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I'm gonna be selling my Opus DiscoveryI'm going to be putting it on Ebay tonight (Sunday) it's boxed with polys packaging and in brilliant NR Mint condition, i'll put a link here for anyo…
... 've been wanting a working disk system for my Speccy for ... SwiftDisc interface and some external 3.5" drives that I couldn't ... bids - on a Spectrum +3 with Multiface 3, I sold one for ... -
2.5" disks.....Many years ago, did somebody made a disk drive for the Spectrum that used 2.5" disks. Yes, I did say 2.5". I'm sure I heard it mentioned during my …
... ago, did somebody made a disk drive for the Spectrum that ... right now for 2.5" floppies, only 3 hours to go. If ... cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-5-inch-FLOPPY-DISKS-x- ... know of 2.8", 3", 3.5" and 5.25" drives for the ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... will emulate a JLO disk interface. All ts2068 disk interface systems (JLO ... 's own FDD3000 which uses 3" drives. Aside from the Ramex ... support single and double density 3.5" and 5.25" drives which are ... -
Opus Discovery 720K DriveOK, so I bought an Opus Discovery recently. Went through a whole process of fitting a second drive, which I know to be 720K. Eventually got the thin…
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From a +3 point of view (it may ... opus), you can format a 3" drive to whatever you want ... to be 720K. AFAIK 360K 3.5" drives are single head, therefore ... worth of data on the disk and try verifying it back ... -
disks for preservationI have gone through my lists and because i havent the hardware to do +3 disk preserving so its not much point in me keeping hold of them so i am offe…
... must have suffered over that disk, and I guess a replacement ... to need, with respect to +3 disks:
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BRAVESTARR Go
DB2 ( DISK BACK UP UTILITY) Kobrahsoft
FUN SCHOOL 3 5/7 Database Software
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Fuse & ubuntuAnybody got Fuse running on UBUNTU ?? If u have, how did you do it ?? from source or do you know of an .deb. Cheers
... usually distro on DVD or 3-5 CDs. Not big deal to ... space on hard disk for this - usually 4-5 GB for full ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... , standard joystick port and 3 1/2 " disk drive would not have ... didn't do the +3 any favours. A 3.5" model with cheap ... good idea in 1982 when disk drives typically cost well over ... -
+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... is the plug at the 3.5" drive side, but (instead ... even wire. Fortunately, the 3.5" drive connector has them lined ... of wire in the spare 3.5" drive connector. I ... and save it to a 3" disk. You can now get ... without opening the +3) and use the 3.5" drive as drive ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... so long? I stopped using 3.5" floppy disks when the iMac ... time I used a floppy disk![/QUOTE]
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+2 / +2a : What's the difference ?+2 / +2a : What's the difference ? I still haven't managed to find out this yet. Yes, I know I'm an idiot.
... true of Issue one +3 machines, it certainly isn ... fact a cut down +3, the 3" drive being replaced ... br /> Most +3's nowadays are suffering from dodgy disk drives. It ... replace/supplement the 3" drive with a 3.5" unit - either ... per side. The +3 is a very capable ... -
Computers in movies - good readOld, but should be enough to make you chuckle, laugh, or remember those moments when you wanted to jump through the screen and punch someone in the f…
... report on disk" or something. Meaning like a 3,5 inch disk? In the ... -
Computers in movies - good readOld, but should be enough to make you chuckle, laugh, or remember those moments when you wanted to jump through the screen and punch someone in the f…
... report on disk" or something. Meaning like a 3,5 inch disk? In the ... -
.dsk and +3after successfully connecting 3,5" PC FDD as drive B: , i'd like to backup all my 3" disks from A: to B: as .dsk images on ZX+3 (not PC) All of them …
... ;179222]after successfully connecting 3,5" PC FDD as drive B ... unprotected except one original game disk that might be (its ... CPM standard format on external 3.5" floppies. It's faster ... I forgot: the 3.5" floppy contains a whole 3" disk worth of software ... -
.dsk and +3after successfully connecting 3,5" PC FDD as drive B: , i'd like to backup all my 3" disks from A: to B: as .dsk images on ZX+3 (not PC) All of them …
Hooking a 3" drive up to your PC ... /write pretty much anything to 3" and 3.5" disks. You can get ... like it was a protected disk. Creating exact images of your ... .netfirms.com/plus3.html"]spare 3" drive[/url] (out of stock ... -
Du54I've tried using DU54 to write B:game.dsk to A: on +3. But none of the games work, are they all copy protected? On some I got error message "file to…
... on a PC with a 3" drive
hooked up to ... it worked on my real +3 hardware. I used a util ... to copy back from 3.5" B: to 3" A: ?
it could ... enough of a copy protected disk you tried ?
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Du54I've tried using DU54 to write B:game.dsk to A: on +3. But none of the games work, are they all copy protected? On some I got error message "file to…
... -protected titles not running from 3.5" disks. Previously those titles ... image was written to a 3" disk then there was no problem ... this should make having a 3.5" +3 A: drive a better solution ... for use on an unmodified +3. 3.5" drives are much more reliable ... -
Off topic: ST & Amiga development discs preservationAnyone here know anyone who can get some stuff off of ST and Amiga discs? I have found a stash including a 2 disc demo for 'FLOOD II' (which was neve…
... a simple 10-sector ST disk. Maybe one day there will ... (at least one of them 3.5"), you could use adfread from ... -
Interface 1 with 3.5" floppyHas this been done or can it be done? Using an interface 1 and a powered 3.5" floppy disk drive (with a modified cable) instead of a microdrive?
... know about the Interface One + 3.5" disc drive (it would probably ... aware of, though; the DOS (Disk Operatng System) that comes as ... -
Interface 1 with 3.5" floppyHas this been done or can it be done? Using an interface 1 and a powered 3.5" floppy disk drive (with a modified cable) instead of a microdrive?
... plug the +D interface and 3.5" drive into the Speccy, then ... you have to insert a disk with the 7kb system file ... AUTO BASIC LINE 1
3 GDS BASIC
4 ... CODE 30000,204
5 MANICMINER BASIC LINE 10
5 seconds to load, which ... -
New Opus Discovery tool addedFinally, after some years wait, a new [B]Opus Discovery[/B] tool, [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/OpusRead_v200.zip"][U]Opu…
... you can use a standard 3.5" floppy. At least easier ... than 3" disks.
... the BIOS to a 3.5" 720KB drive rather than ... he could dump his modified disk (replaced some corrupt files) ... % error free dump from a disk ?
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New Opus Discovery tool addedFinally, after some years wait, a new [B]Opus Discovery[/B] tool, [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/OpusRead_v200.zip"][U]Opu…
... the BIOS to a 3.5" 720KB drive rather than ... some old drives (including 3" +3/CPC units).[/QUOTE]
... could dump his modified disk (replaced some corrupt files ... error free dump from a disk ?[/QUOTE]
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Yesteryear's Computers.Ahhhh ... [URL="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9023960"]back in the day[/URL] when a 300mb system…
... 640K RAM, 10(?) MB hard disk, 3.5" floppy, 256-colour VGA graphics ... , my main beast is a 3.2GHz Pentium D 940 with ... .5GB RAM, 0.75TB hard disk space at its disposal (including ... -
Spectrum+3Hi all, Got my Spectrum+3 from eBay this afternoon. Powered it up to find the drive belt is a no go. So I need a drive belt, Ok easy to get hold of n…
... generic cheepomax stuff.
3" disks are hard to find ... a second disk drive to your system. A Shugart 3.5" drive will ... -
dsk images problemHi all I am having a bit of a problem. I use WinTZX0.8A to get programs from my PC to my Spectrum+2B (not using the +3 as I am waiting for a new dri…
... many of those disk images back onto a 3.5" floppy disk and load ... them on your real +3 using a 3.5 ... a 40 track disk image onto a 3.5" floppy disk. The +3 doesn't ... . You CAN format a 3.5" floppy disk to be a single sided ... -
dsk images problemHi all I am having a bit of a problem. I use WinTZX0.8A to get programs from my PC to my Spectrum+2B (not using the +3 as I am waiting for a new dri…
... work properly from a 3.5" 40 track disk in drive A:. I ... the Alkatraz disk protection that was causing problems on 3.5 disks and ... -
B: drive dont workHi all, I went to Maplin today got myself a DIY lead the one with the proper 34 way edge connector for the Spectrum+3 other end 34 way to floppy driv…
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Emulating the Plus3e in SpinHi. At the weekend I finally got my ass in gear and started to go through my many +3 discs, with the aim of transferring a lot of the content to a CF…
... planet who has a +3 without a 3.5" drive, otherwise I'd ... was not using a real +3 & 3.5" drive, but using an ... the files from yet another disk image ;-)
Yet another ... installed. Then insert the +3e disk image as one drive, and ... -
Emulating the Plus3e in SpinHi. At the weekend I finally got my ass in gear and started to go through my many +3 discs, with the aim of transferring a lot of the content to a CF…
... was not using a real +3 & 3.5" drive, but using an ... the files from yet another disk image ;-)[/QUOTE]
Ah yes ... installed. Then insert the +3e disk image as one drive, and ... -
getting files onto disks for +3sI'm starting to get exasperated now! How can I get spectrum programs onto 3.5" disks to use with my +3. I used to have a sure fire method, that worke…
... I get spectrum programs onto 3.5" disks to use with my ... but it involved mounting the disk in Realspectrum and copying files ... program, because the disk images are of 3" +3 standard format disks, I ... want to write to 3.5" disks formatted with Garry Lancaster ... -
ZX Spectrum Power Cable on +2AHi, Today I bought a +2A, but it is lacking a power cable. I rooted around and found one, but it is for an ordinary ZX Spectrum. Will it work? This…
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+2A, +2B and +3 (all black) have DIN connectors ... . The difference is that +3 power sources have more power ... used only in the floppy disk, so +2A and B ... if you only use a 3.5" floppy). If you use ... use the drive on your +3 the picture goes shakey, ...
