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My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... So I'll try the external floppy first tomorrow. I'm knackered ... suggest (and turn my +3 into a temp +2). ... .
The Floppy cable drive has a kink in it ... that will be another +3 back from the brink. On ... of boxed unopened Spectrum +3's. They were the ... -
CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 with support (limited) to write for USB floppy drivesHi, I am the developer of [URL="http://www.cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is a new version of the program with su…
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To write +3 floppy disks in this environment I ... an old PC mobo for floppy socket.[/QUOTE]
< ... realspec, without setting up real +3 every time.
External-Floppy-Disk-Drive/dp/B004MBI1NG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"]a 10$ USB floppy drive ... -
Returning zx spectrum +3 owner - a few questionsHi everyone I'm a returning +3 owner, my spectrum has been dug out of the loft, not used since 1998. My setup was a +3 with a multiface 3 and a e…
... re happy with a manual drive ready switch. As I ... floppy drives are all hard wired as unit 1 ("Drive B ... ") which in a PC is overcome with the twisted floppy ... you need for the +3 external drive. Just be sure to ... sense to say the +3 is either IBM or Shugart ... -
New member searching for DIY informationHi everybody, I'm totally new on this forum, and in the Spectrum family. Usually i work with Amstrad computer and Atari also. I made various interf…
... you to read/write +3 format 3.5" floppy disks. It's not ... +D disks on a +3 with an external 3.5" drive.
Similar ... -
The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …
... actually would prefer a 3.5 inch drive over sd since it ... fashioned. I do have an external usb floppy drive with vista. Isn't ... lay out dsk images to floppy? -
The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …
... my experiences with adding external drives, and writing disks ... it from being the external(B) drive, to the internal( ... with a built-in 3.5 inch floppy drive. I used to ... 't have the right floppy drive settings in it's ... bios to the correct floppy drive as it's best ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
Getting back on track (the floppy drive track)
... " base model", the one floppy drive Opus Discovery 1. (Was ... the floppy drive
3) The EPROM type
4) The floppy drive type ... floppy drive (this is a variable for me as I can use external ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... the back of the floppy drive). Roko has pointed out ... underside looking from front of drive ). . So it ... found that having the floppy drives the right way ... />
The 40T drive test ended with me getting ... why one of the 3 external power supplies appeared to ... -
3.5" disk drive on plus 3 or HXC/GotekHello all I have a zx spectrum +3 and in the late 90s I used a teac FD-235F drive as an external 3.5 drive. It was very eay to connect as it had …
... 'modern' 3.5" PC drive will work as an external drive on the +3.
floppy cables, so apologies if it ... emulate the correct unit with drive select 1, and proper ready ... -
3.5" disk drive on plus 3 or HXC/GotekHello all I have a zx spectrum +3 and in the late 90s I used a teac FD-235F drive as an external 3.5 drive. It was very eay to connect as it had …
... to find a suitably old drive that can be jumpered to ... />
My original 3.5 external floppy was such a drive. A Teac 235f ... the mid 90s with my +3. It has jumpers for ds0 ... -
Disk drive compatable with the Beta Disk interface (48K from 1984).Good morning or evening everybody. I'm looking for a disk drive compatable with the Beta Disk interface (48K from 1984). Contact me if you could …
... this one "Brand new Dual floppy drive set" [url="http://www. ... these are unboxed and need external power-adapters like "5V ... Gotek / HxC Emulator / 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive ": [url="www.ebay. ... for-Gotek-HxC-Emulator-3-5-Floppy-Disk-Drive-/272384855247[/url]
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Req: Tintin on the Moon Kryoflux dump to repair my original disk!!Obtained a copy of Tintin on the Moon but the disk has been completely formatted and needs repairing!! Have the DSK image and created Kryoflux stream…
... disk or possibly the drive not reading a particular ... puts 5v down the floppy cable for the DD1 ... -1) I use an external one with the molex connector ... .25" drive, and use a molex to 3.5" floppy adapter for ... powering 3.5" drives ... -
If Sinclair computers had not been sold...I was just having a random thought. If Sinclair Computers (or the rights to them, not sure how it 'worked' back then) had not been sold to Amstrad…
... the +3, RAM now 128k bytes, upgraded ROM includes ‘RAM’ drive)
3.5” floppy disk drive, support for the interface ... I/F port for an external HDD)
[*]ZX Spectrum+ ... CPU, with selectable operating speed: 3.5MHz or 6MHz)
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Emulators that can read from real +3 disk?Are there any emulators that can read/write and run games from a real +3 disk drive plugged into a FDD header? (like samdisk and cpcdiskxp can)
... mean plugging the +3 drive into a standard PC floppy controller? Is that ... means you need a real floppy drive controller chip on the main ... is possible to connect a 3” floppy drive to a PC that can ... that fits in a PC. External floppy drives that have a USB ... -
How to copy games to a Spectrum +3 floppy? [HELP]Hi you Guys, Can someone please explain, how can i copy a game from a pc to a +3 floppy disk? Or its also possible, to copy to a floppy using a …
... suitable old PC and a 3" drive (or take the one out ... down this route because the 3" drive has a reversed pinout on ... power connector to a 3.5" PC drive.
If it ... ) then having an external 3.5" floppy fitted to your +3 makes things a ... -
[newbie warning :)] Spectrum +3 questionsHello all, Yes, I am a Speccy newbie [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] My Spectrum +3 arrived today, and I already have a few questi…
... /icon_smile.gif[/img] My Spectrum +3 arrived today, and I already ... , can you adapt a 3 1/2 drive to work with this ... PCB off the bloody drive to change the drive belt? I dont ... once used to be a drive belt [img]/__forums/images/smiles ... -
Custom Speccys and the like.hiya all I've been tinkering with building a Super spectrum for some time now. The whole process had changed and grown and ended up nothing like wha…
... just put a hard drive onto my +3. I bought the ... 1.2gb IBM laptop hard drive I thought would fit ... board from a +3, the ZXCF and original 3" floppy drive.
... , ideally, use the empty +3 shell as a plug in ... from a PC200 with the +3.
any ... -
I want to spice up my Speccies. RecommendationsOK, since I got more speccies than I ever wanted (ok, there's never enough old computers in here :D), I want to upgrade some of them. Here are my mac…
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- Spectrum 128 +3
- Spectrum 48K
- Timex ... /> * Find an old 3 1/2 drive for the +3
* make an ... the 48KL and TS2068 a floppy drive
* That CompactFlash adapter. It ... -
CHROME: a new ZX model! :)Probably You know already about 'last days news', but well... ;) Such informations are so important that I'll put it here: here is a news about n…
... /> Cpu Zilog Z80C, Clock frequency 3.58 / 7.1 MHz
Sound 3 channel, 7 octave, white noise ... out
Storage Cassette recorder, Floppy disk 800K capacity
Display ... much more in a single floppy drive!).
At boot it has ... -
Toasted Speccy +D & Drive...Yep, it had to happen, out of the room for two secs and my 5 year old did something to my speccy & +D. Well the speccy has been make to work agian, a…
... moment with my other 3.5 720kb Drive, (hope you are having ... with out a working 720kb drive.
So, how do ... 1.44 PC drive, work as a 720kb drive, with the +D ... -
ZX Spectrum 3.5 Floppy help and adviceGod I'm useless. Can I please ask for some serious advice here as I'm just too uneducated to get anywhere with this! The Problem. I want to be abl…
... up my Speccy collection onto floppy discs, pref 720mb ones.
floppy and they also have a ... -
Spectrum 128 with boxed Microdrive and external 3.5 floppySee: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spectrum-128-boxed-microdrive-floppys-printer_W0QQitemZ8218945012QQcategoryZ112866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.…
See:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spectrum-128-boxed-microdrive-floppys-printer_W0QQitemZ8218945012QQcategoryZ112866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spectrum-128-boxed-microdrive-floppys- ... -
Some thoughts about emulationWhile discussing about 'real tape loaders' I just thinked about wat is total emulation (most complete, perfect). Some authors prefer for example loa…
... , so usage of tape recorder, floppy drive, external hard drives etc. is out ... 't know how is with floppy images (probably much better). -
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…
... +3. Why this model ? Because it has 128kB, disk drive : ... wanna +2 with tape drive, I was sick in ... position of head in tape drive ;)
... are unplayable on ZX Spectrum +3 ?
2. is this ... from PC to ZX+3's disk-drive ? (needs a cable ... -
+3 SoundI just picked up a nice boxed +3 on ebay. Drive, picture all ok. But I am not getting any sound from the modulated arial signal - just noise. I ca…
I just picked up a nice boxed +3 on ebay.
Drive, picture all ok. But I am not getting any sound from the modulated arial signal - just noise. I can here sound from the sound socket.
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... following possibilities:
-3.5" USB Floppy drive
-Webcam (yes, laugh ... -
Hardware GuideI was thinking this might make a good sticky... [b]Service Manuals[/b] [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/ZXSpectrum48K…
... .netfirms.com/plus3.html"]Spectrum +3 Machines, Software and Spares[/URL ... ] -many things on the +3 by John King
[URL ... incl. DivIDE plus, Plus-D floppy Drive interface, much more... by rwapsoftware ... info on all kinds of floppy drives and pinouts. F. ... -
Cannon BubbleHello! I would really like to transffer this game ( [url]http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/eng/card.php?id=14[/url] ) to my REAL +3 disk drive. Becau…
... REAL +3 disk drive. Because I don't have external disk drive to do ... " and SAVE "name" CODE to +3 disk drive.
And I ... -
Epson SD-700 5.25" floppy driveDid anyone here work with 5.25" drives? I have an Epson SD-700 drive and i want to connect it to my Speccy (russian Pentagon-128, with Betadisk inte…
... have an Epson SD-700 drive and i want to connect ... ). The problem is that the drive doesn't react on any ... of jumpers of a working drive can help. -
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 …
... see the +2a and +3 have the floppy drive access inbuilt, maybe they ...
