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ZX Microdrive endlessly spinningHi, I've got 2 ZX Microdrives that behave very similarly, basically they seem to be receiving commands nicely, but no matter whether i LOAD SAVE or …
Yes you have to remove the aluminium cover - there are two screws underneath it. Use a hairdryer to heat the glue so you don't bend the cover.
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Microdrive MaintenanceHi All I've come into possesion of two microdrives and 5 cartridges. I have an interface 1 which I believe is fine. I can issue commands to the micr…
... isopropyl alcohol (also sold as tape head cleaner) to clean the heads ... -
Sinclair BASIC manual cover artHello, dose anyone out there have any information or links regarding the art work on the 48k's Sinclair BASIC cover ?, I've always thought it was rea…
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Speedlock - a loader or a virus?Believe it or not, my rubber refuses to load 100% anything Speedlock related. At least the later ones used in 1988-1990 games. I was using the output…
... rates. Alas, a mis-aligned tape head fails to load the game ... beeps which detected for abnormal tape noise (normally present if the ... 't need so much cassette tape in their cassettes, thus saving ... -
Successful Microdrive cart repair.....but only on one cart! Basically, cut the sponge off a cassette and glued it on, worked, chance in a million most probably!
... issue appears to be dirty tape head, give that a clean every ... -
Hobbit AI?Does anyone know anything about how The Hobbit worked? It's amazing they crammed so much in, and I was wondering how they did things like the NPC sp…
You can get the source code from Chris Wild's Icemark site, along with lots of info and resources on other games - some of which are DD'ed, hence no direct link. -
Spectrum +2B HelpHello there my fellow WoS'ers Recently I bought a Spectrum +2 from eBay, it turns out to be a +2B from China, according to the plastics. The unit f…
... the tiny wires to the tape head, they can come loose with ... noise like a dirty noisy tape. Usually hissing and feedback if ... /> Careful soldering it as the tape head is usually filled with potting ... feedback. I've seen some tape heads that had melted wax ... -
Spectrum +2B HelpHello there my fellow WoS'ers Recently I bought a Spectrum +2 from eBay, it turns out to be a +2B from China, according to the plastics. The unit f…
... tiny wires to the tape head, they can come loose ... like a dirty noisy tape. Usually hissing and feedback ... Careful soldering it as the tape head is usually filled with ... I've seen some tape heads that had melted ... that, just unplug the tape deck cable and see ... -
ANN: EsxDos 0.73 released (third party - not mine)Papaya Dezign have finally released their firmware/OS for the DivIDE interface. Go get it from [url]http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos073.zip[/url]…
... modification : UB880D[/B]
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ANN: EsxDos 0.73 released (third party - not mine)Papaya Dezign have finally released their firmware/OS for the DivIDE interface. Go get it from [url]http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos073.zip[/url]…
... modification : UB880D[/B]
direct link to flasher utility in TAP ... -
zx81: how to convert .txt files into .p ?i'm posting this question here, because it's not related with zx-spectrum, but it is about sinclair hardware emulation: how can i convert (tokenize)…
There's a utility (in french?) here:
[url]http://dskcenter.free.fr/zxtools.html[/url]
Direct link: [url]http://dskcenter.free.fr/Download/Zxtoken.zip[/url] -
Loading games with cassette adapter - no PLAY requiredAfter several encouragingly successful experiments with the use of cassette adapters commonly used to connect a multimedia player to a cassette-only …
... is stuck on. Usually on tape decks when play is off ... signal is sent from the tape head. Leaf switches are used to ... />
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Loading games with cassette adapter - no PLAY requiredAfter several encouragingly successful experiments with the use of cassette adapters commonly used to connect a multimedia player to a cassette-only …
... is stuck on. Usually on tape decks when play is off ... signal is sent from the tape head. Leaf switches are used to ... />
Unless the +2's tape deck doesn't have this ... -
Loading games with cassette adapter - no PLAY requiredAfter several encouragingly successful experiments with the use of cassette adapters commonly used to connect a multimedia player to a cassette-only …
... induction works - to let the head lose its magnetic charge and ... through it. (and hitting a tape head with a big hammer is ... -
Loading games with cassette adapter - no PLAY requiredAfter several encouragingly successful experiments with the use of cassette adapters commonly used to connect a multimedia player to a cassette-only …
... through it. (and hitting a tape head with a big hammer is ... -
Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... , I'm also providing a direct link to the bugfixed version in ... advance. So far, I provided direct links to Crusoe [URL="http ... -
Spectrum - Show in London area, April 2012Hello Folks, we have been already discussing in another thread. Here I simply want check the interest.So the question is easy: If we will organize a …
... the road is on a direct link to Heathrow Airport and Paddington ... -
Spectrum - Show in London area, April 2012Hello Folks, we have been already discussing in another thread. Here I simply want check the interest.So the question is easy: If we will organize a …
... the road is on a direct link to Heathrow Airport and Paddington ... -
The Hulk adventure game. "Bite Lip"??Who remembers this? To turn into the Hulk you had to type "bite lip"! The thing is, you had to do this right at the beginning to escape the chair to …
Help Wanted: Playtest BUGFIXED games!There's an ongoing effort at WoS to fix classic Spectrum games with serious bugs that make them impossible to complete, crash frequently, etc. More d…
... ?t=34877"]this post[/URL] (direct link [URL="http://www.mediafire.com ...Microdrive ProblemHi everyone, I have just recently bought an Interface 1 and Microdrive off eBay. I plugged it all in and everything worked, however, it doesn't now …
... cannot get the tape close enough to the tape head to read/write ... />
Also try cleaning the tape head ( cotton wool bud).
Is this pure bulls@*t or what?Read [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-PLUS-48K-REFURB-COMPOSITE-OUT-/170691876340?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item27be0755f4#h…
... does seem plausible: With the direct link shortcut there is the possibility ...how can we convert .z80 to .tap ?is there some way to convert a .z80 file (specially 48k) to .tap, in a similar result as saved from Multiface1? (i'm asking this because i imagine th…
... =nitrofurano;578933]where from, as direct link, i download it?[/QUOTE]
A little bit of help.Good Evening, I am new to the ZX Spectrum so please do not grill me! I recently picked one up (being interested in Vintage/Retro Video Gaming) I ha…
... things:
1) The tape head is dirty, you can clean ... time.
2) The tape head is out of alignment. Insert ... a cross head jewelers screwdriver into the little ... not. ;)
4) The tape head is worn (very rare I ...Cleaning up an old recording?Hi folks! :smile: I recently found a bunch of old Boots C15 tapes in the loft the other day. I know what's on most of them, but there are a couple o…
... the azimuth screw on the tape head. With a bit of ... mean, LOL) when the tape is playing through the Spectrum ... the plastic case in my tape deck which lined up ... of the screw when the head was in the "play" ... a good picture of a tape head to help illustrate this ...Unable to load tapesHello, Can anyone help me,I have a grey 128k,When I connect everything up to my TV,I get a loading screen,but when I go to load a tape,nothing happen…
... a tape,nothing happens,the tape is going around in the tape ... is coming from the tape player,what can I ... I need to clean my tape head? Its not the leads ... you do not need any tape leads.
Did you ... tapes?
Cleaning the tape heads would prove useful if ...
