Stuff and Things.

[rubber_jonnie]

I did and it's pretty good, SD card access on a ZX81, who'd have thought it.

BTW I posted that 5 years ago!

I searched in your thread as I thought you would have one. Wow 5 years, how many machines have you acquired since then

I think it will be 'quite a few' not to mention I've also moved house!

[raspberrypioneer]

@raspberrypioneer

I managed to download a TOSEC archive over the weekend and now have nearly 1300 DSK and TAP files on my USB stick.

I suspect it'll take some time to figure out which ones are good/bad...

Mining for hidden gems is not easy! That's what I tell by bemused other half too

Will be interesting to know about others which grab your attention!

[rubber_jonnie]

@raspberrypioneer

I managed to download a TOSEC archive over the weekend and now have nearly 1300 DSK and TAP files on my USB stick.

I suspect it'll take some time to figure out which ones are good/bad...

Mining for hidden gems is not easy! That's what I tell by bemused other half too

Will be interesting to know about others which grab your attention!

It may not happen soon though...

[rubber_jonnie]

Well, my back ordered The Spectrum just arrived

Had to wait a while for it, but it's very nice:

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Build quality is very good and it really does mimi the original very well.

[stephen_usher]

If I didn't have a Next (KS1) it would be tempting. The game menu is a big seller. It's a pity that the Next can't get something similar in some way, even using the standard Next spectrum graphics display.

[rubber_jonnie]

If I didn't have a Next (KS1) it would be tempting. The game menu is a big seller. It's a pity that the Next can't get something similar in some way, even using the standard Next spectrum graphics display.

Seems odd it doesn't have a menu in the KS1 Next. TBH I haven't looked at it, but I did see there is a KS3 campaign on the go right now. Is there much in the way of 'Next' games? I presume it'll run most if not all normal Spectrum stuff.

[stephen_usher]

If I didn't have a Next (KS1) it would be tempting. The game menu is a big seller. It's a pity that the Next can't get something similar in some way, even using the standard Next spectrum graphics display.

Seems odd it doesn't have a menu in the KS1 Next. TBH I haven't looked at it, but I did see there is a KS3 campaign on the go right now. Is there much in the way of 'Next' games? I presume it'll run most if not all normal Spectrum stuff.

There are a number of Next only games, but I wouldn't know how to buy them. (Yes, most are commercial.)

Loading games is via the text-only ESXDOS interface which just means searching the filesystem for files which may or may not have intelligible names.

[rubber_jonnie]

Seems odd it doesn't have a menu in the KS1 Next. TBH I haven't looked at it, but I did see there is a KS3 campaign on the go right now. Is there much in the way of 'Next' games? I presume it'll run most if not all normal Spectrum stuff.

There are a number of Next only games, but I wouldn't know how to buy them. (Yes, most are commercial.)

Loading games is via the text-only ESXDOS interface which just means searching the filesystem for files which may or may not have intelligible names.

Oh, bit weird that. Looking at the KS page I'm not convinced the current one will have a menu either.

As for the games, I'm not entirely surprised they are commercial, there's definitely a few other platforms (Atari Plus, VIC-20 etc) that have new commercial games out for them.

[Higgy]

If I didn't have a Next (KS1) it would be tempting. The game menu is a big seller. It's a pity that the Next can't get something similar in some way, even using the standard Next spectrum graphics display.

Have you tried this for a menu:
https://launcher.retrobeachman.com/
Even better features if you have WiFi module.

[stephen_usher]

Oh. Interesting. I'll take a look.