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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 9, 2005 19:28:43 GMT -5
I wonder wether you could get any data off them still? Somehow I doubt it. I found these in me mum's attic last week. I can see 2 MD's of my abandoned 'Athena' graphics and some for an 'Ice Hockey' game! God I forgot about that. Can't even remember if anything was done with them. I think maybe Gary was trying to keep me busy after 'Wizball'! And something called 'Iron Sword, shame they proabably won't work anymore, that looked GREAT!! www.MyPhotosHub.com/is.php?i=7701&img=SpectrumOceanDe.jpgAnd here's me micordrives of CLASSIC games I had with me at 'Ocean'. Used to load one up either on a rainy dinner hour or when I was struggling to get something right, a nice round on 'Boulderdash' would give me something fresh to look at before going back and trying again. You when you've been looking at something for SO LONG you can't even TELL if it's good or bad anymore, I'd have to wander off for a bit then come back 15 mins later. www.MyPhotosHub.com/is.php?i=7700&img=SpectrumMDrives.jpgSome classics there!!
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Feb 9, 2005 19:51:03 GMT -5
can you say "ebay?"
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 9, 2005 20:43:34 GMT -5
"E-Bay!", there, yes I can.
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Feb 9, 2005 23:07:18 GMT -5
so, do they work??
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Post by fgasking on Feb 10, 2005 6:56:02 GMT -5
I'm very sure that guys on the Speccy scene will be able to give some pointers if you wished to port stuff over to PC etc.
I often port C64 stuff to PC, so I imagine the Speccy scene has very similiar devices.
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 10, 2005 7:34:11 GMT -5
I have no idea if they work. Wouldn't I have to set a Spectrum with an interface one and then try and remember that mouthfull of a command you have to type to get the microdrive to load? I've got an Apple Mac, it's be good to actually see if there's retrievable data on them now. They've been stored in a dry attic for many years.
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Post by Paulie on Feb 10, 2005 7:59:49 GMT -5
it was something like;
Load *m;1;"blah" wasn't it?
I'm sure there's a way of sucking the data off (oo-er) ono the emulators...
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Post by Bill Harbison on Feb 10, 2005 8:00:31 GMT -5
they should be fine - you just have to get a setup to load them - have you still got your old spectrum and microdrive?
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Post by Gary on Feb 10, 2005 8:01:00 GMT -5
If I still had my QL, then I'd be able to help....
But I don't.
So, no good crying to me.
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 10, 2005 8:30:03 GMT -5
they should be fine - you just have to get a setup to load them - have you still got your old spectrum and microdrive? Yeah i have, back home tho, not in Manc. But then once they are on the TV screen, what THEN?
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Post by Bill Harbison on Feb 10, 2005 10:42:06 GMT -5
you need a PC to Speccy 'doobrey'
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 10, 2005 11:52:27 GMT -5
A PC to Speccy doobrey would be no good with a MAC!
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Post by LeeT on Feb 10, 2005 12:29:47 GMT -5
Try asking at the World Of Spectrum forums - Theres the guys (Andrew Barker and Gilby) who do their preservation project, so if anyone can help, they will be the ones!
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Post by roberthazelby on Feb 10, 2005 18:20:46 GMT -5
You NEED to get this stuff off those Microdrives and onto the net. There must be some fantastic stuff for us retro geeks to paw over on there
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 10, 2005 22:01:01 GMT -5
Yeah would be good. Who wants to volunteer to find out I get them off a Spectrum on to an iMac?
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