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Re: ZX Spectrum +3 power up after 30 years

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On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:59:35 -0500, Supratim Sanyal <"supratim sanyal
wrote:
> Connected a ZX Spectrum +3's RGB to a RGB-to-SCART converter, and then 
> connected the SCART to a SCART-to-HDMI converter. Feeding the HDMI to a 
> ATSC television and using a 110-to-220V AC converter for the power brick 
> worked; a ZX Spectrum +3 is on the air in Maryland, USA. If I remember 
> right, I had last fired it up in 1989 in a 220V AC PAL country.

Now try this with any year 2000 PC or notebook.

> I am wondering if it is possible to have something like a Raspberry Pi's 
> headphone socket play back .TAP or .TZX files into the +3 so that the +3 
> thinks it is hearing from a tape recorder.

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/773/loading-zx-spectrum-tape-audio-in-a-post-cassette-world
might help you. Consider buying a DivIDE interface:
https://divide.speccy.cz. It is supposed to work with all Spectrum
generations. No more tapes or diskettes.

Greets,
Volker

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ZX Spectrum +3 power up after 30 years "Supratim Sanyal <\"supratim sanyal" <"qcocal::sanyal\""@NOSPAM.X.mim.X.update.X.uu.X.se.NOSPAM> - 2019-11-12 19:59 -0500
  Re: ZX Spectrum +3 power up after 30 years Volker Bartheld <news2019@bartheld.net> - 2019-11-13 08:37 +0100
    Re: ZX Spectrum +3 power up after 30 years "Supratim Sanyal <\"supratim sanyal" <"qcocal::sanyal\""@NOSPAM.X.mim.X.update.X.uu.X.se.NOSPAM> - 2019-11-14 08:24 -0500
    Re: ZX Spectrum +3 power up after 30 years Supratim Sanyal <supratimdeleteme@riseremoveme.net> - 2020-01-03 12:58 -0500

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