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I'm in need of help hereI've been using the 'COMB' and 'TRANSFER' programs on Lerm's Utility D package to convert copy-protected (Speedlock, Alcatraz etc) 48k games onto +3 …
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+3 Disc Drive ProblemsI was loading a game (gauntlet) on my +3 tonight and the drive made an unusual noise (not the silent ticking, like 2 seconds of noise). Then the driv…
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+3 Disc Drive ProblemsI was loading a game (gauntlet) on my +3 tonight and the drive made an unusual noise (not the silent ticking, like 2 seconds of noise). Then the driv…
... amstrad owning friend did mention drive belts are the most common ... will take look at the drive belt and then take it from ... -
Tranferring a game back to +3 disk?Hi, Haven't been on here for ages, but got my Spectrum down from the loft recently, due to a house move in the next few months. I'd forgotten, but so…
... got saved on my old 3" disks into dsk files on ... go about connecting an amstrad 3" drive to a PC, but assuming ... a standard PC floppy drive to the +3, the files can then ... off your disk onto a 3.5" disk, then copied onto ... -
Tranferring a game back to +3 disk?Hi, Haven't been on here for ages, but got my Spectrum down from the loft recently, due to a house move in the next few months. I'd forgotten, but so…
... you need is a 180K 3" drive ([url]http://www.pcwking1.netfirms ... method of transferring to/from +3 disks, as I've [i ... :0 193[dc,d]
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Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... always going to be the 3" drive. For some incomprehensible reason ... it believed that the 3" disk was going to ... only the mildest interest that 3 1/2" disks were ... had they used a 3 1/2" drive.
... a sizable warehouse full of 3" disks and needed to ...Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... joystick port and 3 1/2 " disk drive would not have cost ... agree that the 3" drive didn't do the +3 any favours. A ... 3.5" model with cheap ...Nostalgia or just pure quality?I was just thinking - if it wasn't for emulators and I played my last speccy game back in 1990 (on a real speccy) - would I look back with a fondness…
[quote=nuttyfox;167070]a loving dog that I owned for 8 years before it's disk drive belt snapped[/quote]
I had a rover with a snapped fan belt. Is that the same?Spectrum Noob! Please Help!!!i just bought my spectrum with 3 games and was realy looking forward to playing on it but i cant seem to load any games!!! i have the zx spectrum +3…
I wonder if the problem with loading the games is that the rubber band is slightly the wrong size, so the drive speed is not constant enough?
Might be worth investing a ?1 and getting a drive belt off John King.Spectrum Noob! Please Help!!!i just bought my spectrum with 3 games and was realy looking forward to playing on it but i cant seem to load any games!!! i have the zx spectrum +3…
... ) from the internet onto a 3" disk isn't tricky but ... (that's to say your 3" drive won't plug directly into ...Spectrum Noob! Please Help!!!i just bought my spectrum with 3 games and was realy looking forward to playing on it but i cant seem to load any games!!! i have the zx spectrum +3…
... the wrong size, so the drive speed is not constant enough ... a ?1 and getting a drive belt off John King.[/QUOTE]
belt tension earlier as I was ...Spectrum Noob! Please Help!!!i just bought my spectrum with 3 games and was realy looking forward to playing on it but i cant seem to load any games!!! i have the zx spectrum +3…
Could also be that the disk surface has degraded somewhat so loading is gonna be erratic at best. Dirty drive heads could also be a factor, dodgy drive belt tension etc etc.Spectrum Noob! Please Help!!!i just bought my spectrum with 3 games and was realy looking forward to playing on it but i cant seem to load any games!!! i have the zx spectrum +3…
... rubber band with a proper drive belt. Whilst your at it get ... sponge swabs and clean the drive heads (Maplins sell it in ...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…
... it with a normal 3.5" drive are the same, except ... to worry about the drive type in the BIOS ... using a normal 80-track drive.
Be aware ... it's a double-sided drive and behaves slightly differently. ... that image back to a 3" drive and have it work ....dsk and +3after successfully connecting 3,5" PC FDD as drive B: , i'd like to backup all my 3" disks from A: to B: as .dsk images on ZX+3 (not PC) All of them …
Hooking a 3" drive up to your PC is ... /write pretty much anything to 3" and 3.5" disks. You can ... .netfirms.com/plus3.html"]spare 3" drive[/url] (out of stock at ...Wtb: 3" FddI'm buying 3" floppy disk drive for zx +3. Can do PayPal and Moneybookers [email]orange47@gmail.com[/email]
Before you buy a new drive, have you tried replacing the drive belt on your old one? I've fixed four +3s with 'broken' floppy disk drives by purchasing a 50p belt!Wtb: 3" FddI'm buying 3" floppy disk drive for zx +3. Can do PayPal and Moneybookers [email]orange47@gmail.com[/email]
Just out of interest, how easy is it to come by +3 drive belts nowadays?Wtb: 3" FddI'm buying 3" floppy disk drive for zx +3. Can do PayPal and Moneybookers [email]orange47@gmail.com[/email]
... love to install an internal 3" drive on my desktop, but I ... to access to access the 3" drive while in windows, either via ... my computer (like any other drive) or via usb. But I ...Wtb: 3" FddI'm buying 3" floppy disk drive for zx +3. Can do PayPal and Moneybookers [email]orange47@gmail.com[/email]
... to install an internal 3" drive on my desktop, but ... the floppy drive type for the added drive, so it ... 40 on a 40-track +3 drive.
[QUOTE] ... to access to access the 3" drive while in windows, either ... computer (like any other drive) or via usb. But ...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…
... them correctly. There are no +3 disk utilities able to handle ... are going to need a 3" drive hooked up to your PC ...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…
... on a PC with a 3" drive
hooked up to it ... it worked on my real +3 hardware. I used a util ... to copy back from 3.5" B: to 3" A: ?
it ...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…
... next time +3DOS uses the drive.
We' ... for it, if the drive motor is disabled very briefly ... make having a 3.5" +3 A: drive a better solution ... imaged games than using a 3" drive on the PC to ... Hits, since modding a 3.5" drive speed requires more than ...Well, there we go...The beginning of the end for the humble C-90. [url]http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007210213,00.html[/url] Better stock up while there are so…
I remember a brand called "That's" which was supposed to be really cool and audiophiley, but I never saw anything in them. I just used TDK AD (if that was the chrome one).
The drive belt on my old Aiwa hi-fi tape deck has long since snapped.Well, there we go...The beginning of the end for the humble C-90. [url]http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007210213,00.html[/url] Better stock up while there are so…
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The drive belt on my old Aiwa hi ...TC2068 emulator cart - problemHi, Sorry for posting timex related stuff on a spectrum forum. So, this cart (spectrum emulator) can only adress 16K. I can load small games but i …
... plate to adapt to a 3.5" floppy so it would ... the hole of the 3" drive of the +3.
I searched ...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…
... intend to get a new drive belt, this way at least I ... know that the drive is working and not faulty ...Spectrum +3 disk drive errorsHello!As i am waiting for the ula chips to fix my spectrum 128+ i received another spectrum +3 i bought from ebay. I changed the drive disk belt as …
... anybody who has changed a drive belt before will know about, those ... the aluminium casting of the drive and you can locate it ... at the disk in the drive and seeing where the little ...B: drive dont workHi all, I went to Maplin today got myself a DIY lead the one with the proper 34 way edge connector for the Spectrum+3 other end 34 way to floppy driv…
... off to put a new drive belt on this morning and it ...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…
... This isn't just a drive, it's designed to ... be a primary A: drive and has the control hardware ... built in. The +3 already has this, so even ... external 3" drive to your +3 or add a secondary 3.5" drive. I ... to get a double sided 3" drive from a scrap PCW ...Best 128k model to add CF IDE disk etcHi, i'm hoping to turn one of my speccys into more of a 'console' the plan is i'd like loads of speect games installed say on a compact flash card …
... grey +2 but use a +3 case. You should find the ... +2 will fit in the +3 case easily. Swap all the ... black key tops. Remove the +3 drive and create a custom black ... The extra room where the +3 drive was should be fine for ... the same as a +2a/+3 RGB socket, or at least ...
