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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
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
The Truth Ok, after having fun pretending all the fancy stuff (like setting up local area networks) I do (or did) with my ZX Spectrum I’ll now tell the truth: I played games on it! The ZX Spectrum as a Continue reading Inter and Multi
System Expansion The journey continues – the next task after having something printed was to put my original ZX Interface 1 into operation. It was part of the official ZX Spectrum Expansion System, which consisted of the ZX Interface 1 Continue reading Get Connected
Hot Characters After caring for a better view I gave my ZX Spectrum compatible printing device a try: a TIMEX/Sinclair 2040 Personal Printer. According to the original invoice I bought that re-branded Alphacom 32 Thermal Printer in 1985. Not long Continue reading Personal Thermo
Shattered View While testing my rotten original software tapes I were really bugged by the compelling bad quality of the ZX Spectrum TV output. Did we really sat hours and days of our life in front of this? My old Continue reading Composite Composition
Mouldy Software I would like to check whether my old original software tapes are still readable. I must admit that most of them are physically in a really sad state. In the first years after my active ZX Spectrum user Continue reading Data Integrity
Additional Plus‘ After I learned that my original ZX Spectrum didn’t bear the 25 years of no operation too well, I still wanted to test the rest of my ZX Spectrum peripherals, my software tapes and ZX Microdrive cartridges. Thus Continue reading Brothers and Sisters