failure.
tape adapter working which I had ... ? I am half suspecting the tape adapter as it is a ... tried the adapter in the tape deck for my 48k and it ...Skooldaze and Back to Skool loading problemsIve got both of these on original Microsphere release and Ive never come across two titles that are so azimuth reliant before!! I mean it has to be …
... original skool daze and bak 2 skool - typically would just crash ... by direct copy in a tape-to-tape deckSuper Trux 128K on ZEROI have tried every tape snapshot image listed on the World Of Spectrum page and none of them will work on ZERO, even though others work fine and from…
... ;786736]I have tried every tape snapshot image listed on the ... the tape browser allowed me to load it in without any problems ... . I did have to start the tape manually though on the tape deck ...Spectrum 48k ProblemsHi all Got my 48k today but it's playing up abit... First time i turn it on it was like this: [IMG]http://s26.postimg.org/hlg9d3f3d/IMG_20140830_…
Borrow an old MONO tape deck and try that - just to ... of these components could cause problems, but it's HIGHLY unlikely ...Were +2A tape decks badly made?I remember as a kid in the early 90s(must of been as I started Secondary School in 1994 and this was before that) maybe even 88 or 89 I used to play …
I remember having my +2A on xmas and the tape deck buttons snapping off a day after boxing day. It still worked for 2 years and then jacked in so i had to sort out an external tape deck to work with it.Were +2A tape decks badly made?I remember as a kid in the early 90s(must of been as I started Secondary School in 1994 and this was before that) maybe even 88 or 89 I used to play …
... 2A on xmas and the tape deck buttons snapping off a day ... . It still worked for 2 years and then jacked in ... to sort out an external tape deck to work with it.[/ ... QUOTE]
My (grey) +2 did that too, lost play ... it possible to use a +2 tape mechanism in a +2a? ...Were +2A tape decks badly made?I remember as a kid in the early 90s(must of been as I started Secondary School in 1994 and this was before that) maybe even 88 or 89 I used to play …
... at the innards of my +2 and +2A tonight, and despite ... 's the same, so a tape deck swap might be a goer ...Recommended tape player for preserving software?Just wondering if any of those involved with preserving software have a recommended tape player? Do you use a regular one, or something a bit more u…
Almost any tape deck should be fine providing ... or so) year old Pioneer tape deck which is hooked up to ... . Long story.
(2) Similarly-aged Yamaha all-in ... on my PC. The tape deck isn't quite as good ... a +2A with a tape deck that can force nearly ANYTHING ...How come...i'm never into music when its popular? :lol: When I was in my school days I was listening every night before I went to sleep to the only Dire Straig…
... get double points for the *2 memory jog ? :) )
I ... it on school trip on tape deck..agh got that flipping song ... repeat. as they had ONE tape!!!!
[url]https://www ...Design your ideal Spectrum 'console'.Sparked by the ZX Vega, a lot of us have spoken about desired features. Disregarding any technical issues, how would your ideal new speccy work? …
My ideal Speccy
Brand new sleek ... keyboard similar to the Speccy+ Separate plug-in Tape deck, stackable with +3 ...Faulty Spectrum +2A from Ebay - advice?OK what would you do??? I bought a job lot off Ebay with a +2A in 'excellent condition' - didn't mention working. BUT it doesn't work... no red ligh…
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1. Tape Belt, if left in the ... /SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-128-2-TAPE-CASSETTE-DRIVE-BELT-/320635964600? ... URL]
2. Dirty tape heads, Q-tip and some ... I would do, most problems just clear right up after ... very hard to load tape, in my case that ...Resurrection of ZX SpectrumHello everyone. I recently emerged from my attic bearing my childrens 128k ZX Spectrum +2 with a bag of games etc. Like many before it hasn't seen…
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1. Tape Belt, if left in the ... /SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-128-2-TAPE-CASSETTE-DRIVE-BELT-/320635964600? ... a grey +2[/URL]
2. Dirty tape heads, Q- ... I would do, most problems just clear right up after ... very hard to load tape, in my case that ...Christmas 1989Seeing as Chrimbo is upon us, I thought I'd shine a light on what us fogeys were playing 25 years ago. That's a quarter of a century, just in case y…
Christmas 1989 - can't even remember what I got. I think it was the year before that I had sold my Spectrum +2 and all the games in the small ads, and bought a twin tape deck for christmas.Christmas 1989Seeing as Chrimbo is upon us, I thought I'd shine a light on what us fogeys were playing 25 years ago. That's a quarter of a century, just in case y…
... I had sold my Spectrum +2 and all the games in ... ads, and bought a twin tape deck for christmas. [/quote]
:o Was it a Spectrum +2?Resurrection of ZX SpectrumHello everyone. I recently emerged from my attic bearing my childrens 128k ZX Spectrum +2 with a bag of games etc. Like many before it hasn't seen…
... machines that use an external tape deck or other external audio source ... a +2 as the level on the build in tape deck should be ...48k noise problem..Hi guys, I need some hardware advice with my old 48k. The machine is VERY noisy - I've fixed the video noise by performing the 'composite' mod, but …
... mic connections connected on the Speccy and device your saving to ... your cassette recorder and Speccy whilst saving to tape, all you would ... I started using a different tape deck!48k noise problem..Hi guys, I need some hardware advice with my old 48k. The machine is VERY noisy - I've fixed the video noise by performing the 'composite' mod, but …
... I started using a different tape deck![/QUOTE]
Yes I ... probably best for all things Speccy with its screen-shots and ...DivMMC Enjoy - I'm not enjoying it!My DivMMC Enjoy arrived today. Excitedly I rushed home to plug it into my +2a. I have quite a few SD card/CF solutions for my computers so I know wha…
... 128`s in 48k setting 2 48k machines need +2b/+3 ... if played in via the tape deck would corrupt if loaded in ... exactly the same on that +2. Same games either crash or ... in Pang corrupt on the +2 but not on my + ... loaded in via the tape deck on the +2).
I ...DivMMC Enjoy - I'm not enjoying it!My DivMMC Enjoy arrived today. Excitedly I rushed home to plug it into my +2a. I have quite a few SD card/CF solutions for my computers so I know wha…
... load Navy Seals into my +2 it crashes after about 15 ... Seals image into the +2 via the tape deck and it's quite ... has corrupted sprites on the +2 but is fine on the ... load it into the +2 via the tape deck it is fine.
tape deck?DivMMC Enjoy - I'm not enjoying it!My DivMMC Enjoy arrived today. Excitedly I rushed home to plug it into my +2a. I have quite a few SD card/CF solutions for my computers so I know wha…
... corners and stopping producing plus 2 (Grey) motherboards.
Get yourself ... via tape deck.
I am looking for a grey +2 but ...Is it possible to use a +2b tape deck with a +2 grey motherboard?As per the subject really.. I've tried this and it doesn't work properly.<div><br></div><div>I can hear the tape playing through the TV but no loadin…
There is also at least to different decks I've seen used on the +2a/b: one has two rubber belts (similar to the deck on the grey +2) and the newer models fit a tape deck with only one belt
