{"id":139,"date":"2023-11-29T23:13:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T23:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/eta\/?p=139"},"modified":"2023-11-29T23:13:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T23:13:52","slug":"more-things-on-display-zx-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/eta\/2023\/11\/29\/more-things-on-display-zx-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"More things on display - ZX Spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"

We spent a little time this week getting a ZX Spectrum going, and finding out a tape drive.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately when we plugged it all together.... it seemed that there was no input into the Spectrum. The tape player was a WHSmiths one from the 1980s, and we were fairly sure it was working.<\/p>\n

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We tested the tape player.<\/p>\n

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And yes.... it was producing signal - just not when we plugged it into the Spectrum.<\/p>\n

So out came the tools and cleaning solution.... and 20 minutes later..... It works.....<\/p>\n

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After the many minutes of squealing tape noise.
\nOne fully functional machine, with a way to say and loaad from storage.<\/p>\n

We also remembered that when we visited Bristol a few months back, there were a number of tapes in a box. We went scouring through the store.... and sure enough we found some original material to use.<\/p>\n

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We look forward to our visitors experiencing the world from 1982 again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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