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Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... everything ,including the transformer / power supply to be completely removable . So one ... had split and reconnected with a second ceramic connector . It ... is a bit wasteful but as I ... They will have to be secured in a tight spot but I ... -
Switched voltage regulatorIn the past a replacement voor the (hot!) 7805 has popped up a couple of times in various threads. As far as I know, Recom Power Inc. was always ment…
... the computer has less power to dissipate - so it ... a lower range of variation compared to the "raw" DC from a conventional power supply ... made up of a ... which is all the Sinclair power supply unit is).
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Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... are becoming rarer and harder to get hold of maybe( ... themselves) and a possible price difference (due to scarcity) might ... tempt people to use PC drives ... driveplate with a PC power supply (one about 10 years old a fanless ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... So I have to conclude I made a mistake probably by putting ... the strain on the Opus power supply which was the whole ... figured out how to do this with a separate power supply all those years ... will set the Yesico PC power supply back to its usual PC drive ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... any connector and I tried a few . So could is ... at least it's ORANGE power "ON" button is still ... I could not get a reading with a meter from any of ... will have to SPEND some money and get a suitable power supply At least ... free lunch may have come to an end! -
128k toastrack helpHello everyone So. I just bought a toastrack 128k. No show when plugging into TV. The PSU is fine and tested with a multimeter. Chips are not gett…
... ...get a new regulator and try that.
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The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …
... writing to actual 3 inch +3 disks as I had brought a few +3 games ... me with a floppy cable to connect an Amstrad/+3 3 inch drive, to a PC ... test option as I was using a 3 inch drive that was running ... PC and set it to run as a +3 speccy. I then loaded ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... an Opus case as a replacement power supply Roko (see well ... . In the photo referred to power supply is set up , totally ... power Option 4) . A variation (Option 4b) would be to mount a ... "topless" version or a "partially topless" ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... because they are too valuable to throw away (Opus Discoveries ... I could nor be bothered to repair this I just ... I just got a new PC power supply that was better ... get 5 years out of a PC power supply.
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Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... HP printer I found a "power supply enclosure" which is big ... it is "just right" to slide in : only one side ... it needs blocking off to secure it safely .So ... next job will be to solder in 4 cables ... . Then I need to compare with a working power supply . I can do ... -
comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2016 is now openHi. Having won, or is it lost (well, whatever it is - I'm just as confused as the rest of you), I am proud to announce that along with Gab Amore (…
... Canute and he might be a good topic for game. King ... of a foolish person trying to hold back the waves using a "special power". However ... that he was NOT trying to hold back the waves, but ... instead trying to show that he COULDN'T ... -
ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... Nice job. I must get a Unibit! Great craftsmanship as ... also make it easy to follow what you have ... of the box compare to a PC power supply case? It looks about ... cigar smoking is not a popular as it once ... a good "party piece".
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ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... up if this separate power supply is needed to power the amp and speaker ... speakers work OK and is a no cost option (as from ... advantage is lost if a separate power supply is needed as well as ... it . But it is good to explore these options ( I will ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... . Nothing damaged though : probably time to give up with this
to be unplugged and a new machine got but ... . This happened a few times and I ordered a new power supply . But then ... I got for a fiver in the 1980s to surge protect my ... -
Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…
... DI,B - 15 / DI
TO C - 8 / DI,B - ... DI,B - 30 / DI
TO C + 15 / DI,B - ... uses 368 bytes. Using a bit of algebra to simplify the expressions ... takes half the time to draw. Then replacing values ... .)
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Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... powered on from the independent power supply, switches off when the ... here is leaving the independent power supply to the floppy drive still ... power to the Opus Discovery ) . To me ,this means that "independent power" as a ... up on its independent power supply. -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... worth their time even bothering to Ebay .
... after I installed a new power supply: it told me to reinstall everything :- ... been so silly as to follow these instructions (and ... ) are ,of course, used to continually reinstalling everything , it is ... -
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR A BRAND-NEW ZX SPECTRUM 128K +2?So, if someone had a brand-new ZX Spectrum +2, how much would you pay for it? I'd like to know your thoughts about this and if you guys think it's po…
... got a mint 007 James Bond +2 minus it's power supply. It ... has never been actually used, due to the ... original owners only buying it for a replacement power supply for ... -
AY Sound Effects from WAVI'm wondering if someone has crossed this bridge already. There are a bunch of sampled sound effects in wav form that need converting to the AY ch…
... the readme. This takes a while to install. Note the ... wavs directory. Run "voicenc 3" to approximate using three voices. If you ... would increase by using a few line interrupts to have somewhere between ... br /> It may help to go a bit faster but even more ... -
Gaming PCs (not just ZX emulators)As it was pointed out to me in another thread, I'm a little out of touch with PC hardware having only bought cheap laptops in the last few years. My …
... everything you really want, not to a budget - I mean if you ... need to spend £80 for a reasonable power supply alone, same again for a processor ... , about £150 for a ... -
ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... both the outer PC power supply case and and its ... the game "Pippo" a whirl to test joystick functionality and ... something similar to re-use/recycle a PC power supply case should ... follow the correct safety procedures to ... -
ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... a different "beast" with a bigger footprint and this means that a PC power supply ... case would almost certainly not be big enough to ... the same to get the "outer case" to act as a wearsaver ... leads would add a "bit of structure" to help bind it ... -
Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... your using a 3.5mm to 2 phono plugs, does 3.5mm plug have 3 contacts ... to plug into the +3 tape/socket. Next I understand your using a phono to 3 ... .5mm adapter. Again does the adapter have a stereo 3 ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... you get. Best is to limit yourself to parts that are in ... For any candidate, check datasheet to be sure (for example physical ... :iIf you can get a Chinese power supply with one of these in ... postage / minimum order value / minimum # to order etc. always come into ... -
ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…
... also made the minimum length 3 not 2 (2 gave ...
1LLLLddd dddddddd - copy L+3 bytes from offset d
(length 3-18)
01LLLddd ... bytes by using a simple cost calculation to determine whether to store a literal ... -
ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…
... analysis using Einar's modified format. I had to make ... also made the minimum length 3 not 2 (2 gave ... a better parser which gains a few bytes by using a simple cost calculation to ... determine whether to store a literal ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
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I guess they had an additional sound system or something and they figured that a 128k power supply could handle both power set ups . I have not seen this done before and it does not make sense to have this now I agree. -
zx Spectrum repairHi, First post! My son gave me hi old none working Spectrum, so I thought I'd try to get it working, or throw it away. The RV showed the start page…
... The Spectrum has a 3.5 mm connector, not a DIN for tape ... re using a stereo mini jack, the ground should be connected to the ... . (Well, leaving it connected to the sleeve is okay, but ... to the audio input internally. On a +3, you need to connect the sleeve to ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... it back to run with PI one! (nice to meet a "fellow ... posts would make it easy to attach to a flat surface from behind ... GPIO , meaning that only a single power supply is needed which is ideal ... guy recommends a different product if you want to get a screen up ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
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Having referred to the instructions the green jack ... is meant to be plugged into ... I know the power output from a normal PC ... from this port , I should be able to ... set up a power supply to power up this very ...
