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  • Selling Crash Issue 1 on ebay, also ACE issue 1Hi all, Im sellin Crash Issue one on ebay, please check it out:) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8173061692&ssPageNa…

    ... other week off a car boot for ?1!

    I ... .sega nomad (great handheld mega drive!) with over 60 u.s ...
    xMIKExFORxLIFEx xMIKExFORxLIFEx March 2005 Sales
  • +3 realdisk supportRS32 doesn't have realdisk support, and the older dos version doesnt support +3 disks. how can I get this to work? Is there an update, or will I have…

    ... pin come out of your drive ?

    Also, what kind ... ?

    If you can boot into DOS, or Close down ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker March 2005 Emulators
  • Amiga emu Where i can find good emu for Amiga(any)? [ This Message was edited by: Jet set Z on 2005-01-08 20:29 ]

    ... />
    This fools the drive into thinking that it's ... whack it into your PC drive. Copy TWIN onto that ... FAT16 partition, make a DOS boot disk, and this will ... allow you to boot your computer into DOS, ... xe1541 Cable+the 1541 Drive connected to my PC ...
    MontyMole79 MontyMole79 May 2005 Emulators
  • The Customer/Sales Assistant is always wrong.....or just an idiotI've been on both sides of the counter (worked in a computer shop in the early 90's) and have heard and seen a couple of stupid things. Had one lad…

    ... stories you hear from car boot sellers of retro stuff, to ... managed to get the MEGA DRIVE games it was sold with ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers May 2005 Chit chat
  • Probs with PC can anyone help ???I'm having problems with my computer so have to write this email at work. My machine at home is giving me real problems and I wondered if anyone can …

    ... is to use F8 and boot into safe mode if you ... you reboot after a safe boot then windows frequently thinks it ... giveaway. Hardware normally fails on boot up when power is first ... Lee - Toast in a DVD drive while in use does tend ...
    ADJB ADJB May 2005 Chit chat
  • Can't get disks to run on Spectrum 128K ZX +3Hello all! I got hold of the above machine yesterday at a boot sale and, after having set it up, can't get any of the floppy disks that came with it…

    ... /> and the drive should start. If it gives a boot sector error ... on the cat command, the drive may be inoperative. If it ... whirs, the drive belt may be off, or ...
    guesser guesser June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Can't get disks to run on Spectrum 128K ZX +3Hello all! I got hold of the above machine yesterday at a boot sale and, after having set it up, can't get any of the floppy disks that came with it…

    ... presented with the message "A: drive not ready" in each instance ... DIY job to fix the drive belt?

    Also, is ... when the machine is first boot, and for the red read ...
    SpectrumUser SpectrumUser June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Can't get disks to run on Spectrum 128K ZX +3Hello all! I got hold of the above machine yesterday at a boot sale and, after having set it up, can't get any of the floppy disks that came with it…

    ... my +3 from a car boot too. (50p :) )
    It was ... set, and one of the drive belt sizes is a perfect ...
    guesser guesser June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Can you believe this? I'm really p!ssed now!This is great! I was playing a game, suddenly screeching was coming out of my speakers. I closed the game, my computer crashed and rebooted. I left …

    ... /> I suppose its a FAT32 drive? NTFS is much more reliable ... on the drive which has Win98 installed, I wouldn't boot it ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 August 2005 Chit chat
  • OT: PC boot solution anyone?A long shot I know, but what the hell! The thing is this: My Asus K8V SE Deluxe mobo seems to be suffering from a problem. Specifically with the BIO…

    ... AGP or better.

    Boot it up. Hopefully you will ... />
    But if you can boot the machine to a point ... you a missing drive error, you replace the drive and then it ...
    ADJB ADJB October 2005 Chit chat
  • OT: PC boot solution anyone?A long shot I know, but what the hell! The thing is this: My Asus K8V SE Deluxe mobo seems to be suffering from a problem. Specifically with the BIO…

    ... didn't bother disconnecting every drive).

    Well, waddaya know ... and reported a hard disk boot error and keyboard response was ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2005 Chit chat
  • What are your favorite graphics demo on Demotopia?I like the music demos but im more into seeing what the old black slab and the programmers can do with it! What would you say are you fav demo's of …

    Using Realspectrum in pentagon mode how do I load/boot a disk? I have got it in the drive but I am not familiar with TRDOS, how do I actually get it to load?

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • RealSpectrum SoundI'm having trouble with RealSpectrum sound. When I'm in the emulation part, I hear only buzzing and screeching. When I enter some menu, the sound di…

    ... ) 2001-2005 Ramsoft
    Disk drive: A: Sides: 2 Track: 00 ... (0-13) that contain the BOOT, FAT and the DIR. So ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 November 2005 Emulators
  • Another thread about my computer...... hope you don't mind :) Now the issue is an entirely different one: I have Red Hat Linux on the primary harddisk, and my Aunt gave me an old non-…

    ... cool utility.

    Smart Boot Manager [url="http://btmgr.webframe ... your hard disk's boot sector and can boot from multiple OS ... as it lets you boot from the CD drive if you have ... option in the BIOS to boot from CD.
    Kano Kano November 2005 Chit chat
  • A athlon 3000 32 bit system or a athlon 3000 64 bit systemThey will cost about the same which i was suprised to learn, but which system would you recommend, if i build the 64 bit one, can I still play my 32 …

    ... you WILL need a floppy drive. Pretty bizzare as Windows 98 ... back to eide drives as boot drives & use SATA as ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty December 2005 Chit chat
  • A athlon 3000 32 bit system or a athlon 3000 64 bit systemThey will cost about the same which i was suprised to learn, but which system would you recommend, if i build the 64 bit one, can I still play my 32 …

    ... be able to do is boot from either HDD1 or HDD2 ... bios at post ) and so boot from 1 of the 2 ... save files on the unbooted drive,

    Will there be ...
    swordheart swordheart December 2005 Chit chat
  • +3 disksok i got a question here. Can i put the +3 disk images that i use on the emulator back on to a proper +3 disk ? If so how would i do it and what wo…

    ... the 3" disk drive into my PC. Boot the PC into DOS ... and selected the 'real' +3 drive as 'A:' and mounted the ...
    KeepGood KeepGood December 2005 Hardware
  • 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…

    Be aware that you could run into problems using an external drive (B:) if using commercial disk-based software which often can only boot off the internal (A:) drive.
    Woody Woody December 2005 Emulators
  • "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…

    ... to keep your 3" drive (even if its not ... drive on the +3. :)

    You wont be able to boot ... games from this drive though. If ( ... change the drive mapping so the 'A:' drive is the ... external drive.

    ...
    KeepGood KeepGood December 2005 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... into problems using an external drive (B:) if using commercial disk ... often can only boot off the internal (A:) drive."

    What ... do buy an external drive, this only booting drive a: games thing ...
    mutantcamel mutantcamel December 2005 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... load from the A: drive only. Pretty much all ... can only boot the +3 from the A: drive using the ... think the external drive is the A: drive (and the internal ... one as the B: drive). If you're technically ... can then boot from the external 3.5" floppy drive. You ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Emulators
  • Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!![url="http://news.com.com/Is+Commodore+poised+for+a+comeback/2100-1041_3-5998732.html?tag=nefd.lede"]http://news.com.com/Is+Commodore+poised+for+a+co…

    ... lug a VIC 20, 1541 drive and 1000 watt generator around ... correct cassette out of the boot of the car, put it ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers December 2005 Chit chat
  • Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!![url="http://news.com.com/Is+Commodore+poised+for+a+comeback/2100-1041_3-5998732.html?tag=nefd.lede"]http://news.com.com/Is+Commodore+poised+for+a+co…

    ... lug a VIC 20, 1541 drive and 1000 watt generator around ... correct cassette out of the boot of the car, put it ...
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2005 Chit chat
  • Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!![url="http://news.com.com/Is+Commodore+poised+for+a+comeback/2100-1041_3-5998732.html?tag=nefd.lede"]http://news.com.com/Is+Commodore+poised+for+a+co…

    ... lug a VIC 20, 1541 drive and 1000 watt generator around ... correct cassette out of the boot of the car, put it ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler December 2005 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... however, as a 3.5" drive is a DS (double sided ... won't boot on a double-sided (3.5") drive A:. The ...
    obo obo December 2005 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... confirm what Andy says - the drive light should always be on ... disk in the drive and press enter at the boot screen, the ... most common cause of drive failure is the drive belt. There's ... Ebay who will recondition your drive for 6 quid - maybe an ...
    DEATH DEATH January 2006 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... disk in the drive to see if it'll boot a game ... , there should be sound and drive activity for longer than a ...
    DEATH DEATH February 2006 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... anyone tried out a 3" drive with RealSpectrum's "RealDisk" in ... switched to a 3.5" drive, with the same test image ... pass). It still failed to boot, returning me to the tape ...
    obo obo February 2006 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... anyone tried out a 3" drive with RealSpectrum's "RealDisk" in ... switched to a 3.5" drive, with the same test image ... pass). It still failed to boot, returning me to the tape ...
    icabod icabod February 2006 Hardware
  • 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 menu screen ... but DOS found no boot disk, then the +3 tries ... Program or something) and default drive should be A:

    DEATH DEATH May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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