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+2 Grey external tape modIve had a search through previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt find anything pertaining to the grey, only reason im posting is…
... for fitting a 3.5" drive inside instead of the 3" one. I ... meant whacking an external drive on as drive B: :)[/QUOTE]
< ... so, can I save +3 disk images from the archive using ... use that floppy on my +3? If so, I need to ... .tap, and .tzx to a +3 disk image? -
3.5" drive on +3I've been trying to use a 3.5" DD drive on my +3 with no success. I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 way cable with 5.25" connector a…
you can get an external PSU to power a disk drive.. my friend has one for a HD recovery kit.. with the 3.5 molox adapter on it instead of the bigger 1 for HD's -
Spectaculator... is it worth the money?Hi Folks, This is a genuine request for feedback. I have used the demo version of Spectaculator and it seems a very good Spectrum emulator. Lots o…
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"Besides disk image files, RealSpectrum allows you ... them into the disk drive of your PC (1.44MB, 3.5" units, A ... all types into the PC drive. Both reading and writing for ... "Batman the movie" from +3 formated 3.5" floppy on my PC.
Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
... and decided the Spectrum +3 was the way to get ... /> [/QUOTE]
well the 3" drive was what Amstrad had chosen ... standard" disk. IBM were only just starting to use the 3.5" drive in ... '86. There were loads of diskette formats after the 5 ...Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
[QUOTE=guesser;507571]well the 3" drive was what Amstrad had chosen ... " disk. IBM were only just starting to use the 3.5" drive in ... '86. There were loads of diskette formats after the 5 ... decided to bet against the drive that IBM invented and ...Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
... time the +3 came out, of course, 3.5" was clearly ... a line on very cheap 3" drives.
3.5" mechanisms were 80 track ... very well built Hitachi 3" disk drive which is substantially better ... to drive with an ASIC, eg the floppy disk lines ...Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
... have been the industry standard 3.5" drives.[/QUOTE]
disk drive, and they went with ... they couldn't source 3.5in drive in sufficient quantities (they ... a factor, as the 3.5in drives were more ... video mode on the +3 that did away with ...Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
[QUOTE=guesser;507571]well the 3" drive was what Amstrad had chosen, ... standard" disk. IBM were only just starting to use the 3.5" drive in ... '86. There were loads of diskette formats after the 5 ... t like about the +3 is its 3" drive. I also have many ...Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
I read somewhere that 3 inch disks were ... imagine that. Even the standard 3,5 disks are unreliable - my ... with were C-64 1541 5,25 floppies - worked 100 ... br /> One thing - why is +3 computer case so badly laidout ... should have gotten a disk drive or simply no tape ...Games with Plus3/Disk enhancementsFor about 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced loading times. However, there were a few excep…
... actual capacity of a +3 disk? I found somewhere that ... if they had released +3 earlier to catch up ...
Of course, unlike 3.5" disks, you could flip them ... 180k.
Disk capacities never really caught up ... had a 800k floppy disk drive and 2Mb of memory. ...Disk not loadingI have +3 compilation disk "Chartbusters" First time I loaded it up. Main screen: 1. Cobra 2.Mutants 3.Green Beret I loaded Green Beret. It worked …
... way to transfer disk games from PC to +3
But ... an 84 track 3.5" drive. Rewriting images back to disk on the Kyroflux ...Multiface 1 (Romantic Robot) RepairHello there my fellow ZX'ers! recently I got an Interface 1 + MicroDrive from a friend and since then I have been having awesome geeky moments in fr…
... /> Spectrum 128 +2 (3 of these now)
... functioning)
Spectrum 128 +3 (I have to admit, ... looking forward to hacking a 3.5" and +3e ROMs)
Disk controllers / 8bit/16bit ... love a slim-line Floppy Drive for a spectrum - ...48k game to 128 DSK ?Yes exist a good way to convert a 48k game from emulator (z80, .sna, etc), to a dsk format to be used by emulators or the real Spectrum +3 ? thx in…
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(if your speccy+3 has an 3.5" drive, you can use pc ... drive to write them ofcourse)
Here is a example disk ... a tzx file into a +3 disk.
You can exchange ... emu parts with your real +3 speccy, transferring to a real 3" disk.MF3Z80 without +3e (like M3Unlock)Recently I've had a pop again at putting the copy protected Rainbow Islands onto real +3 disk. Some people may remember I tried to do this some time …
... game out using a Multiface 3? Games saved with a Multiface ... it re-assemble as a disk. I wasn't aware of ... and I now have a 3'5 drive B. The only problem is ... it runs from the A: drive which is a problem since ... I have to have the 3'5 drive as A: (and no internal ...2nd hard drive puzzlerHello all OK,this is a one for the PC builders.I am thinking about putting a 2nd hard drive into my PC.I know that from when i go into my Motherboa…
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OK,good news.Hard drive came at midday,and it ... to make sure the 2nd drive was there(it was). ... up good,from 1st Hard drive.Now here where it ... into Device manager,disk drives and my new drive is there.But ... drive,my 1st one is 2.5 inch and i ordered a 3.5 ...Commodore AMIGA QuestionI have two Amiga 600HDs and I'm looking to clone the HD of one to the other. The HD worked in the Amiga, but when I put it in my USB HD caddy it jus…
... 2.5" hard disk. 2.5" drives only run as a master drive (As ... alas allowing you to use 3.5" hard disks instead of having ... to use 2.5" hard drives). Drives on the ...The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …
... it uses the correct drive parameters. For 3.5" drives you'll generally ... ).
Writing game disk images to 3.5" disks is much more ... breaks loading from 3.5" disks. When writing affected disk images it'll ...So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
... /> Spectrum+ 1984 UK 3.5 16K 48K 48K 6.75K ... br /> TC2048 1984 Portugal 3.5 16K 48K 176K 13. ... br /> UK2086 1986 Poland 3.5 24K 48K 104K 13.5K ... br /> The +3 has a built-in disk drive.
The ...Multiface 3 questionsI did have one once although it was actually faulty from new (about 1990, probably new old stock) :( was a 50/50 chance it would crash when you press…
... snapshot loader onto a +3 disk so you can then ... 3 format to .SNA using M3Conv. Two choices: Amstrad FD-1 drive ... a 5.25" drive in the BIOS, create the +3 disk image ... 3 inch disk hooked up to the PC's floppy drive ... for saving games to disk because they save the ...Sinclair QL ProblemHi there. I purchased recently four Sinclair QL for a not small amount of money. Two german and two english, they are mixed: British or European conn…
... floppy controller and a the 3.5'' drive and i didnt find an ... transfer games on a floppy disk using the PC.Sinclair QL ProblemHi there. I purchased recently four Sinclair QL for a not small amount of money. Two german and two english, they are mixed: British or European conn…
... controller and a the 3.5'' drive and i didnt find ... games on a floppy disk using the PC.[/QUOTE ... transferring games on a floppy disk - use q-emulator - ... a QL floppy disk into a PC disk drive and use it ... from within the emulator as drive ...Sinclair QL ProblemHi there. I purchased recently four Sinclair QL for a not small amount of money. Two german and two english, they are mixed: British or European conn…
... been edited to run from disk):
FLP_USE mdv
... 'FLP' which stands for floppy disk, to 'MDV' which stands ... without the floppy drive.... I suppose any 3.5'' pc compatible drive will do ...
Use an untwisted floppy disk drive cable to start with.
Getting edsk files on to 3" disksHi I am trying to get edsk (copyprotected) files to 3" disks. I have a 3.5" drive and the internal 3" in my +3. I also have DivIDE and +3e. I have …
I am using cpdwrite to get the images to 3.5" floppy , the problem is that the games doesn't start from drive B: . Is there any disk copy program for +3 that can copy disks from B: to A: ?ZX systems on PC FDD! (TRD,Opus,D40/D80...)Hi. A friend suggested me a program that can force PC's FDD (even on the newest systems) to format and save programs of ZX Spectrum. Seems like it …
... really any nice solutions for disk transfers, because of the media ... -protected game disks. Having a 3.5" drive for A: is the best ... a custom cable and spare 3" drive to do the writing on ... wouldn't have attempted the 3.5" drive swap if I hadn't ...ZX systems on PC FDD! (TRD,Opus,D40/D80...)Hi. A friend suggested me a program that can force PC's FDD (even on the newest systems) to format and save programs of ZX Spectrum. Seems like it …
... want to read a floppy disk I have to assemble a ... 3.2 processor, 4GB or ram and a 3 1/2 inch disk drive ... and a 5 1/4 disk drive. :D ...
Why not get a USB floppy drive ...ZX systems on PC FDD! (TRD,Opus,D40/D80...)Hi. A friend suggested me a program that can force PC's FDD (even on the newest systems) to format and save programs of ZX Spectrum. Seems like it …
... 3.2 processor, 4GB or ram and a 3 1/2 inch disk drive ... and a 5 1/4 disk drive. :D ... to only support a single drive now, with the controller simplified ... not get a USB floppy drive, I wonder if it would ...ZX systems on PC FDD! (TRD,Opus,D40/D80...)Hi. A friend suggested me a program that can force PC's FDD (even on the newest systems) to format and save programs of ZX Spectrum. Seems like it …
... hold of one of those 3.5" - 5.25" connector cables without the ... that it is the A: drive, right?
I also ... rebuild DSK files on actual 3.5" floppy disks you must only ... plus several DSK and TRD disk images, therefore making it useless ...ZX systems on PC FDD! (TRD,Opus,D40/D80...)Hi. A friend suggested me a program that can force PC's FDD (even on the newest systems) to format and save programs of ZX Spectrum. Seems like it …
[QUOTE=Scottie_uk;538730]I have Windows 7, a quad core 3.2 processor, 4GB or ram and a 3 1/2 inch disk drive and a 5 1/4 disk drive.[/QUOTE]
Hmmm, can you tell us the make of motherboard and bios revision please :)Modern mainboards with no floppy controllerA PC's mainboard floppy controller is very import for reading and writing Spectrum disks but these days mainboards no longer have one built in. On ot…
... 3.2 processor, 4GB or ram and a 3 1/2 inch disk drive ... and a 5 1/4 disk drive.[/QUOTE ... PATA support for your floppy drive[/QUOTE]
[url]http ...Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
... same fate as Amstrad +3 drives. Hitachi disk drives doesn't have ... possible to connect a DSDD 3.5" drive with the proper adapters and ... format. Imagine a 4 disk drive system each disk with 640K. Direct access ... FDD/FDD3000 uses 1 head disk drive. Up to 4 drives can ...
