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damn damn and damn againwell the 128k speccy i was going to have has gone from the shop but i got the guy to hold another speccy for me cuz i wanted your views on it. It`s …
... the time for quick loading to that state later. I think ... .uk/SINCLAIR-128K-ZX-SPECTRUM-3-FDD-Disk-Drive-TESTED_W0QQitemZ8239229553QQcategoryZ11994QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay ... speccy including all the components to make the other bits. -
Transferring Spectrum Games onto tape or diskI've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…
... getting a 3.5" external drive and hooking that up to the port ... of the back of the +3. It ... reliant on old, small capacity 3" disks.
Commodore Amiga ... you can get on a +3 3" disk is 208k. Chris Pile wrote ... -
"Unknown disk format"-error on Spectrum +3Hi, I have just gotten around to changing the drivebelt in my newly acquired +3. I tried to format one of the 3" disks I bought on eBay the other we…
... , stick a normally formatted disk in the drive, type FORMAT "A:" (enter ... best of all, formats the disk to 203K. Some of the other ... emulator unless you have a 3" drive attached to your PC.
"Unknown disk format"-error on Spectrum +3Hi, I have just gotten around to changing the drivebelt in my newly acquired +3. I tried to format one of the 3" disks I bought on eBay the other we…
... have accumulated over 9 3" drives with mixed ... you can replace the drive belts, it sometimes becomes ... t produce enough flux to read from the disks ... disk dumping, it may be an idea to use a 3.5" drive ... as suggested.
Oh, there's plenty of 3 ..."Unknown disk format"-error on Spectrum +3Hi, I have just gotten around to changing the drivebelt in my newly acquired +3. I tried to format one of the 3" disks I bought on eBay the other we…
... get power to my external 3.5" diskdrive for the +3. The drive is ... an old AMIGA drive that I know to be ... disk in the B drive the light comes on and it starts to ... just continues to whirr. I have tried to format the disk using
Transferring Spectrum Games onto tape or diskI've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…
... the Multiface, it will save to drive A:. If you then ... to load from the A: drive only. Pretty much all commercial +3 disk ... games are going to cause ... 3.5" drive is a DS (double sided) device. You will need to ...What software do I need so I can transfer tape games to disk?What utility would I need so I can save tape based games onto specci disks? Can I download something of the web or is there something available to bu…
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It depends on what drive system you're using. For ... is.
For +3, try Dominic's TAPER (not ... save stuff from disk out to tape, TAPEDISC does tape to disk.
< ... soloution for transferring EVERY game to disk though, sometime you will ...Looking for ramsoft MGT +D Software Compilation ArchiveOnce upon a time on the internet there existed a mgt +d archive on the ramsoft website with specially adapted multiload games as disk images etc. I …
... and all, or write back to a disk, an image, format and ... /> Obviously the +3 stuff will create a +3 format disk but beware, those ... working on 3" disk images that restore the image to a 3" disk from tape ... an Amiga with a CD drive, you're in for a ...SPECTRUM +3 NIGHTMAREGot my Specci +3 through the post this morning. The good news all the keys work and it turns on ok. The bad news the disk drive doesn't work. When yo…
... the actual +3, posting will cost me a fortune to get it ... in my life, so trying to fix it myself is a ... was the disk drive I could just send that off to be fixed ... I should bother sending my drive to that ebay bloke!
< ... got one which was guaranteed to work!Mulitiface 1With a Mulitface 1, can you save games from tape and put them on disk on a +3? Or is it just compatitable with the 48/128k +2 models?
... 3 you WILL need a Multiface 3, as only it will save to +3 disk ... , and then, only A: drive disks.
< ... ) with a Multiface 3.
Forgot to say - the original ... be very easy indeed to put MF1 saves to +3 disk! The MF128 (and ...Slightly OT, but gotta ask: Which 128 would you buy?Guys, I'm interested in getting a 128 Speccy. Problem is, I never had one close to try, and I ignore which advantages has one model compared with the…
... the proud owner of a +3 Speccy.
Pros:
- Comes with a disk drive!
Cons:
- Disk games are not easy to find
- Only takes 3" disks ... tape deck instead of a disk drive, and you can't use ...Slightly OT, but gotta ask: Which 128 would you buy?Guys, I'm interested in getting a 128 Speccy. Problem is, I never had one close to try, and I ignore which advantages has one model compared with the…
... deck
- Comes with a disk drive!
Cons:
... /> - Disk games are not easy to find
- Only takes 3" disks ... deck instead of a disk drive, and you can't ... add your own 3.5" floppy drive on the rear ... for a +3 with a 3.5" floppy drive on the ...How do you get an external tape recorder to work on a +2a?Just for the hell of it, just say the internal cassette player stopped working. What command would you use when hooking up an external player, so the…
... the +3 supply unable to supply enough power for a second disk drive.
to an EXTRA drive - as in, you want to run BOTH ... want to run a single 3.5" IN PLACE of the normal 3" drive ... then you can use the +3 supply.
Opus Discovery 3.5 inch disk driveWould one of these work on a +3 or +2a? So could you save games onto normal disks using a multiface 3 or another mulitiface (1 or 2?) for the +2a? W…
... owned mine it was difficult to get anything other than a ... rubber keyed Spectrum connected to it. I had a Spectrum ... a +3, don't mess about trying to get disk systems to work that ... it - go for an external drive or a +3e system, you ...Opus Discovery 3.5 inch disk driveWould one of these work on a +3 or +2a? So could you save games onto normal disks using a multiface 3 or another mulitiface (1 or 2?) for the +2a? W…
... work as drive A:. Route the A: drive select line to where it ... to go and make sure the drive itself is set up to be drive ... />
Multiface will only save to drive A:
If it ... the +3 whatever you do - you can use the actual disk drive (which ...Old Source CodeWhilst searching through some old boxes today I came across some printouts of some old m/c programs I did back in the 80's. I obviously couldn't code…
Yeah, it was a +3 disk util from a covertape. ... looking at the WOS archives to check). There was some ... this was mainly my utils disk (hence it has some source ... I actually bought a couple +3 drive belts on ebay recently so ... I could fix my +3's and get some of ...What software do I need so I can transfer tape games to disk?What utility would I need so I can save tape based games onto specci disks? Can I download something of the web or is there something available to bu…
... problem is a drive. I really need a 3" drive to fit in my ... a 3" drive.
Alternatively using an audio cable to write straight to the +3 ... individual data files from tape to the disk.
I would ... have no idea how to do ...Dead +3The good news is I've just acquired a +3. The bad news is it doesn't bloody work. When I plug it all in and switch it on the disk drive starts spinn…
Thanks guys
I've opened her up, removed the disk drive and have found there is no +5V from the psu.
Am going to have a bash at repaiing the psu and then hopefully my +3 will work.
Fingers crossed3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …
... Has anyone tried out a 3" drive with RealSpectrum's "RealDisk" ... 3" drive tonight. The only real issue is that 3" drives lack a disk ... by default to ensure there's a disk in the drive. If RealSpec ... com/index.asp"]CPCDiskXP[/url] to read 3" discs? Looks good ( ...3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …
... 3" drive tonight. The only real issue is that 3" drives lack a disk ... by default to ensure there's a disk in the drive. If ... report no disk is in the drive when you try to use ... connect the internal +3 drive to the PC controller (to dump 3" disks), you must ...3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …
... I wrote the +3 "Bubble Buster" title to a 3" disk - it uses ... to a 3.5" drive, with the same test image written to a 3.5" disk ... . It seemed to ... +3 in real disk mode? There are more format variations to ...3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …
... I wrote the +3 "Bubble Buster" title to a 3" disk - it uses ... to a 3.5" drive, with the same test image written to a 3.5" disk ... . It seemed to ... +3 in real disk mode? There are more format variations to ...3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …
... 're trying to attach a +3 3" drive to a PC in order to make disk images ... PC to expect a 5.25" 40 track Single sided 360K drive ... the wrong place on the disk for the Directory info...
What software do I need so I can transfer tape games to disk?What utility would I need so I can save tape based games onto specci disks? Can I download something of the web or is there something available to bu…
I have 3.5" drive as A: in my +3. I have transfered many ... ... Has anyone succeeded to write back Out Run to 3.5" disk? Are there ... any other usefull programs to do ...What software do I need so I can transfer tape games to disk?What utility would I need so I can save tape based games onto specci disks? Can I download something of the web or is there something available to bu…
... be wanting to write Hexagon protected disks back to real 3" disk *big wink ... possible for [I]most[/I] 3.5" drives too, but requires ... board instead. I'm going to have a go at this ... be handy to have a slower drive.
Back to the original ...+3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…
... between the external disk drive and the external drive port. This dongle ... to read/write Amiga floppies unless you use an external drive ... detect a copied disk. If the disk copied to has EVER been ... to snailmail you an actual disk, as the GENS listing is a +3 ...my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…
... be my personal prefernce to keep anything like this ...
As far as the +3 and power supply issues go ... since i tend to use the +3 supply on the black ... try it on the +3 and see if that improves ... have been so hasty to remove the disk drive earlier...
Is there any Sinclair world cup anthem?I've just been listening to a few World cup anthems past and present, but what I really need is a World Cup anthem that mentions any of the sinclair …
... lyrics about the Speccy to the tune of 'Catch ... /> Alan Sugar's bound to say;
Amstrad gonna ... build some ZX +3 Spectrums
Then Sinclair' ...
An Integrated Disk drive in your Spectrum
3 inches not the ... away [echo, repeat to fade]files on +3 discHello! I have question. As you know, when Spectrum +3 loads CODE file from tape, you can get by CAT command from audio header to which address it…
... /> SAVE "t:" sets default save to tape drive
SAVE "game.bin ... ,32768 saves the file to the default drive
When you ... come to save the BASIC ... a disk or tape, subject to you providing me with a 3" disk or ...Disk R Tape ???I was recently trying to make a bootable disk image (for my Deal or No Deal simulator, if you must know) using RealSpectrum, SPIN to make a blank ima…
... you've set the default drive to "T:" then it's ... If you've tried to boot off the main ... found no boot disk, then the +3 tries to load something from ... Program or something) and default drive should be A:
... mention on my real +3 - maybe you have discovered ...
