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  • How to transfer spectrum roms to 3.5 floppy diskI have just bought a 3.5 floppy drive and ribbon cable to replace the floppy on my spectrum +3. How do I put games onto the floppy drive? Can I use w…

    ... can play .dsk images from 3.5 floppy!!!
    Is there any way ...
    oakleyleeds oakleyleeds November 2011 Hardware
  • Opus Discovery issues!All happens at once when things go wrong eh? This time its the dual drive Opus, neither drive will read/write, motor spins, when formatting you can …

    ... /itm/Atari-ST-Compatible-external-3-5-disk-drive-/130612162635?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL& ...
    Macc Macc December 2011 Hardware
  • What was the best Designed Speccy???So what does the World Of Spectrum think the best Designed Spectrum was? [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/thespectrums.jpg/][IMG]http:…

    The +3 would have been the best ... only used a 3.5" disc drive instead of those awful 3" things, but ... he would have used the 3.5" drives instead as well. Just ...
    DarrenS DarrenS December 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What was the best Designed Speccy???So what does the World Of Spectrum think the best Designed Spectrum was? [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/thespectrums.jpg/][IMG]http:…

    ... QUOTE=DarrenS;587132]The +3 would have been the ... used a 3.5" disc drive instead of those awful 3" things, ... he would have used the 3.5" drives instead as well ... ]

    The +3 would have been the best ... can use a 3.5" drive as the external drive of course.
    guesser guesser December 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What was the best Designed Speccy???So what does the World Of Spectrum think the best Designed Spectrum was? [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/thespectrums.jpg/][IMG]http:…

    [QUOTE=DarrenS;587132]The +3 would have been the best ... only used a 3.5" disc drive instead of those awful 3" things, but ... he would have used the 3.5" drives instead as well. Just ... had a warehouse full of 3" drives and disks and was ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler December 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A little bit of help.Good Evening, I am new to the ZX Spectrum so please do not grill me! I recently picked one up (being interested in Vintage/Retro Video Gaming) I ha…

    ... load back in? The old 3.5 floppy system on a PC was ...
    Turkwel Turkwel January 2012 Hardware
  • A little bit of help.Good Evening, I am new to the ZX Spectrum so please do not grill me! I recently picked one up (being interested in Vintage/Retro Video Gaming) I ha…

    ... load back in? The old 3.5 floppy system on a PC was ... considering ive tried 4 or 5 different tapes :|
    tag274 tag274 January 2012 Hardware
  • Sam CoupeI know it's an extremely long shot but is anyone looking to part with their beloved Sam Coupe as I've got a loving home waiting for one.... Would pr…

    ... (internal upgrade), with single 3.5" disk drive and oriiginal power supply.
    rwap rwap February 2012 Wanted
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... />
    Currently have a +3 with 3.5" external drive, 2x 128k heatsink, and ...
    Scarlettkitten Scarlettkitten March 2012 Chit chat
  • hdfmonkey - a Swiss Army Knife for HDF disk imagesThis is a spin-off from my recent experiments on ESXDOS. If you want to play with the DivIDE (or other Speccy hard disk interfaces) under emulation, …

    [QUOTE=Philip Kendall;619000]What's the use case for a 1 MB hard disk image?[/QUOTE]

    Use in case your 3.5 floppy breaks!
    MrCheese MrCheese April 2012 Announcements
  • hdfmonkey - a Swiss Army Knife for HDF disk imagesThis is a spin-off from my recent experiments on ESXDOS. If you want to play with the DivIDE (or other Speccy hard disk interfaces) under emulation, …

    ... ;619009]Use in case your 3.5 floppy breaks![/QUOTE]

    That ...
    gasman gasman April 2012 Announcements
  • I've gone to the dark side...and bought myself an Amstrad CPC464 :-o, feel dirty probably a similar feeling kerb crawlers get :-P mind you gonna get a scart adapter so I can use…

    ... Tortoise on it (got a 3.5 inch drive on the back, been ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN June 2012 Chit chat
  • All going well with the 3.5" driveFolks, all going well thanks to you lot on here... I now have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy and can write .dsk images using samdisk - all very e…

    ... now have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy and can write ... to successfully save onto the 3" disks to make this ... simply drop it onto the 3.5" disks on the pc?< ... then save back to the 3.5" disk?

    Thanks ...
    WOW i have two +3 and always wanted to do ...
    ArtemKuchin ArtemKuchin July 2012 Hardware
  • All going well with the 3.5" driveFolks, all going well thanks to you lot on here... I now have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy and can write .dsk images using samdisk - all very e…

    ... find one that has 3.5 and 5.25 connectors then your ... 'll need a spare 3.5 disk drive and a way to ... 5"]this[/URL] tutorial on the cpcwiki ( I use the same drive ...
    you can set the drive to be a or b ... write protected disks to a 3.5, but transfering most modern ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN July 2012 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +3 with 3.5" internal drive for saleI have a modified Spectrum +3 128k with a 3.5" disk drive built in if anyone is interested. The distorted sound problem inherint in the +3 has also b…

    ... modified Spectrum +3 128k with a 3.5" disk drive built in if ... problem inherint in the +3 has also been corrected.< ... Some extras like a Multiface 3 are included. See below link ... selling and shipping the +3 to Brazil?
    I ... for more than 3 years.
    Thanks ...
    CAV CAV August 2012 Sales
  • ZX Spectrum +3 with 3.5" internal drive for saleI have a modified Spectrum +3 128k with a 3.5" disk drive built in if anyone is interested. The distorted sound problem inherint in the +3 has also b…

    ... program to transfer the +3 disc image to 3.5" floppy:
    [url]http ... image (games etc) to the 3.5" and they boot exactly the ... same as a real 3" native Amstrad. (obviously only formatted ...
    Spectroid Spectroid August 2012 Sales
  • Does a ZX +3 drive fit into a CPC?Does a ZX Spectrum +3 disk drive fit inside an Amstrad CPC 6128? Are they totally compatible? Thanks!

    ... the unit to use a 3.5" 720k drive =)

    its very ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 October 2012 Hardware
  • PlusD mini - production startedI'm developing a PlusD clone, with some features stripped to make it very affordable. The real PlusD and German clone have an 7805 regulator, but I …

    +D utilises 3.5" floppy disks (easy to acquire), and ... , using SD cards instead of floppy disks.
    Swevicus Swevicus December 2012 Hardware
  • PlusD mini - production startedI'm developing a PlusD clone, with some features stripped to make it very affordable. The real PlusD and German clone have an 7805 regulator, but I …

    [QUOTE=Swevicus;671915]+D utilises 3.5" floppy disks (easy to acquire), and ... , using SD cards instead of floppy disks.[/QUOTE]

    It ... as with working with real floppy disks of course. And you ...
    bverstee bverstee December 2012 Hardware
  • How many users of +D is here ?I need to know if +D is frequently used devices. If any +D user is here, inform me in this thread.

    ... way to buy and format 3.5" floppy discs/disks/however the smeg ...
    Swevicus Swevicus February 2013 Hardware
  • DivIDE PlusWould like a DivIDE Plus interface (with CF card if possible, providing the card works). Why? I'm sick of loading games for my Speccy from tapes (in …

    ... ) and an FDD with some 3.5" floppy diskettes (whether I get HD ... the image files to the floppy diskettes and use them on ...
    Swevicus Swevicus February 2013 Wanted
  • 720K Amstrad PCW8512 drive B: as drive A: on a Spectrum +3 ?Hi Spec-chums. I happen to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i got off ebay, and i was wondering if it is possible to use it as drive …

    The 26 pin internal drive header in the +3 has all the same signals present as the external drive (apart from the drive select of course) and a 3.5" 720k drive works fine...
    guesser guesser April 2013 Hardware
  • Speccy love (mildly NSFW)Doing a shoot, well... it had to be done some time! Let's show the love! [img]http://www.starglider.co.uk/forumposts/speccy1.jpg[/img] [img]http://…

    You're from Scotland, so those square ones presumably?

    Model #1 would be my preferred choice of Spectrum holder anyway. She looks like she knows how to handle a joystick. (And how to interface with my 3.5" floppy).
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter May 2013 Chit chat
  • Speccy love (mildly NSFW)Doing a shoot, well... it had to be done some time! Let's show the love! [img]http://www.starglider.co.uk/forumposts/speccy1.jpg[/img] [img]http://…

    ... how to interface with my 3.5" floppy).[/QUOTE]

    Actually I ...
    zx1 zx1 May 2013 Chit chat
  • Why is the B Disk interface selling for so much on ebay?I often watch unusual interfaces that pop up on ebay, and I noticed that this B Disk interface just went for ?113: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.or…

    ...
    With the +3, get a 3.5" external drive, and a little bit ... of software to speed the drive ... .

    +3 external drive needs to be a Shugart ... />
    Finally, the +3 external drive must have a ready connection ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2013 Hardware
  • Why is the B Disk interface selling for so much on ebay?I often watch unusual interfaces that pop up on ebay, and I noticed that this B Disk interface just went for ?113: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.or…

    ... />
    With the +3, get a 3.5" external drive, and a little bit ... of software to speed the drive ... />
    Finally, the +3 external drive must have a ready connection ... I couldn't use the 3" drive with the +D attached and ...
    Macc Macc July 2013 Hardware
  • Brutal Doom (if you don't like Doom, then move along, nothing to see here!)For any fans of the ancient (but still great) PC game Doom, have you tried Brutal Doom ([URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom"]http://www.moddb…

    Excellent find [B]ewgf[/B], thanks! I seriously want to give this a go, but unfortunately I left my Doom disk[U]s[/U] (of the 3.5" floppy variety, no less!) at my Dad's in Scotland. :sad:
    Dave_C Dave_C August 2013 Chit chat
  • Brutal Doom (if you don't like Doom, then move along, nothing to see here!)For any fans of the ancient (but still great) PC game Doom, have you tried Brutal Doom ([URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom"]http://www.moddb…

    ... [U]s[/U] (of the 3.5" floppy variety, no less!) at my ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2013 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... lunatics with an 80 gig 3.5" hard drive plugged into my speccy ... plug and play onto the drive from a PC that sounds ... files on and off the drive.
    guesser guesser January 2014 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... lunatics with an 80 gig 3.5" hard drive plugged into my speccy ... plug and play onto the drive from a PC that sounds ... files on and off the drive.[/QUOTE]

    Cheers dude ...
    Wookiee Wookiee January 2014 Hardware
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