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  • Zip disk long format problemHere's a puzzler. I've checked out the Iomega help & FAQs and Iomega user forum and Usenet and haven't as yet fully resolved this problem - so now I'…

    ... OK, except ...
    * Long format runs (disk chugs away for 10 minutes ... at 0%. When disk access stops the format window doesn't give ... .1.1.
    * Now, long format runs and progress bar slowly ... (yay!) but when finished the format window still doesn't give ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2008 Chit chat
  • ZX Spin 0.3 ReleasedStandard Cut'n'Paste from CSS post again! I can't get to my webpage, so I've uploaded SPIN0.3 to WOS, Alt.Binaries.Comp.Sinclair, and also Daren Pea…

    ... association - it *is* a speccy format after all.
    Fixed a ... /> At last :)

    Tapes/Disk Support:

    Better handling ... br /> Added a new tape/disk opening method - hold down ... br /> override the auto tape/disk loader, and opt *not* to load ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2002 Emulators
  • Spectrum +3 disk drive problem (?)I took up using Spectrums only many years after any ZX model was last in production. I've been lucky enough to find one each of the various 128k mode…

    ... was probably cheap because the disk drive wouldn't load anything ... time it will load from disk and format blank disks. However, the ... my Spectrum rather than the disk drive.

    Has anyone ...
    Morrisman Morrisman November 2007 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... and he had this DSDD disk format program that would let ... to the XDPB for this disk format
    LD IY,364 ; ... Signal DOS FORMAT
    CALL DISK ; Call the subroutine ...
    NaMcO NaMcO December 2008 Development
  • .DSK File FormatCan someone point me to a file format description for the .DSK (+3 disk image) format, or is this simply a sector-by-sector dump of the disk contents…

    Can someone point me to a file format description for the .DSK (+3 disk image) format, or is this simply a sector-by-sector dump of the disk contents?

    Presumably it's the same format used for Amstrad CPC disk images?

    Thanks.
    trellis trellis June 2009 Emulators
  • Great Speccy Demo - With Documented +3 Disk loader routineEveryone here should check this out. Its a demo called "condommed" which I have just finished converting from TRDOS disk to tap file and +3 disk. It …

    ... just finished converting from TRDOS disk to tap file and +3 ... disk. It was quite a challenge ... have documented my +3/+3e disk loading routine in it.
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae December 2009 Development
  • +3 disks and IPF formatIn order to avoid derailing the Spectaculator 7.5 release thread, I've created this thread for further discussion of the IPF format for +3 disks that…

    ... /> - Spectrum +3 disk images in IPF format are now supported. IPF ... disk images will be ... encodings on disk is their "preservation" in a secret format that ... emergence of IPF as a disk distribution format is a retrograde step ...
    Fred Fred February 2011 Emulators
  • my old Speccy picture collectioni decided to share my old Speccy picture collection. ;) all of the images were drawn by me pixel-by-pixel in [B]Art Studio[/B] editor about 20 years …

    ... in [B]SCL[/B] disk image format. you need to fire up ... press [I]ENTER[/I]. original loader will be booted.

    format:

    [url]http://mamestuff ...
    abelenki abelenki April 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Strider II (and others) + 3 disk versionsHello everyone, I've been working on converting some games to be able to load them from the +3 floppy. I started with single load games but now Im i…

    ... />
    The disk loader I wrote will load ... disk Im using. If I add any file to it the loader ... /> call DOS_EST_1346 ; kill disk cache

    disk loader
    ld de, 23900 ... /> call 23900 ;calls disk loader

    ...
    BCH BCH July 2013 Games
  • New Utility ZXSTLC[b]New Utility ZX Spectrum Tape (& Disk) Loader Creator[/b] I made this utility to easily create tape and +3 disk loaders for my projects and have…

    ... Utility ZX Spectrum Tape (& Disk) Loader Creator[/b]

    Disk) Loader Creator) v1 (c) 2020 Tom ... -d create a full disk including loader and all data files within ... This will build a tape/disk loader for either a 48k or ...
    TomD TomD August 2020 Brand new software
  • c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!!c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!! the first old version uses only square waves, 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKt9noxA7s…

    ... SID files into the appropriate format however...

    The ... is that a tape or disk format for c64 emulators or something ... be encoded in some elaborate loader format rather than allow a ... simple .TAP format?...

    I really ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil February 2017 Announcements
  • SPIN V0.2 Now Available[Standard CSS cut'n'paste message] Hi all! Well, again another update, but we think this one's well worth it. There's numerous additions and fixes,…

    ... blocks.
    Plus 3 Floppy Disk code updated .All the tzx ... a small bug in the Disk loader, which could cause an exception ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2002 Emulators
  • Opus Discovery (.OPD) support ?Hi folks, The only emulator I know that supports the Opus OPD disk image format is Real Spectrum. Does anyone know of a Windows Speccy emulator tha…

    ... supports the Opus OPD disk image
    format is Real Spectrum.
    disk
    part ?

    Spectaculator 6.40 supports MGT/IMG format ... a page for known Opus disk releases and will intergrate it ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker November 2006 Emulators
  • Best way of getting source/binaries onto Spectrum/Sam?What is the best way of getting source and binaries from a PC onto a Spectrum or a Sam Coupe? It is quite tiresome typing it in each time and savin…

    ... time and saving it to disk ( mgt format ) by staring at JEdit ...
    DonkeyPong DonkeyPong February 2007 Development
  • For ZX-Modules applications updatedDear forum readers, because I set a simple variable to 'false' instead of 'true', the DSK file reader of my ZX-Modules programs inserted useless "he…

    ... the option "Disk image format" in all of the 4 disk formats. You ... have to select the image format (Standard ... .

    The ZXB file format is now supported - it has ...
    clausjahn clausjahn December 2007 Announcements
  • How do I use MGT files?While browsing here, I came across a disk file that's an "mgt". I'm trying to run it in ZX Spin, I have managed to load the file into it, but how to…

    ... here, I came across a disk file that's an "mgt ... won't. There's no "Disk Loader" or "TR-DOS" or anything ... menu, there's only "Tape Loader", "128 Basic", "Calculator", "48 BASIC ...
    Clement Saggers Clement Saggers July 2009 Emulators
  • How to use MGT disks on the emulatorDear readers, you may think I'm a bit silly, but I can't get the emulator (Spectaculator for instance) working with MGT image files. I have had a r…

    ... .g. Alchnews Issue disk
    - Checking that the disk is really inserted ...
    - Typing RUN: The disk loader images flickers

    But ...

    Also, LOAD D1;"Loader" etc. commands will not be ...
    clausjahn clausjahn July 2009 Emulators
  • Hack into Mescaline Synthesia 128Hi folks, this thread is not about copyright, although if somebody knows the e-mail adress or another way how to contact the author "DeMarche" pleas…

    ... have that program on our disk - magazine SCENE+. As ... trying to convert it to disk.

    There ... Basic and write a Basic disk loader for every part
    loader from tape into disk

    ... as MC routines for disk are simply longer than ...
    Speccyman Speccyman September 2010 Development
  • Using ZX BlockEditor + TAP file Into DSK? HelpStarted to mess around with ZX Block Editor. Seems pretty neat although a lot of it is over my head. First thing I did was find & slightly modify a…

    ... ; slightly modify a +3 loader. The loader is nice as you can ... the Loader button on the +3 menu it loads the disk up ... saw Commando.BAS in the disk loader menu.
    When I pressed ... first being the modified +3 loader:
    [URL=http://s239.photobucket ...
    thomas3120 thomas3120 May 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Is there a correct disk image format for CP/M disks?Following on from this thread: [thread=46119]DDR CP/M[/thread] I have received and have made a basic emulation of his CP/M system. Porthos has sent…

    Following on from this thread: [thread=46119]DDR CP/M[/thread]

    I have received and have made a basic emulation of his CP/M system.

    Porthos has sent me some CP/M disks, which are named *.CPM and are basically raw dumps of the disks ...
    Jmk Jmk January 2014 Emulators
  • Not so proper +3 releasesI've been converting some games to +3 disks. I did ignore how the games saved data, because I had to think how to patch a game to convert it from tap…

    ... from tape load-save to disk, but now I'm making ... 've been peeking on some disk releases and I've found ... (also Aventuras AD) load from disk, but save/game data in ... =0000926]Chicago's 30[/url] disk loader was buggy and didn't ... games didn't have full disk support?
    Zup Zup March 2014 Games
  • Unexpected issue with +3DOS port of Pro BMX SimulatorI'm continuing to port my tape-based games to 3-inch disk (you may have noticed my previous post about PSSST!). Today I started on Pro BMX Simula…

    ... -based games to 3-inch disk (you may have noticed my ... therefore wrote a machine-code disk loader to load in the program ...
    Georgeo Georgeo March 2018 Development
  • how to convert tapes to disksAm I the only one who doesn't know how to convert things from tapes to disks? I'm using TR-DOS 7.01 (which is a very special Sprinter version, with I…

    ... on real TR-DOS disk.
    To format 3,5" disks into ... TR-DOS format, I use ZX ...
    Yerz Yerz April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... /> Eh, IPF is a disk image format, I doubt we'll benefit ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …

    ... many years ago (called C64 Disk Loader, for obvious reasons)

    AndyC AndyC October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…

    ... an as-yet-unspecified virtual disk file format which allows the unbounded ... the random access of a disk system. Currently all the firmwares ... file monkeyisland.hdi (hdi = Humungous Disk Image) onto a FAT-formatted ...
    gasman gasman August 2005 New game ideas
  • "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…

    ... /> Now, when I insert a disk in the B drive the ... have tried to format the disk using

    FORMAT "b:"

    8bitten 8bitten December 2005 Hardware
  • "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…

    ... /> Now, when I insert a disk in the B drive the ... have tried to format the disk using

    FORMAT "b:"

    disk in the drive, and the ... it has to have a disk in the drive unless this ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Hardware
  • NEW games for you chaps (and girls too) ;-)Okie, did some .TAP versions of NEW original games that were only released on TRDOS disk format. Some of you might have seen some (one or two are eve…

    ... it. Now load the original disk loader and the breakpoint should trigger ... .

    The initial loader is as follows:

    disk loader routine starts at $D00F, ... 66FF (26367) so our BASIC loader needs to CLEAR 26366 (although ...
    StuBruise StuBruise January 2007 Games
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