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  • 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 …

    ... a list of all the disk protections employed on +3 disks and ... a PC program called DIM (Disk Image Manager) to inspect DSK ... found it's recognised these protections on some of my DSK ... />
    So anyone know what copy protections were used on the +3 ...
    BarryB BarryB November 2017 Games
  • +3 software disk copyHello there my fellow WoS'ers I am curious to know of any disk utilities that I can run on my +3e to copy Disk data to the Harddisk - specifically t…

    ... run on my +3e to copy Disk data to the Harddisk - specifically ... those non-dos disk, or those that have a ... I could copy the CODE element onto the Hard disk and then ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 June 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tape-Disk Copy +3I seek convertor tape to disk +3. I have DTCONV by Pentacle, but this program has bugs.

    I seek convertor tape to disk +3. I have DTCONV by Pentacle, but this program has bugs.
    solaris104 solaris104 November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help getting SAMdisk running on WinXP please.Hello speccy-chums. I was wondering if you clever folks out there could help me with my poor PC skills:lol:. Basically I want to run SAMdisk but it n…

    ... rewrite a corrupted +3 disk of Buggy Boy that I ... CPCDiskXP not properly handling +3 copy protections on some disks, and I ... to rewrite the Buggy Boy disk image to a real + ... 3 disk. Also I have the ... SAMdisk utility and disk images on drive G ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum October 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help: DSK filesCan I load .dsk files in zx32 emulator? I don't know how to do it. Please help.

    ... ve began the SDP (Spectrum Disk Preservation) project ([url]www. ... .
    Unfortunately EDSK (extended disk format) won't work on ... ll need to get a copy of the XTI utilities ... with varied results due to copy protections.

    There should ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker January 2003 Emulators
  • Footie Director 2 +3 versionI am so happy to find the +3 version of FDII on the site! Now at last I can re-live my student years!! One question though - when you play an away …

    ... some won't due to copy protections. I'm working with the ... authors each time a new disk is dumped to ensure they ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker May 2003 Games
  • games on diskHelp does anyone know of any tape to disk transfere utility for the +3 speccy? I have games on tape & would like them on disk.Better still got the di…

    ... know if they would handle copy protections ?

    What you can ... and snapshot them on to disk once loaded.

    Out ... :).

    To read/write disk images this page might help ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker October 2003 Wanted
  • SDP Project ExpandingHi folks, The next Vault update isn't going to see that many +3 disks, due to poor interest. However, I've still managed to source some disks for t…

    ... 't think there's any copy protections, but time will tell.
    disk ?
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SDP Project ExpandingHi folks, The next Vault update isn't going to see that many +3 disks, due to poor interest. However, I've still managed to source some disks for t…

    ... is exactly *not* how disk based protections behave, at least not on ... software wants data from a disk, it commands and queries ... can be considered a pirate copy or whatever.

    ... suppose you *could* protect a disk through intentional physical damage - ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SDP Project ExpandingHi folks, The next Vault update isn't going to see that many +3 disks, due to poor interest. However, I've still managed to source some disks for t…

    ... is exactly *not* how disk based protections behave, at least not on ... is usually more than one copy originally produced, so since ... can be considered a pirate copy or whatever.
    [/quote ... to document those protections away from the disk image for checking ...
    fiath fiath July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SDP Project ExpandingHi folks, The next Vault update isn't going to see that many +3 disks, due to poor interest. However, I've still managed to source some disks for t…

    ... world capable of making disk images were you and ... t know much about the copy protections, and I personally still ... various people and with Disk Manager by Damien Guard ... the state of the disk/image. What it doesn ... I/we handle the disk dumping, if only to ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SDP Project ExpandingHi folks, The next Vault update isn't going to see that many +3 disks, due to poor interest. However, I've still managed to source some disks for t…

    ... *actually* contained on the disk and is it needed should ... require mastering back to 3" disk. You can write about ... +3 disks back, including some copy protections, but becuase the emulator similates ... remastering tool dump back to disk and sell as original. ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SDP Project ExpandingHi folks, The next Vault update isn't going to see that many +3 disks, due to poor interest. However, I've still managed to source some disks for t…

    ... *actually* contained on the disk and is it needed should ... require mastering back to 3" disk. You can write about ... +3 disks back, including some copy protections, but becuase the emulator similates ... remastering tool dump back to disk and sell as original. ...
    fiath fiath July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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 …

    ... that 3" drives lack a disk change line, which the floppy ... to ensure there's a disk in the drive. If RealSpec ... driver, it'll report no disk is in the drive when ... well. It currently supports basic copy protections only, but if your disks ...
    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 …

    ... that 3" drives lack a disk change line, which the ... to ensure there's a disk in the drive. If ... , it'll report no disk is in the drive when ... well. It currently supports basic copy protections only, but if your ... I really want to copy will have no protection ...
    icabod icabod February 2006 Hardware
  • When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…

    ... course the compression, fitting multi disk games onto single disks (or ... multiple games onto a single disk) was a great benefit, as ... some of the more awkward copy protections.

    The compression often ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn May 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... and Spectaculator have any real disk support...

    The DOS ... is unlikely to work with copy-protected disks.

    Spectaculator ... -- it supports all known +3 copy-protections, and can fix some +3 ...
    obo obo August 2010 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... ="http://simonowen.com/samdisk/formats/"]disk image[/url] utility, and doesn ... . It specialises in +3/CPC copy protections, so it's still the ... formats used for most +3 disk images. It works with some ... custom disk formats, and has a friendly ...
    obo obo December 2010 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... ="http://simonowen.com/samdisk/formats/"]disk image[/URL] utility, and doesn ... . It specialises in +3/CPC copy protections, so it's still the ... reading/writing commercial titles. Some protections require [URL="http://simonowen.com ...
    guesser guesser December 2010 Hardware
  • 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…

    ...

    Some had their copy protections removed, but not all.
    disk with Match Day & Vulcan ...
    VanTammen VanTammen October 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • granny's garden +3 diskhi all,i recently aquired grannys garden on +3 disk and would like to back it up but have no idea of wot tools i need and the right way to go about i…

    ... as someone who dumped the disk ;-).... if I can find it ... the physical surface of the disk. Mine was distributed by Rickitt ... offers more thinks especially for copy protections and also writing back. You ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker November 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…

    ... drives connected through the disk drive connector on +3 ... 3 inch drives. Some protections could fail, but only ... formatted to 180k. Any disk copy utility would transfer the files ... use both sides of disk or use the drive ... could use it to copy from images to real ...
    Zup Zup July 2013 Hardware
  • External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…

    ... drives connected through the disk drive connector on +3 ... 3 inch drives. Some protections could fail, but only ... formatted to 180k. Any disk copy utility would transfer the ... could use it to copy from images to real ... - you can simply copy over the files to the ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2013 Hardware
  • Ultimate games with short machine code files loaded lastThis is a bit geeky, you've been warned! I remember early Ultimate games loaded from tape had the ascending beeping noise, a "Please wait" message, …

    ... tracks on the disk and would copy the disks ... the disk - if you tried a straight disk copy through ... the OS, it would tell you there was a disk ... from commercial software, copy it and compress it ... /> A lot of these protections were made by a guy ...
    Grunaki Grunaki May 2016 Games
  • Some stuff needed...Hello Speccy lovers! Needed stuff is,TR-DOS compatible tape to disk copy program and manual for ShadowServiceMonitor's (Russian Scorpion). BTW:Why i…

    Hello Speccy lovers!
    Needed stuff is,TR-DOS compatible tape to disk copy program and manual for ShadowServiceMonitor's (Russian Scorpion).

    BTW:Why in WOS is no utilites for TR-DOS,only games and demos?

    Regards Jaan.
    Jaan Jaan October 2001 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…

    ... TAP image (otherwise some tape-disk copy progs could not work properly ... of Quit command in some disk commanders).
    [-] Loading ... [*] Small change in TR-DOS disk saving: now all the sectors ... br /> [-] Loading files from Disk Browser via double-click or ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov October 2004 Emulators
  • Where to get CodeMasters games?Prompt sites, where it is possible to download original games Codemastres for ZX Spectrum in the format tap or tzx.

    ... to the useless and annoying disk copy protection schemes they used for ...
    Anonymous Anonymous December 2001 Games
  • TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…

    ... updates to cater for new copy protections we've found recently (thanks ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker February 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Some new files from the TZX Vault don't work!I am having severe problems with a couple of files I downloaded from the Vault after the last update. The 128K version of [I]Three Weeks in Paradise[…

    ... from their original unaltered state (copy protections included),
    okay some (Foxx ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker March 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Is Spectaculator Worth Registering?I normally use RealSpectrum and was thing of trying another emulator. What are the pro and ons of Spectacultor? Does it support disk image files?

    ... to the nature of strange copy protections we're ecountering, however this ... RS doesn't support some copy protected disks that we've ... Ramsoft have spoken about the copy protections etc, but at some point ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2004 Emulators
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