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ZX For All For the first time since roughly 25 years I were able to meet other Sinclair ZX Spectrum users at the annual ZX-Team-Meeting in Mahlerts. Being basically a Sinclair ZX81 meeting organized by the german ZX-Team User Club Continue reading ZX-Team 2018
Contemporary Vintage After I have dealt mostly with real old hard- and software (maybe except the new Auna tape recorder and the vDriveZX ZX Microdrive „upgrade“) I would like to look into new ZX Spectrum related expansions. Brand New Classic Continue reading DivMMC et Impera
Internal Incompability With most of the hard- and software up and running (and backup’d) I chose to have a more recreative time: gaming. I still have some 80’s/90’s Atari- (and therefore classic ZX Spectrum joystick interfaces) compatible joysticks: A Spectravideo Continue reading The Joystick Re-Hack
Soundscape of the day: This Mortal Coil, It’ll End in Tears, 1984
Emulated Cartridges Now that my ZX Microdrive, ZX Interface 1 and the brand new vDriveZX are ready to be used my next task was to back up (as much as possible) data from my Microdrive cartridges to virtual vDrive cartridges. Continue reading Back and Forth
Soundscape of the day: Craig Armstrong, Plunkett & Macleane Original Score, 1999
Hardware Emulation After „refreshing“ my ZX Microdrive cartridges felt-pad-wise the next step was to check for the data. My aim was to backup as much as possible from those old media, make a brave FORMAT “m”;l;“name” and re-write software and Continue reading The Virtual
Soundscape of the day: Old Man’s Child, The Pagan Prosperity, 1997
Floppy Disk Rival After solving the mainstream mass storage problem I approached the somewhat more fancy Sinclair-specific storage solution. Having – in principal – tested both of my ZX Interface 1 as working I would like to see if my Continue reading The Endless Tape
Dual Device While loading software from tape worked right of the (storage) box with one of my two mono audio tape recorders the saving of data to tape did not lead to a functioning re-loadable data storage. To my own Continue reading Mass Storage