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ROM Clashes After using my DivMMC Future with my ZX Spectrum 128 for a while I realized that this marvellous peripheral is better suited for a classic ZX Spectrum+/48K. There are technical reasons why you can’t really operate your Toastrack Continue reading Re-Arrangement
Selfmade Boots In the aftermath of merging the new AmigaOS 3.1.4 release with my existing AmigaOS 3.9 BoingBag 2+ installations I scanned the „DATA:“-partitions of my Amigas for older boot screen pictures. To my own surprise there were numerous attempts Continue reading Boot Embellishment
Sixteen and a half year The last official operating system update for Amiga computers with Motorola 68000 CPU architecture was AmigaOS 3.9 BoingBag 2. The infamous BoingBags were – of course – the „Service Pack“ equivalent in the Amiga universe. Continue reading Updowngrade
Sickbed As mentioned here my own, real, original 1983-buyed Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K (Issue 2) did not well stored away in a damp cellar the first years. The power supply doesn’t sound good, either – humming away with roughly 50 Continue reading Re-Convalescence
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
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
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
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