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So... you want to format your 3.5" as 720K eh?Well, i've been trying to get hold of an application to make proper use of my 3.5" +3 floppy disks but i haven't been able to find any. I stumbled up…
... proper use of my 3.5" +3 floppy disks but i ... on track for the format subroutine SIDE 0
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DEFB 0,0,3,2
DEFB 0, ... on track for the format subroutine SIDE 1
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Meaning of Format Byte of a TRDOS DiskDoes anybody knows the Meaning of the Format Byte (Byte 227 in Sector 8 (Sector Count from 0) in Track Zero) of a TR-DOS Disk (Real Disk of a Bet…
... knows the Meaning of the Format Byte
(Byte 227 ... 1) Track 0 Format from Page 2 and 3 from BDUC - Beta ... . 3:
Table for Byte 227:
22 = 80 track/double side = ... 2560 sectors
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Formatting used 3" disks.Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble formatting used 3" disks. One side does format okay and the other side doesn't. Of course, I'm using the +3 BASIC co…
... of trouble formatting used 3" disks. One side does format okay and the ... other side doesn't. Of course ... , I'm using the +3 BASIC ... command to format. Are there any ... -
SP7 Tape to Plus 3 Utility from KobrahsoftI recently won an auction on ebay for a multiface 3. Included in the auction was the following items (apart from 6 3" disks): 1) 3" disc with "SP7 T…
... tape. On one side of the tape it ... Speedlock 2; Speedlock 3. The other side says "Speedlock 4 ... and 5; Firebird multiblock; Alkatraz System".
3 ... "SP7 Advanced Tape to +3 drive utility - Owners Manual ... the disk to dsk-format, so I would ... -
CPCDiskXP v2.1 Added support (Open/Create Dsk's, add/delete/rename files) for +3DOSCPCDiskXP v2.1 Changelog (since v2.0): [LIST] [*]DSKEditor - Added full support (Open/Create Dsk's, add/delete/rename files) for the following format…
... , +3DOS (ZX Spectrum +3) with any size and ?PCW ... Free)
PARADOS 40D - Double Side - 40 Tracks - 128 Dir. ... Free)
ROMDOS D10 - Double Side - 80 Tracks - 128 Dir ... - Added option to format with the DSK gap ... support the ZX Spectrum +3 (+3DOS), i hope you ... -
Spectrum +3 ProblemI have a couple of +3 machines - one is working fine. The other one is showing some problems - originally when I do a CAT command or other disk acce…
I have a couple of +3 machines - one is working fine.< ... work fine.
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The 2 little screws for a Spectrum +3 (disk drive side) pleaseI'm after the 2 little screws that go into the right-hand side of the +3 housing/case and hold the disk drive securely. I mis-laid mine back in 2009 …
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[NEW] Retro Virtual Machine v1.0.0 for OSX released!!!!Here it is! Retro Virtual Machine v1.0.0 RELEASED!!!! Many thanks first to Patrik Rak for the PZX format and for their Z80 tests without which RVM…
... Rak for the PZX format and for their ... /> 40 tracks (3’’) and 80 tracks double side (3’’ 1/2) ... supported.
Crete new disk with or without format ... /> Snapshots
Proprietary format (JSON compressed with gzip)
Games with Plus3/Disk enhancementsFor about 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced loading times. However, there were a few excep…
... 3" format (DATA) uses 178k per side. To read it on a Plus 3 ... in SYSTEM format which, IIRC, is about 167k per side.
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That is the format later Level ... /> There used to be a double density 3" format, which the second drive ...Meaning of Format Byte of a TRDOS DiskDoes anybody knows the Meaning of the Format Byte (Byte 227 in Sector 8 (Sector Count from 0) in Track Zero) of a TR-DOS Disk (Real Disk of a Bet…
... 3 / Bit 2 / Bit 1 / Bit 0
22 = 80 track/double side ... 2
23 = 40 track/double side = 1280 sectors = 16 +4 ... br /> 16h : 80 tracks, double sided
17h : 40 ... http://cygnus.speccy.cz/popis_trdos-format.php
227 22 ...Format[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Format+Publications$&loadpics=3"]Format Publications[/URL] have a few titles listed, how…
... infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Format+Publications$&loadpics=3"]Format Publications[/URL] ... however not originally released by Format, but by "affiliated" ... 2e+Software$&loadpics=3"]S.D. Software[/URL ... cgi?regexp=^Betasoft$&loadpics=3"]Betasoft[/URL].
< ...Triudos presentation for +3 games (Portugal)I was talking with my cousin about spectrum, and he reminded me something that I had totally forgot... back then I had a +3, and the only place you c…
... ... back then I had a +3, and the only place you ... remember was that they sold +3 games in disks, most of ... disks had 6 games (3 on each side) and you had a ... sure they are working (my +3 stopped working around 92 or ...Partitions on CF card in WINDOWSYou need USB>IDE adapter: [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-to-IDE-SATA-2-5-3-5-Hard-Drive-Converter-Cable-/330610507338?pt=US_Drive_Cables_dapte…
... to-IDE-SATA-2-5-3-5-Hard-Drive-Converter-Cable ... to-IDE-SATA-2-5-3-5-Hard-Drive-Converter-Adapter ... to-IDE-SATA-2-5-3-5-Hard-Drive-Cable- ... br /> CFtoIDE adapters connected to 3.5" ide connector need external ... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Double-Side-CF-Compact-Flash-to-2 ...ZX Spectrum +3, external 3.5 drive, lots of floppiesJust gauging interest here and wondering what price people may want to offer for: ZX Spectrum +3 all original and mint condition - have replaced the…
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ZX Spectrum +3 all original and mint condition ... well.
External 3.5" floppy drive, with switchable ... need to confirm this number) 3" floppies blank disks (or ... 20 (Again will confirm later) 3.5" Double Density floppies
3 bad +3 drives need repairHi! I have three +3 and all of them have failed drives. I changed the belts, cleaned everything. One drive has failed stepper motor. Other two behav…
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I have three +3 and all of them have ... They cannot read what the format and give out missing address ... a working drive in +3 format some disks and five them ... but he can successully format and work with my ... convert two of the +3 into 3.5" drive i need ...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…
... drives. There is a specific format that can be written to ... a standard ZX Spectrum with 3.5 "drive.
The ... the list the "PCW / +3 DOS - Single Side - 42 Tracks - 189K (182K ... Free) [Works with USB Floppy]" format
ZXDS 1.3.0Hello, I am really glad I can announce one more [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]ZXDS release[/URL] on this special day. The major new feature is the lo…
... adds complete support for 3.5" double sided +3 disks and half a ...New vault updateWell, it's interesting to see how totally underwhelmed most people are about the new update! Or are they still busy downloading everything ;) The on…
... make are merging the "side 1" and "side 2" files into one ... files in traditional DOS 8+3 format, because the first emulators I ... still use the old 8+3 format most of the times - but ...Why so many disk systems?Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more? As far as I can see, this did nothing but create …
... karingal]Because the the 3" format was just about the ... 3 machines (yes, they came out as single sided and double ... sided for the PCW machine, you could buy DSDD 3 ... need extra software to format them, and CF2D ... support the +3's 3" and 3.5" format and +D ...+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... the plug at the 3.5" drive side, but (instead) you ... a 3" disk. You can now get it to format ... ready wire is the side NEAREST the red stripe ... br />
Optional:
Side Select:
Then you can ... connected earlier, this selects side 2 of the disk ...New: Freeware/PD title informationAnother important change has been made to the Infoseek engine: listing all games that were published as Freeware or Public Domain (PD). Update: a thi…
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The DSK files are +3 format 720K disk images, and as ... will find a single side of a 3" floppy archived in user ... have at least 203K per side, else not all the files ... user area 0 *.* to side A of a 3" floppy, then copy ...I've got a divIDE. Now what?I've purchased a divIDE and after a month it's at home. What can I do now with that? I've got a 48k+, a +2B and a +3. The +2B has the original ROMs,…
... drivers will be using a 3.5" PC drive as secondary ... drive in my +3, then making the double side switch and at last ... swap drive switch (to use 3.5" drive as A:)Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…
... it can handle many +3 copy protection techniques, and ... sure to use real 3.5" double-density media and not ... most comprehensive support for +3 protections and can fix ... work from 3.5" drives. On the +3 side you'll ... either need the 3.5" drive ...Weak/no signal on internal simple 8-bit ide interface.Hi all, I'm trying to get one of Zetro's 8bit ide interfaces working using a CF adaptor and the +3e roms on my +2B. The interface board appears to b…
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- from 5 tested 3.5" IDE hard disc only ... the system.
- tried double side IDE to CD adapter with ... thread here I ordered single side adapter. I will update once ...Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
They are +3 format, 720K images. You will find the 3" disk sides in the various user areas, ie - user area 0 will contain one side of a 2" disk, user area 1 contans the second side etc.
Please enjoy them, and distribute freely :)Meaning of Format Byte of a TRDOS DiskDoes anybody knows the Meaning of the Format Byte (Byte 227 in Sector 8 (Sector Count from 0) in Track Zero) of a TR-DOS Disk (Real Disk of a Bet…
Mastertronic Compilation Disks 1,2,3As part of my +3 resurrection I came across some Mastertronic compilation disks that MAY be MIA: +3 Compilation Disk 1 Side A Finders Keepers S.O.S.…
... and converted them to DSK format using samdisk! Disks 1, 2 ... in Spectaculator. Unfortunately Disk 3 only has Side A dumped but 1 ... to load due to errors, Side B has errors on every ...Help identifying a gameHello, I've come here looking for help identifying an old game which I have memories of, but I don't know the name. I wonder if anyone here can iden…
... came on one side of a 3" disk. One side was Joe Blade ... that was packaged with a +3 spectrum.
Apologies for ...WSpecEm - lift the mystery!A friend of mine who knows very little about the wonderful world of emulation, and who has no interent connection, decided to buy one of these very u…
... game in .Z80 and .SNA format, with the odd .TAP here ... . They're all in 8.3 format, so are probably sourced from ...
