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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
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Just got 2 Answer Back cassette gamesI got them with a speccy 128k i got, the titles are Answer Back Junior Quiz general knowledge and the second one is Answer Back Factfile …
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Machine CodeHi all, I want to get a machine code/assembler/dissasembler program from the WOS archives. But what in your opinion would be the best to get? I don`t…
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Machine CodeHi all, I want to get a machine code/assembler/dissasembler program from the WOS archives. But what in your opinion would be the best to get? I don`t…
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I remember getting the +3 version of this - and paying ... for it! I think the +3 disk was almost 20 quid![/quote ... . I've still got my +3 disk somewhere. -
DDi-1 instead of FD-1?Is it possible to connect DDi-1 drives to the Plus3 without any special software or cable? I've been looking for Amstrad's FD-1 drive for my +3 for a…
... control hardware built in. The +3 already has this, so even ... either an external 3" drive to your +3 or add a ... way, I'd reccomend the 3.5" device as the ... on a 3" disk is equal to 360K, the 3.5" disk holds 720K ... , but it's still a 3" and therefore more "Original" ... -
Death Pit worth an extra 3 minute wait?Nicked from a post in the preservation Forum [quote] Originally Posted by Uros Zupan Everybody...when Death Pit arrives...make sure you will all loa…
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ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
... a blank +3 disk and failing. The help file +3 disk manager says go ... you to create new blank +3 disk images for subsequent use with ... type in the box under "Disk images" "Unit 0" but I ... -
A Legacy for AlaricThis one's a bit confusing. Side 2 of [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/r/RetardedCreaturesAndCaverns.tzx.zip]Retarded Creatures…
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The +3 disk could be considered a compilaition ... .zip[/url]
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Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... could be using the wrong disk interface/disk operating system or wrong ... the end I located a "+3" disk image of the same software ... (same disk catalogue) over on tzxvault, but ... -
Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... with ZXSPIN v0.62 using +3 disk images (again I could ... dictionary disk after loading TasWord, without the emulated +3 resetting ... " is not checked, the +3 Disk operating system keeps telling me ... program module into the TasWord disk.
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Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... -only" is not checked, the +3 Disk operating system keeps telling me ... -protected.[/quote]
The disk image is almost certainly an ... -
+3 startup modesWill it make any difference which mode I select (+3 Basic / 48 Basic) if I'm gonna load a 48k game ? Is one mode more compatible with 48k games than…
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If you download the +3 disk images of "Paul Harrison's ... -
"Copier" for +3 ?Is there any similar programs to "Copier", that comes on the Microdrive Introduction cartridge, that can make copies from tape to floppy on +3 ? I …
... from tape to floppy on +3 ?
I have searched ... programs to convert tape to +3 disk, obviously they won't do ... +3 utils section and download the hi-format program, format your disk ... to 203K first, before my disk images will work ... -
"Copier" for +3 ?Is there any similar programs to "Copier", that comes on the Microdrive Introduction cartridge, that can make copies from tape to floppy on +3 ? I …
... my excuse: I got the +3 just a couple of weeks ... have never even touched a 3"" disk before this. I couldn't ... -
Spectrum +3 disk drive problem (?)I took up using Spectrums only many years after any ZX model was last in production. I've been lucky enough to find one each of the various 128k mode…
... to save tape software to 3" disk. Drive operations seem a ... s typical for 3" drives. Loading from disk is faster than ... 've tried formating a disk in that drive and ... work with a +3? The +3 manual refers to the ... different cable than the +3). I intended trying it ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
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Tandy Color Computer 3 in high speed mode: ---------------------
Time: 71 ... : 1.04141235E-03
Randow : 3.47206211
Dick ... br /> Accuracy=1.041 e-3
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another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... also remember that C64 disk drives were not common ... recall people buying computer/disk drive combinations and then ... were readying to release 3" disk drives at $50 a ... this to the C64 disk drive which cost the ... If you couple the disk drives with the expansion ... -
multiloadersWhich were the worst games for disruptive multiloaders? These games came on the scene after I had stuck my Speccy in the loft, so I missed them. I …
... to produce an external disk drive for the +2A ... and the fact the +3 disk format was naff, the ... number of third party disk systems around and at ... in price between tape and disk.
If ... installed base of Spectrum +3 disk users would have increased, ... -
From The LoftHello All I have just been up in the loft (I have to clear it out Mrs VQ says so), and found my old Spectrun+2 (boxed) with outer sleeve telling me i…
... it reads on say a +3 disk drive (which I have hooked ... willing to loan me the disk I can try and dump ... -
From The LoftHello All I have just been up in the loft (I have to clear it out Mrs VQ says so), and found my old Spectrun+2 (boxed) with outer sleeve telling me i…
... it reads on say a +3 disk drive (which I have hooked ... it didn't use true 3" disks, definetly not. As I ... had one in a Triton disk interface.
There's ... ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/triton-disk-drive-QD-for-the-zx ... -
How copy .DSK files onto real +3 disksI'm new here, so first of all I want to thank this great Speccy community for all the great hints and help that is offered here. Just wish we had thi…
... great), and some Spectrum +3 .DSK files that I would ... to get hold of a 3" disk drive (from ebay?) and ... whos bios and floppy disk controller can use the ... fussed about getting them onto 3" disks or you find ... floppy drive to your +3 instead. you usually have to ... -
z88dk - Plus 3 dos librariesdo they work? I looked in the cvs to try to piece together an idea of the syntax of the commands (the documentation is pretty sparse :-() and it loo…
... even open a file on disk :([/QUOTE]
Honestly ... has been prepared for the +3, this hasn't been ... know anything about the +3 or I'd try it ... if a dip into +3 dos requires certain registers to ... s probably best to isolate +3 disk access in one or two ... -
Interesting setup at Retromadrid'08[url]http://www.bytemaniacos.com/galeria/main.php/v/reuniones/rm2008/Octocom+-+demo+Insert+Coins+2.JPG.html[/url] [url]http://www.bytemaniacos.com/ga…
... want to read (remember that 3" disk had two side and you ... ). The 3?5? disk drive works in a Spectrum +3 like a 3? driver ... can?t turn round the 3?5? disk. :-)
About the ... turn db25 connector to spectrum +3 disk B connector (Only with wires ... -
Interesting setup at Retromadrid'08[url]http://www.bytemaniacos.com/galeria/main.php/v/reuniones/rm2008/Octocom+-+demo+Insert+Coins+2.JPG.html[/url] [url]http://www.bytemaniacos.com/ga…
... want to read (remember that 3" disk had two side and you ... ). The 3’5” disk drive works in a Spectrum +3 like a 3” driver ... can’t turn round the 3’5” disk. :-)[/QUOTE]
Of ... to turn around the disk on the +3. All you have to ... -
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…
... allowed the preservation of many 3" disks, not just for the ... involved when trying to handle 3" disks, but I would like ... make an image of the 3" disk. The image would be sent ... anything, disks with protection, other disk formats, etc. I know this ... -
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…
Something just ocurred to me. Could any of the DivIDE's firmwares be used to save 3" disk images onto IDE media? If it's just a matter of firmware, we may already have lots of potential disk image contributors. :D -
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…
... firmwares be used to save 3" disk images onto IDE media? If ... already have lots of potential disk image contributors. :D[/quote]
3.5" floppy, tape, IDE media ... .
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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…
... if not all +3 disks back to real 3" disk and get it ... dumped probably around 100 RAW +3 disk images for the SPS team ... if we can use a +3 rigged up cos say with ... />
Fortunately I'm collecting +3 disks, and there's possibly ...
