ApolloBoy Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 So I'm expecting a ZX Spectrum +2 to arrive soon, and one of the things I'd like to do is rewire the joystick ports to the regular Atari/Kempston standard instead of building adapters or going with the godawful SJS sticks. Just curious if anyone's ever tried this before I put my Speccy under the knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 You could use an expansion adapter or wire a cable, that way you don't touch the original. Here's a wiring diagram: http://www.retroisle.com/general/spectrum_joysticks.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'm actually going to skip that idea entirely and just grab a cheap Kempston interface. I know most Speccy games support the Interface 2 standard that the +2 uses, but there's some games I'm interested in that only work with the Kempston interface (and the keyboard of course) so yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Better up, if you get something like the SMART Card, you get both a SD memory slot, a joystick interface and troubleshooting ROM in one. At £23.99 + shipping (and possible expenses), it is too cheap to avoid! http://www.retroleum.co.uk/smart-card-for-zx-spectrum/ Edit: It won't fit physically into a +2 unless you take the top off the computer which is a shame, but electrically it is compatible. Edited October 11, 2016 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I have a DivMMC Enjoy! (that's the actual name) and it's great: http://www.bytedelight.com/?product=divmmc-enjoy-black-edition-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 As mentioned by Newsdee, get a DivMMC and keep the +2 relevant, it will act as a joystick interface and as a virtual hard disk for storing rom/tape images-something that may well come in handy as the +2's are notorious for the failure of the cassette drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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