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ZX Spectrum +3 with DivIDE CF board and RGB cable
A month or so ago I ordered a DivIDE board from Papaya Labs. The DivIDE board is an ATA interface for the ZX Spectrum, allowing IDE devices such as hard disks, CDROM drives and Compact Flash cards to be plugged into the Spectrum, which, through a special loader built into the board, allows .Z80, .TAP and .SNA images to be loaded into the Spectrum and run. The .Z80 and .SNA images are simply pushed into the Spectrum and it runs them with no need to reboot. The .TAP files are presented to the Spectrum as real tapes, and after typing ‘LOAD “”‘ they load in exactly as a tape would – only in a few seconds, rather than a few minutes.
This is a long post, with lots of information in, more after the break… Press it, you can watch a YouTube video at the end. More photos of the setup available on my photos website.… Continue reading | 5 Comments
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Tagged compact flash, divIDE, Hardware, Modification, monitor, retro, video, zx spectrum
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Linux on your oven – or why fans are good in computers
Intel Celeron CPU with not enough CPU paste
So, my MAME cabinet was having stability problems all day. Either it was locking up, the network kept dropping or bits of it stopped working (like the sound). By a process of elimination I managed to make it consistently crash running Memtest86 after about… Continue reading
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Tagged celeron, cooling, cpu, freecycle, Hardware, mame, Modification
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Hello Kitty XBox 360 Elite
Here’s Amy with her new(ish) “unofficial” Hello Kitty edition XBox 360 Elite. It’s a regular XBox 360 Elite, but with a large Hello Kitty sticker we bought from the market. Click for bigger images…
Hello Kitty XBox 360 Elite
Amy has a Hello Kitty problem…
I have a new mobile number
So if you think you need it, contact me. I’m on O2 now after taking my phone to a dodgy bloke in the market and handing over my phone and ten quid. I then had to endure the lengthy and boring welcome messages from O2 and receive the intense session of SMS spam they send out to configure the phone.
Unlocked phones are great, so is not being on a contract… Continue reading
How I chipped my XBox
A Modchip installed inside an XBox
I’ve finally got around to writing up my experience chipping my XBox. Despite my troubles, chipping an XBox is an easy task that shouldn’t take more than half an hour. I was hampered by a damaged modchip and all the associated testing and trouble-shooting… Continue reading