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  • Build your own Pentagon 1024SLAlexey aka KingOfEvil was so kind to give me an english manual for the Pentagon with most (except for the floppy controller) chips adapted to "wester…

    ... for tape input, however you'll have to build the reader circuit ... yourself. P1024 doesn't have on-board tape interface.
    Sonic Sonic November 2007 Hardware
  • +2A, are they all this incompatible?My +2A does not seem to be faulty but the number of games that don't run on it are silly. Scooby Doo(Elite), Crazy Cars , Turbo Outrun, Vindicator(im…

    ... spent ages fiddling with the tape azimuth settings convinced this would ... TV, Batman the movie and Robocop would load, try to run ...
    thingley thingley December 2007 Hardware
  • +2A, are they all this incompatible?My +2A does not seem to be faulty but the number of games that don't run on it are silly. Scooby Doo(Elite), Crazy Cars , Turbo Outrun, Vindicator(im…

    ... TV, Batman the movie and Robocop would load, try to run ... the resets after loading old (tape) software be caused by such ... some immediate after loading (from tape, i don't have any ...
    gtsamour gtsamour December 2007 Hardware
  • About Microdrives.I have my three microdrives sitting pretty on m new shelves above my monitor. I have never noticed it before but the tape heads look like stereo one…

    ... /> I read that the tape is a moebius strip (has ... Only one side of the tape was read/written to (writing ... the first side of the tape).

    It would ... pass the tape join twice for each complete circuit and this ... to is where the tape is pulled from the ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz January 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Does anyone have the CD codemaster pack?Hello [sorry for my poor English] I'm studding the cable of codemaster cd pack [url]http://www.crashonline.org.uk/73/cd.htm[/url] I have some pr…

    ... ( The cable has a little circuit inside the sub-9 joystick ... to power the DB9 enclosed circuit, while the third routes reformatted ... audio (like tape, but even more treble), and the circuit just shapes ...
    Marcelo Marcelo January 2008 Hardware
  • Does anyone have the CD codemaster pack?Hello [sorry for my poor English] I'm studding the cable of codemaster cd pack [url]http://www.crashonline.org.uk/73/cd.htm[/url] I have some pr…

    ... 's probably a small RC circuit to clamp the volume output ... quality than is possible by tape, hence the faster loading speeds ...
    bleugh bleugh January 2008 Hardware
  • Spectrum Ethernet update...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time. [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_eve…

    ... system, and the DivIDE's tape traps and NMI button works ... use! I'm using in circuit programmable logic, so even after ...
    Winston Winston March 2008 Hardware
  • Your Sinclair cover tapes - hidden games?Ok, this is all from the darkest recesses of my memory, and may or may not be an accurate recollection. I think I remember getting an issue of Your …

    ... with Nirvana's Nevermind on tape and my Hi-Fi. It ... skip outside my house, "Short Circuit" style; you'd have thought ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie March 2008 Games
  • Which games did you complete?Ok, time for another survey - list which Spectrum games you completed. Please list those with some poke or other cheat separately. Define completion …

    ... Wolf
    Navy Seals
    Robocop 2
    Total Recall
    tape!!
    deadpan666 deadpan666 April 2008 Games
  • Strange non-working software20 years ago I had a Spectrum 48k. It wasn't damaged but some programs (games) didn't work. For example "Ghostbusters" always crashed after the title…

    ... I remember most clearly is Robocop - but there were others too ... /> Anyway - I borrowed a different tape recorder from a friend and ... difference in speeds between different tape machines.
    thingley thingley May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Strange non-working software20 years ago I had a Spectrum 48k. It wasn't damaged but some programs (games) didn't work. For example "Ghostbusters" always crashed after the title…

    ... down the side of the tape, sucking dandilion and burdock through ... numpty.
    The timer for Robocop 2 is the scariest one ...
    Vertigo Vertigo June 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…

    ... properly in 128 mode (via tape loader). It tries to save ... the game back to tape, however it then starts fine ... machines. I remember my Short Circuit tape (128K side) wouldn't run ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 Games
  • 48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…

    ... the famous example, but Short Circuit 128 as I mentioned earlier ... the 128 Spectrum has the tape tester routines.

    11 ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 Games
  • Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …

    ... ? Can I rig an external tape player to the +2 like ... can't rig an external tape player to it normally, but ... fault on the cassette deck circuit board. I have never encountered ...
    emleymoor emleymoor July 2008 Hardware
  • Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …

    ... are you putting in a tape that you can use to ... removed top left of the tape as the record button wont ... down until either a balnk tape is in with the tab ... not have to strip the circuit board out i think according ... see in the image the circuit board is there and ...
    wadfm wadfm July 2008 Hardware
  • Running TZX off an IDE drive? Or streaming from a NAS?Hello. I know about the DivIDE project, and about the ZX Ethernet project, but not how far they've come or what they can do. So: 1. If I have a squ…

    ... just as if a real tape was playing (and actually be ... I was describing in my circuit. The PIC microcontroller would output ... the bit stream from the tape is because CASS/SPKR is ...
    Phu Phu September 2008 Hardware
  • Sinclair PC 200 - RF questionIs there any compatibility regarding the RF output of the sinclair pc 200? This week i got my 2nd unit and in both of them, when connected through R…

    ... of the fact that the tape in a VCR stretches and ... supply at modulator or video circuit is ok. Therefore you can ...
    ingo ingo September 2008 Hardware
  • Found 128k +2 in the garbageHey there, I had a 48k Plus when I was a kid (still have, actually), and used to play in a friends 128k +2, so I know the basic of these computers. …

    ... the circuit board if it spilled over?

    The tape deck ...
    The President The President October 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What did you do before WOS?Around 1992 I was still a very active Spectrum user, but had no one to talk about it. The stores stopped selling my favorite magazines and I was left…

    ... snapshots (SNA and Z80), few tape images.

    Simpler days ... back in the days when tape-loading games into PC emulators ... to build your own interface circuit.

    Edit: For most ...
    NickH NickH November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I killed my Spectrum last night...*sobs*I got all nostalgiac after watching Labyrinth last night (a festive tradition), and felt the need to get the Speccy out. I played "Rookie" (with the …

    ... was attached to an actual circuit), so I am assuming that ... dimmed the noise of the tape mechanism (and it doesn't ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Huge Clearance!This sale is dependant on offers, serious offers, for the following items: (One bulk lot, I'm not breaking it down) Unit: …

    ... /> Shinobi
    Shinobi
    Short Circuit
    Shorts Fuse
    Side ... Master '89
    User Enigma Tape Mag 9
    User /01 ...
    Your Rasputin Issue #1 Tape!
    Zenji
    Zip Zap ...
    TrooperHCR TrooperHCR March 2009 Sales
  • Plan BHi all, so, here is the Spectrum I won recently : [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=330306627242[…

    ... into a Source store yesterday ( Circuit City in Canada)
    They ... $70 for a poxy cheapy tape deck !!
    I do fancy ...
    stulec52 stulec52 April 2009 Wanted
  • Best 128K games?My M&D bought me a 48K Spectrum in December '83, and I never had a 128K (sniff!). Well, until recently when I started collecting a few! I am steadil…

    ... the tape on many games, especially the Ocean ones like RoboCop, OpWolf ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG May 2009 Games
  • Help - no tv receptionHi I've just bought a 128k Spectrum +2 from ebay & am having trouble getting any output on a tv. The specy seems to work - the power light comes on …

    ... light comes on and the tape deck will play, so I ... , is failure of the inverter circuit that generates the +12V line ... 't think has an inverter circuit, because the external power supply ...
    trellis trellis June 2009 Hardware
  • Few +3 & +2A questionsI don't know those models too good, so my questions can be quite stupid. Spectrum +3 has a sound distortion problem. Do all +3 models suffer from it…

    ... the +3B), has the sound circuit fixed. Also, the sound on ... a Spectrum +3 with tape deck instead of disk drive ... +3B), has the sound circuit fixed. Also, the sound on ... plug +2A to external tape deck like a +3 ... a brand new Spectrum +3 tape lead from the 'Sinclair ...
    Hercules Hercules June 2009 Hardware
  • Tape loadersi understand how ROM tape loader works but i dont understand why it so 'complicated'. it measure time until two edges in signal appears. why it does…

    ... NRZ line code, either for tape or ethernet lines, or recording ... by the components in the circuit (ethernet has a bunch of ... . This is especially important for tape, which is very inaccurate. This ... - although you could make the tape load and save routines quite ...
    Winston Winston September 2009 Development
  • Tape loadersi understand how ROM tape loader works but i dont understand why it so 'complicated'. it measure time until two edges in signal appears. why it does…

    ... . We're dealing with tape drives of questionable quality here ... remember - the Spectrum's output circuit is a form of analogue ... see the Speccy beeper circuit can make a pretty ... be reliable with the crummy tape recorders we had in ... saving and loading from tape.
    Winston Winston September 2009 Development
  • Spectrum +2 datacorderHi, my Spectrum +2 datacorder isn't working. Does anyone know if I can still load software through the tape/sound socket at the back of the machine i…

    ... was connected to an external tape drive. So maybe that connection ... clock signal and make a circuit to obtain 3,5MHz. If ...
    Jose_Leandro Jose_Leandro September 2009 Hardware
  • Specdrum SyncroI'm having trouble syncing my (revision 4b)48k specdrum. The sync pulses sent out of the MIC socket are low, barely +50db, and isn't powerful enough…

    ... to save a program to tape, the output is also low ... C35 for the EAR/MIC circuit, my board has a brown ...
    apprenticemart2 apprenticemart2 September 2009 Hardware
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