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Issue 3 board with strange piggy-back boardIn case you are interested. I?ve never seen something like this before. I have an Issue 3 board here. When I opened the case and found a strange pig…
Two more pics uploaded. Hope this helps. I seem to remember that I received the board in a DK?Tronics keyboard, where also a "naked" IF1 was built in. There was no sign or mentioning of a Logitek Disk Interface, but who knows? -
Issue 3 board with strange piggy-back boardIn case you are interested. I?ve never seen something like this before. I have an Issue 3 board here. When I opened the case and found a strange pig…
Yes the disk/printer interface has a routine to check ... power up the Spectrum with disk interface attached shows the free ram ... the ROM content of the disk IF to roko a long ... upgrade really fits to my disk interface I will rebuild one during ... -
+3 with dead expansion portI bought a +3 from a WoS user. So far, the computer works as expected, but when an interface (e.g. DivIDE (configured correctly) or Multiface3) is co…
... using a tape recorder or floppy disk? Some CF cards drain too ... remove any diskette from the disk drive, as these tests will ... to write some data to disk. -
using the raspberry pi for the zx spectrumI just saw where they are now using a Pi to emulate a floppy disk drive for the Amiga. So it got me wondering if this could be done for the ZX Spectr…
... a Pi to emulate a floppy disk drive for the Amiga. So ... be possible to modify amiga floppy emulator code to work with ... -
SamDisk and +3 disksFew days ago I tried to write some +3 dsk files on 3.5 inch floppy with SamDisk on old Toshiba laptop (P3 800 mhz) and his integrated fdd, but he cou…
... like with cpcdiskxp) and that floppy is completely unreadable.[/quote]
floppy drive type. I think ... allow direct access to the floppy disk controller, so the DOS version ... support much of the real floppy disk access you can under ... -
Any Megadrive fans around?Just a bit bored...and if you're bored :) The Megadrive (Genesis here in the US) was my 2nd or 3rd console I bought new back in the day (the Speccy w…
... one from HK with a floppy disk add-on so, needless to ... -
Any Megadrive fans around?Just a bit bored...and if you're bored :) The Megadrive (Genesis here in the US) was my 2nd or 3rd console I bought new back in the day (the Speccy w…
... one from HK with a floppy disk add-on so, needless to ... -
Hacker Chris' Christmas Demo doesn't work[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007314]Christmas Demo[/url] .z80 file from WOS doesn't work for me. I tested in Fuse and SpecE…
Finally I discovered the origin of problem. This .z80 file doesn't work with Beta disk interface emulation activated. After turning off Beta emulation the demo runs flawlessly. -
Interesting 48K failureI thought I'd recount a failure I've not seen mentioned before that I saw tonight while fixing a 48K issue 6 board. The background: The initial fail…
I soldered the two pin fives together on something I built, might have been a hard disk interface.
It wasn't pretty and is probably a terrible idea but it did seem to work. :) -
Spectrum Hard drivesExcuse the noobish question but of late I've been using emulators not the real hardware, but in the next couple of days I should be moving into my ne…
... a plug and play hard disk interface in the speccy world. It ... -
Spectrum Hard drivesExcuse the noobish question but of late I've been using emulators not the real hardware, but in the next couple of days I should be moving into my ne…
... a plug and play hard disk interface in the speccy world. It ... -
IF1bis StabilityI just thought I would start a different thread relating to the IF1bis, and leave the copyrighters to it elsewhere...:-P I've had mine for a few mon…
... I damaged my Rocky Gush Floppy Drive interface and reverse engineered the ... that the Spectrum and his interface was designed specifically for TTL ... chips to TTL chips the interface worked without a hitch. -
IF1bis StabilityI just thought I would start a different thread relating to the IF1bis, and leave the copyrighters to it elsewhere...:-P I've had mine for a few mon…
... I damaged my Rocky Gush Floppy Drive interface and reverse engineered the ... that the Spectrum and his interface was designed specifically for TTL ... chips to TTL chips the interface worked without a hitch.[/QUOTE ... -
Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... a track in a floppy disk has a fixed number ... .
Usually, disk utilities use sector interleaving (i ... from dsk to a real floppy will keep that interleaving. ... in a 3.5 inch floppy).
b) Even ... they were untested. Any disk with defects in the first ... -
how to load .SNAOk all, here is my problem. I have got the lead so I can run an external floppy drive unit as "B:" I have used the CPCdiskXP software program in Win…
... can still load snapshots from floppy disk by using the [URL="http ... -
Timex video mode & SamCoupe sound chip.Hi, people! I propose a solution which allows to use sound chip SamCoupe SAA1099 jointly with computers Timex 2048/2068. Everyone knows that these de…
... AY no conflict. For Beta Disk Interface solution exists for more than ... -
Is ESXDOS flexible enough to incorporate e.g. Spectranet commands?I was just discussing the idea with someone about the wish some people have to be able to combine interfaces such as DivIDE (Plus) / DivMMC EnJOY! wi…
... . If you have some other disk interface the driver and filesystem implementation ... the spectranet, writing code to interface "dumb" interfaces into the spectranet ... from a simple 16-bit interface for example. The onboard memory ... -
A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
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- Initialises cache and RAM disk... it will corrupt RAM1 contents ... the file and stop the floppy disk motor.
About DOS_SET_POSITION ... -
external drive +3I recently bought an external drive kit for my +3 [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111267120287?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649[/ur…
... possible to use a 720K floppy disk in +3 BASIC, if it ... -
external drive +3I recently bought an external drive kit for my +3 [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111267120287?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649[/ur…
... possible to use a 720K floppy disk in +3 BASIC, if it ... -
+D disc images from/to PCIn my eternal struggle with my +D discs collection, I absolutely need an affordable backup solution. Before fighting with Lotharek's FDD emulator, I …
samdisk is what you need but you will need a older pc that has a floppy disk controller chip on the motherboard as a usb floppy drive is no good -
A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
... fail...
; stop the floppy disk motor
call dd_l_off_motor
The disk image with that loader and ... -
external drive +3I recently bought an external drive kit for my +3 [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111267120287?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649[/ur…
... the DU54 disk image to a floppy disk on your PC. Disk image can ... /> You can then use this disk in your +3 to format ... -
+2a disc driveFound the answer I was look for!
The following is a really old page buried within WOS, but every time someone mentions the +2A and disk drives I remember the url:
[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/BackToThePlus3/"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/BackToThePlus3/[/URL] -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... , if you have a hard disk interface, replace them with +3e ROMs ... -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... there. So it's the floppy drive that's having ' ... 3.5 inch standard PC floppy drive (I was going ... Yah I'm afraid the Floppy Disk Controller is soldered to the ... ahead and make that 3?" floppy cable you mentioned (or ... like one end of the floppy cable. I only tried ... -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... to say that the external Floppy disk failed to work, and the ... of the day. Just not disk based yet. -
+D disc images from/to PCIn my eternal struggle with my +D discs collection, I absolutely need an affordable backup solution. Before fighting with Lotharek's FDD emulator, I …
... internal fdd connected to mb floppy disk controller.
Download latest ... for read/write real spectrum floppy and works very nicely. ... manually copying Spectrum games on floppy disks.
btw, ... must install low-level access floppy driver:
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CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 with support (limited) to write for USB floppy drivesHi, I am the developer of [URL="http://www.cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is a new version of the program with su…
... ://www.amazon.com/HDE-External-Floppy-Disk-Drive/dp/B004MBI1NG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top ... "]a 10$ USB floppy drive[/URL] and use on ... -
CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 with support (limited) to write for USB floppy drivesHi, I am the developer of [URL="http://www.cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is a new version of the program with su…
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To write +3 floppy disks in this environment I ... an old PC mobo for floppy socket.[/QUOTE]
... www.amazon.com/HDE-External-Floppy-Disk-Drive/dp/B004MBI1NG/ref= ... cm_cr_pr_product_top"]a 10$ USB floppy drive[/URL] and use ...
