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Icky wrote: 21 Jul 2025 12:32

rubber_jonnie wrote: 20 Jul 2025 22:33 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!

rubber_jonnie wrote: 21 Jul 2025 11:21 @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 :lol:

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

raspberrypioneer wrote: 21 Jul 2025 15:17

rubber_jonnie wrote: 21 Jul 2025 11:21 @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 :lol:

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

It may not happen soon though...

Well, my back ordered The Spectrum just arrived :)

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


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

:dualthumbup:

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.

stephen_usher wrote: 22 Jul 2025 12:54 :dualthumbup:

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.

rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Jul 2025 13:04

stephen_usher wrote: 22 Jul 2025 12:54 :dualthumbup:

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.

stephen_usher wrote: 22 Jul 2025 13:10

rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Jul 2025 13:04

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.

stephen_usher wrote: 22 Jul 2025 12:54 :dualthumbup:

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.

Oh. Interesting. I'll take a look.