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advice needed pleaseHi everyone, Back in the day, used to own a zx81, spectrum 48k and a +2 whilst growing up. I have tinkered around with some of the emulators (zx32 a…
... say get a 128K, with a +D disc interface and a 3.5" drive (mine used ... to take four seconds to load a 48K ... snapshot) and a Multiface 128.
And you'll need a cassette recorder too.
ZX Spectrum +3 - incompatible ?Hello :) I'm newbie here. I know WOS site since years, never checked forum before ;) , but this moment came when I have problem. I wanna buy ZX Spe…
the spectrum +3 floppy drive is an amstrad 3" type, which is obsolete, however a standard 3.5" drive can be fitted as a second drive allowing you to use 720k disks, then you can copy games to the disk from the Realspectrum emulator.Battle of games IV! :)Welcome to another Triple Threat match. On this time, fight games! And the contesters are: The Way of The Exploding Fist - [url]http://www.worldofsp…
... the computer player whack you 3 times in quick succession, ... to 3 -5 times in a row.
I clocked the game on ... enough to surprise you with a flying kick from the ... , it`s too easy on Yie Ar to just use ... ... Thought I loved IK+ on the Amiga and Speccy 128 ...Best way of getting source/binaries onto Spectrum/Sam?What is the best way of getting source and binaries from a PC onto a Spectrum or a Sam Coupe? It is quite tiresome typing it in each time and savin…
... the floppy port on the motherboard - NOT a USB Floppy drive.
drive on a PC? [/QUOTE]
Nope ... don't have a standard connector on the back, plus there is an ... Sunday and now the floppy drive today![/QUOTE]
...cpdwriteit worked nice yesterday but today I get the dreaded "ERROR: no response within timeout period.." error. :( is there a solution? or any software a…
... instructions for using it with a normal 3.5" drive are the same, except ... since you're using a normal 80-track drive.
... over that it's a double-sided drive and behaves slightly ... image the 3.5" disk, then write that image back to a 3" drive and ...The Beautiful GameNo, not Head Over Heels. Or Stonkers hehe. Football. No thread here specifically for the beautiful game, so tell us who you support, why you suppo…
[QUOTE=TechnicianSi;186671]On a plus side, we survived, and Chris ... /> Chris Coleman indeed would be a worthy manager, if Worthington was ... (he's only been there 5 minutes?)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…
... ]Macs dont come with horrible 3.5" drives!... :P[/QUOTE]
a 3.5" drive. Then I went to a Mac II CI which also had a 3.5" drive ... , and then I went to a Mac Quadra, which also had a 3.5" drive ...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 3.5" drive. Then I went to a Mac II CI which also had a 3.5" drive ... , and then I went to a Mac Quadra, which also had a 3.5" drive ... . :P[/QUOTE]
Well I have a new ...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…
Well the worse disks have a "circle in square" texture all ... generic cheepomax stuff.
3" disks are hard to find ... about adding a second disk drive to your system. A Shugart 3.5" drive will revolutionise ...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…
... using the +3 as I am waiting for a new drive belt)
a 3" disk IIRC, so you would need another 3" drive attached ... an external 3.5" drive to your +3 while you wait for a new 3" drivebelt ... from the disk image to a 3.5" disk formatted to +3DOS format ...+3 and 3.5 Floppy Disk DriveCan anyone please help ?. I have a +3 with a faulty Floppy Drive and have a couple of spare 1.44 IDE 3.5 HD Floppy Drives. Does anybody know of a…
... should find that a 3.5" drive already has a suitable microswitch or beam ... its used by the drive internally to disable the ... 's no disk in the drive.
It ... to connect up the drive ready line to this ... switch/sensor. Probably a single wire will do ...I've got a divIDE. Now what?I've purchased a divIDE and after a month it's at home. What can I do now with that? I've got a 48k+, a +2B and a +3. The +2B has the original ROMs,…
... one extremely noisy 3.5" drive... but being an HD drive it may be ... tricky to connect to a +3[/quote ... .php?t=17721&highlight=3.5%22[/url]
[url]http ... .php?t=16908&highlight=3.5%22[/url]
:DSo what's your favourite then?Mines the red one.
Mine is probably the +3, I know that it has compatibility problems, but I think the ability to easily connect a 3.5" drive, and the +3e upgrade counter that!
what do you mean Off Topic!? :o
:p40 % chance of depression for the US ecconnomyTonight Mathiew I'm going to be a surrogate pasty!! :lol: Athough what I have to say comes from slightly more reputable sources. I have been watchi…
... mins in the morning and a 2hr drive home (coz I dont ... !
Almost 3.5 hrs commuting a day would drive me insane. I ... 'd rather flip burgers at a ... to commuting per week (17.5 hrs per week!)... hope you ...Have you ever been fired?I have twice :-o Once for decking someone at a Christmas party and once for trying to sell the rights of some software I wrote when technically my …
... been fired. Been made redundant 3 times...
... 2) Had a reverse merger, after 3 months we were ... lot
3) Used me for 5 years on a huge project, ... want to take me on full time, bit nervous ... 'full time' ! After 3 redundancies i'm not bothered ...ZX +3 Disk Drive Problems!Hello! I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago in a shop for 10 quid, I was very pleased with myself. I realised that this thing was a disk drive thin…
... be lost if the drive has ever been taken ... to replace drive belts.
as for a storage medium ... can't fix the 3" drive, a standard PC 3.5" drive can be used ... with a suitable (easy to ... and can I make a home brew pin to fix ...ZX +3 Disk Drive Problems!Hello! I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago in a shop for 10 quid, I was very pleased with myself. I realised that this thing was a disk drive thin…
... be in the drive already, drop in a disk, and where ... steel pin with a rounded head, like a dressmaking pin. If ... all you see is a hole, get a small nail, make ... could use an old PC 3.5" drive but getting hold of ... be a problem. It's well worth the hassle tho, 3.5" ...BBC microI was often made aware by people at the time that the beeb was the "best computer in the world." Even my next-door neighbour ( who was a bit of a co…
The Beeb was a superb machine if you ... computer controlled devices, and the 5.25" disk drives.
< ... br /> I've got a Master 128 with an MMC ... interface inside - it only cost a tenner to build and is ... games. It's also got a 3.5" drive that I hope to fit ...3" disk preservation - optionsFor now we're still able to find old PCs with Floppy drives, floppy drive cables, new PCs that may not have a Floppy drive but still have the FDC and…
... a 3" mounted in my PC now, 3 1/2" -> 5 1/4@ drive ... it in. Write whatever to 3" and then it
works ... in my +3. I think we've dumped ... 'd need to adjust the drive
speed for it to ... /> It might be easier using 3.5" drive as Simon says.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…
... modifying games to run from 3.5" drive B: ?
is that too ... 'd have to make the drive B: modifications to each one ... 'd like to keep the +3 unchanged)[/QUOTE]
My solution ... have a 3.5" A: drive. Though I've not actually used the one with a 3" drive ...R@RE as hens...erm...feathersI've just got back from a car boot sale this morning... Someone was selling a cassette storage drawer with a few Spectrum tapes in it for ?3.00 ... …
... a cassette storage drawer with a few Spectrum tapes in it for £3 ... .00 ... a bit expensive I thought ... often. There was a bloke selling a 48K+ last summer, ... (I wasn't intending on buying) I asked how ... />
On a plus side I brought a copy of Alien 8 ...myspeccy.org - online gaming which auto-saves scoresIt's a blimmin' miracle - I'm most impressed.
i cant play it :(
its waaaaaaaay too jittery, jumpy and the sound keeps breaking up...makes the games unplayable :(
on a plus note :- i have 3 friends :PCreating real +3 disk from imageHello threre, how can I ceate a real + 3disk from am emulator image (3" or 3,5") Here in the forum I didn?t found a clear discription. Peter
... /> -connect 3" drive to PC (as either A: or B: )
-or 3,5" drive to ... ZX (as drive A: preferably)
then you ... /> if you connect 3,5" to ZX as drive B: games won't ... copy them with DU54 to drive A: . Unfortunately that won't ...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…
... modifying games to run from 3.5" drive B: ?
is that too ... keep the +3 unchanged)[/QUOTE]
There were a few guys ...myspeccy.org - online gaming which auto-saves scoresIt's a blimmin' miracle - I'm most impressed.
... I]Shockway Rider[/I] is a bit broken meaning that the ... 't be collected on levels 2 and 3 due to the ... the first mailbag on level 2, that was on a stand. I ... my head.
On a plus note, I think it seems ... I put that point across on the thread about it. ...I've just bought a cheap PS2Well there we have it I've finally bought a PS2, after all I've only wanted one for about 5 years. Anyway couldn't get any Silent Hill games, so I bo…
... drive on a slim to load games from, but you can on a fat PS2. On ... the joypad, plus load all games from hard drive, plus play emulators ... etc.
Modding a games ... also wear and tear on the disc drive). Plus you can run ...Lerm Transpack 3 - Microdrive versionListed on [URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/Sinclair-Spectrum-MicroDrive-Cassette-Lerm-TPack3_W0QQitemZ320294319441QQihZ011QQcategoryZ11994QQssPageNameZWDVWQ…
That's cool, but I don't have a microdrive...what hardware do I need, please? I do have a PC with 3.5" drive.Lerm Transpack 3 - Microdrive versionListed on [URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/Sinclair-Spectrum-MicroDrive-Cassette-Lerm-TPack3_W0QQitemZ320294319441QQihZ011QQcategoryZ11994QQssPageNameZWDVWQ…
... , please? I do have a PC with 3.5" drive.[/QUOTE]
... Guy, you'll need an Interface 1, a ... Microdrive, a copy of Jims program either ... since they were a tape spool, much like Wafa Drive carts.
Which Speccy sounds 'best'? ie, differences in AY outputDoes anyone know if there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound output on the Speccy models with an AY chip?i'm wondering if there'…
the audio on the RF signal is always going to be terrible really, you're better off muting the TV and feeding the clean audio (well as clean as you can get on a plus 3, it's fine if you fix the amplifier bug) from the tape socket out to your speakers.Which Speccy sounds 'best'? ie, differences in AY outputDoes anyone know if there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound output on the Speccy models with an AY chip?i'm wondering if there'…
[QUOTE=guesser;314618]the audio on the RF signal is always ... clean as you can get on a plus 3, it's fine if you ... />
does the +2 have a tape socket out?? is that ...
