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  • dsk images problemHi all I am having a bit of a problem. I use WinTZX0.8A to get programs from my PC to my Spectrum+2B (not using the +3 as I am waiting for a new dri…

    ... a 3.5" 40 track disk in drive A:. I can ... /> AFAIK it was only the Alkatraz disk protection that was causing problems on ...
    Woody Woody July 2007 Hardware
  • What causes "The disk has been changed" problem on a +3?I've seen this posted here on this forum and no explanation as to what causes it or any solution that doesn't involve writing a DSK image back to the…

    ... image back to the original disk!

    I ... my +3, Live Ammo ("Disk has been changed, 1: ... and 4 Top Games ("Disk has been changed, 10: ... to have some sort of disk protection. Other copy protected disks ... know what causes the "Disk has been changed" message ...
    BarryB BarryB January 2017 Hardware
  • Ultimate - The Collection Plus 3 disc set on eBayIs it really worth ?150? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-ULTIMATE-COLLECTED-WORKS-SPECTRUM-3-DISC-DISK-/320722436412?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Game…

    ... -COLLECTED-WORKS-SPECTRUM-3-DISC-DISK-/320722436412?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash ... have Alkatraz copy protection on the diskettes which basically means the disk has ... wanted to back up the disk you would need an old ...
    Hercules Hercules July 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Corruption (Rainbird)This Magnetic Scrolls adventure is marked MIA by Infoseek but the .dsk always used to be on WOS - I downloaded it years ago from here. Now the .dsk …

    ... that it doesn't have disk protection, it only uses the +3DOS ...
    +CotL-DS +CotL-DS September 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Release 1 FairlightDoes anyone here have an original of the 1st release of Fairlight? Its the one without a copyright message before the game loads. And no joystick o…

    ... the first ever release of Alkatraz.

    Just wondering if ... off the first release of Alkatraz copy protection.

    I'm ...
    FrankT FrankT August 2007 Games
  • Top 100 WOS Adventure +3/+3e InstallersSo pretty much 1 month after posting the top 100 WOS game installers I move onto the top 100 Adventure Installers. These are tapes (tzx) that can be …

    ... load and save from/to disk instead of tape. In addition ... Hulk. All the Level 9 disk images needed a slight modification ... the data and save to disk 100% automagically.

    The ... when they are needed for disk protection.

    For those who ...
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae January 2016 Games
  • Atari ST Diskshello again, forgive me for the format change.... some of you may remember i requested some *original* atari ST disks a while back for dumping to pr…

    ... confirmed way of recognising the disk protection, i'm having to do ...
    Interceptor Interceptor April 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • +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…

    ... attached between the external disk drive and the external ... br /> So, what kind of protection was given to +3 floppies ... protection system can therefore detect a copied disk. If the disk ... mentioned something about this disk protection system way back when ...
    DEATH DEATH April 2006 Development
  • Disk file transfer utilities ?Are there some PC programs for transferring Speccy software between common emulator formats like TAP to disks or disk images? I mean here about +3 f…

    ... for pretty much any +3 disk protection you care to throw at ...
    Woody Woody July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Advanced Soccer SimulatorAdapted game Advanced Soccer Simulator for disk system +3DOS. Adaptation full, it is made even load/save the postponed condition of game. [URL="http…

    ... Advanced Soccer Simulator for disk system +3DOS. Adaptation full ... /> [URL="http://narod.ru/disk/14239009000/ADVANCED%20SOCCER%20SIMULATOR_%2B3DOS ... found, there is no disk, protection against the record, an ... the catalogue of a disk or other completions – break ...
    Russian Russian October 2009 Games
  • ZX Spectrum +3 Query...Hi all, As common, I brought down my Spectrum from the attic the other day to have another stab at getting it running. I knew from the past it was a…

    ... identical.
    (Especially as +3 disk protection methods were basically ports of ...
    spodula spodula March 2011 Hardware
  • This might be something new[img]http://www.711chan.org/test/src/130427925559.png[/img] Have a look at this screenshot of my emulator ZX82. Notice the copyright message? That's…

    [QUOTE=wilsonsamm;536832]Ah interesting! I take it from your use of the past tense, that people don't do it that way any longer. Now why's that?[/QUOTE]

    Because many disk protection schemes don't use the +3DOS entry points.
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall May 2011 Emulators
  • +3 Copy ProtectionHi all, I've been looking at copy protection and I've realised that, as a kid, I thought things like speedlock were there to stop you poking the gam…

    ... Any idea how the copy protection on there worked?[/quote]There ... primitive, which limits what the disk protection checks can do. Of ... how to fool the better protection checks.

    [quote ... 3 titles using the hole protection. The closest is probably the ...
    obo obo August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Transferring soft from PC to +3?Hi. A friend of mine has bought the +3 after longer break in Spectrum using. Which is good. He would like, however, to use it with real 3" diskette…

    ... write DSKs to real disk.

    Some disk protection systems require the ...
    JeffB JeffB February 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • My speccy sold it's soul to do this.Which 5 speccy moments defied logic and managed to impress you the most at the time? 1. The loader for Moonstrike. 2. The almost flawless R-Type con…

    Border effects.
    Tim Follin’s music.
    [i]Micronaut One[/i] (and other Pete Cooke’s titles).
    Alkatraz copy-protection screen-loading routines.
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore May 2017 Games
  • Is there a definitive list of +3 Disk Protections and how to identify them?Looking to find a list of all the disk protections employed on +3 disks and ways to recognize them. Currently I use a PC program called DIM (Disk …

    Which version of Disk Image Manager are you using?< ... can download that version of Disk Image Manager [url="http://www ... of the Speedlock Macro-Dos disk protection systems [url="https://www.worldofspectrum ...
    jp jp November 2017 Games
  • LenslokDid each individual game have the same Lenslok across all formats? E,g, was the Lenslok that came with Jewels of Darkness / Price of Magik the sa…

    ... or manual protection, copylock being the most widley used disk protection, plus other ... exotic disk formats that were ...
    BarryB BarryB July 2020 Games
  • Alkatraz protection systemI recently became interested in the Alkatraz protection system, a very widely used tape protection (a infoseek search returns more than one hundred r…

    ... became interested in the Alkatraz protection system, a very widely ... used tape protection (a infoseek search returns ... URL]
    As the protection scheme in this one is ... Outrun Europa, Gauntlet III (incorrect protection info in WoS), Strider 2 ...
    lfaria lfaria December 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…

    ... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL]...

    If ... .worldofspectrum.org/tapsamp.html#schemes"]Alkatraz[/URL] is a commercial utility ...
    jp jp October 2014 Announcements
  • [ANN]: Spectaculator 5.0 available for downloadHere we go again... *deep breath* ;) Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Specta…

    ... protection
    schemes such as Speedlock +3, Alkatraz ... +3, Three Inch Loader,
    Hexagon etc.

    - Fast disk ... of disk images.
    Disk images ... />
    - Disk image formatter. Allows formatting ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle April 2003 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... to wipe my Robocop 2 disk clean. I understand that ... to the original disk? I presume this disk had protection and with a ... couple of protection schemes it ... 's not possible to transfer back to disk ...
    tb2000 tb2000 January 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Spectrum +3 Disk Service (.dsk files to CF2 disk)I am offering a disk service for +3 disk users.... If you have Spectrum +3 emulator images (these have the file extention .dsk), I can transfer them…

    I am offering a disk service for +3 disk users....

    disk images that are protected with ... the disk image has any protection before requesting a disk image ... to be rewritten to disk ...
    Hercules Hercules October 2009 Sales
  • Switch on +3 disk driveI'm testing a CPC6128 disk drive in a +3, and I've found that some kind of switch is badly damaged. The switch is connected to a pad labeled SW2 in t…

    I'm testing a CPC6128 disk drive in a +3 ... write protection switch or it detects if a disk is ... br />
    The disk drive doesn't run (motor ... to a "good" configuration (disk present and unprotected). The ... original disk drive of the +3 ...
    Zup Zup April 2010 Hardware
  • Floppy disk driveWANTED: Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum 3" working floppy disk drive. If the seller is interested, I could send him my non-functional disk drive. Someone …

    ... / ZX Spectrum 3" working floppy disk drive.

    If the ... send him my non-functional disk drive. Someone attempted to repair ... , and he lost the write protection pin; the belt has been ...
    Zup Zup May 2010 Wanted
  • What memory pages are being used in a +3DOS disk operation?To make a long story short: what pages are in use by +3DOS while doing read operations from the disk drive? Now, for the details, for those interest…

    ... doing read operations from the disk drive?

    Now, for ... (Where time stood still) to disk. I know there's already ... disk version, but somehow it seems to have some kind of protection ... screen (page 5). After all disk loads finished, I built the ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix March 2011 Development
  • +3 Copy ProtectionHi all, I've been looking at copy protection and I've realised that, as a kid, I thought things like speedlock were there to stop you poking the gam…

    ... 've been looking at copy protection and I've realised that ... ? Any idea how the copy protection on there worked?

    disk but readable on a copy ... do a byte for byte disk image?

    My knowledge ...
    garethadams garethadams August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Alkatraz Development Cartridges (missing authors, v.no, AKA, company name)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Development Cartridges[/URL] * Authors: James Wood, Antony Dunmore, John Ba…

    ... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Development Cartridges[/URL]

    Alkatraz Protection System[/I].

    * And ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman December 2011 Infoseek database
  • Converting games to disk: difficult loadersThis thread has an spanish version in foro speccy, but I haven't gathered enough information to overcome my problems. I've been converting some game…

    ... routine is.

    - [b]Alkatraz (Ghouls'n'ghosts 128k, The ... some games (Robocop) had floppy disk versions, but they don't ... load the data from specific disk areas) and that method won ... versions, but remain multiload in disk versions.

    Also, ...
    Zup Zup January 2013 Games
  • BetterBytes Disc-Mate MGT Protectionmornin all while lookin at a few programs last nite i noticed disc-mate has some form of protection on it it will load fine in zxspin but try and loa…

    ... -mate has some form of protection on it
    it will ... you its not a genuine disk
    i opened the image ...
    djgarf djgarf April 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles +3 diskHi all, I found different (protected) version of spectrum +3 disk for this title .... version in WOS don't have protection ... I have this unprotecte…

    ... +3 disk for this title .... version in WOS don't have protection ... WOS archive.

    samdisk disk image:
    [URL="http:// ... [/URL]

    cpdread disk image:
    [URL="http://forest ... 5D.dsk[/URL]

    disk:

    [IMG]http:// ...
    gorski gorski November 2014 MIA/STP/SDP
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