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Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... the data blocks from disk to tape and modify the BASIC ... afraid I dont know how to do what you say!
to do in order to play the fix ... what you provided is going to be helpful to many people ;) -
need some WinXP disk recovery adviceMy desktop PC gave a "SMART failure predicted" error on drive C: during startup the other day. It's still working, although occasionally it takes a l…
... Seagate / Maxtor / Whatever disk. You need to open the machine and ... The tools on a Hirens disk can quite easily clone ... any disk from any maker but you have to think ... disks and multiple disk RAID arrays but to be fair ... won't clone a disk to an SSD because of ... -
Al's Double Bill - Official release[IMG]http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/img/ADB.png[/IMG] [I]Al's Double Bill, [/I]the combined and enhanced, 128K-only version of my first two Spectrum…
A "silent update". Thanks to Andrew Owen's [URL=" ... still relies upon the RAM disk to store data. Since the ... in the neck for me to do, so DivIDE users ... wanting to load ADB with their interface ... will have to rely on this TRD ... -
+3 with dead expansion portI bought a +3 from a WoS user. So far, the computer works as expected, but when an interface (e.g. DivIDE (configured correctly) or Multiface3) is co…
... , the results are not clear to me. The RAM test works ... loaded some games from 3" disk - same as on my DivIDE ... ...", but apparently he had no disk to test with.... In addition I ... everything, but when I wrote to him, there was zero reply ... -
Help with File Compressor by Mladen PopovicHi, I'm trying to compress BombJack (MCM) and transfer it to a +3 disk (Yes I own the original game :) ). I'm unsure about the addresses to enter in…
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I had to create a new disk in P3Explorer. And then ... />
Here's the disk. I used your source example ... . I then opened the disk in ZX Blockeditor, and ... of the code blocks to where they should load ... ok.
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A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
Is it possible instead of having the basic autoloader file "DISK" to launch my mc program to use the bootblock for a short mc autoloader? -
A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
... basic autoloader file "DISK" to launch my mc program to use the bootblock ... -
Mercenary 1+2 CompendiumDear all users of +3 disks, I am an eager fan of Mercenary game, in which I made a good deal of progress years ago. I was looking for some standart …
... already have a Mercenary 1 disk loader (using BASIC), ... on the disk you will either have to erase the ... . number 1 on the disk. But as those positions ... not have names in the disk catalogue (unlike Driller, ... better to keep just four position on the disk to avoid ... -
OPUS Discocery DriveHi, since I am new here pls. excuse my bad English. I have a problem with 2 OPUS DISK Drive. One of them is working fine the other not. So I decided…
... drives and finally managed to install two 80-track ... nice Citizen drive seems to have died on the way ... Successfully copied a disk from drive 1 to 2 and read ... I did not manage to format a disk to 360 KB, but ... I will talk to Roelof in ... -
Why do modern computers go slow?I'm not so much thinking of home PCs slowed down by viruses, more the extent that modern programmers think about the speed of their code. For exampl…
... . I've done it recently to my aging 2010 Macbook Pro ... cloned my original drive to the SSD. Boots to login in several ... -4 minutes for the old disk to stop thrashing.
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Yay! Another two fingers to us paying customers from the gaming industryThe (to me, hateful) trend of games companies selling their modern AAA titles in various editions, as opposed to earlier times when when you bought a…
... weapon - A player is allowed to purchase it, but anybody seeing ... that player would also expect to see them holding that weapon ... weapon must be on the disk to avoid forcing all other players ... physical media, which often needs to be submitted months before the ... -
Creating actual floppy disks using .dsk files on the SpectrumHello ZX friends I have a +3 and diskette related question. I have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy disk drive and a divIDE+. Is there a way I can …
There's a utility called Disk Dump here.
[url]http://www.crumblenet.co.uk/spectrum/[/url]
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Creating actual floppy disks using .dsk files on the SpectrumHello ZX friends I have a +3 and diskette related question. I have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy disk drive and a divIDE+. Is there a way I can …
... There's a utility called Disk Dump here.
[ ... It transfers the entire disk to tape blocks and then you ... can transfer it back to a disk.[/QUOTE]
disk utilities for the Spectrum ... 0 on +3 disk. I should upgrade to 5.4 soon. ... -
Your Spectrum RegretsSpeccy things that you have done (or haven't done) and have regretted them since. Here's mine... (in no particular order). 1) Sold my Spectrum 128K…
... and my own programs on disk to fund the purchase of an ... the ST I kept every disk that had my stuff on ... ?
I've been to many boot sales in my ... else. I think that has to be my biggest regret! -
Ports of 16 bit gamesI was watching a video for the Speccy version of Turbo Outrun where the guy who posted the video said that whilst he didn't think it was as good the …
... game when it came to capturing enemy islands. And ... having to wait ages to move from one ... you have to manoeuvre the carrier close to shore and ... it's much quicker to destroy the command centre ... and you could swap the disk to get that.
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... came along and was apathetic to all, bar maybe a ... will go as far as to say I thought the ... . no onboard OS. having to load the damned OS (which ... one file from one disk to another. sheer hell to me.
disk in and GEM appeared. ...Klass of 2005Blimey, just noticed I became a member exactly 10 years ago :o Time flies, dunnit 8-) Just wanted to shout out my regards to WOS, still my fave foru…
... now denienced images and to fill up the disk to capacity, a bonus ... in early 2000, but only to gain info about my growing ...Klass of 2005Blimey, just noticed I became a member exactly 10 years ago :o Time flies, dunnit 8-) Just wanted to shout out my regards to WOS, still my fave foru…
... now denienced images and to fill up the disk to capacity, a bonus ... ]
A classy cover to match the title. I don ...Spectrum +3 loading problem.Hi all Recently bought a game off ebay that I've been waiting for, for ages but the A side doesn't work , but the B side does. Now normally I'd j…
... has a copy of the disk, I see no problem with ... the original disk, and the box etc would have to be sent ... copy. It looks like the disk is denied for distribution only ... with restoring an original working disk to use.
MarkWas there a POKE that broke the SpectrumHi Everyone I've been recalling myths and rumours from back in the day. You know "Lunar Jetmans" trailer and that sort of thing. But one rumour …
... simply writes the specified value to the specified address. Poking ... controls the ROM chip to only respond to reads. Writes are ... things out. But where a disk drive controller exists, poking ... may cause data on the disk to become corrupted.
...Opus DiscoveryWould anyone have any materials about programming the Opus Discovery disk? I know it overrides ROM and uses microdrive commands, but I am more into b…
... "catches" writes to ROM and remaps them to registers? So you ... to write to disk (i.e. there is no DMA mechanism for the disk to ... just to ... dump the sector somewhere to RAM and ...New Sh*t Game Time video: Veteran (Amiga)Hi guys, another **** Game Time video is upon us, this time It's Veteran on the Amiga requested by Youtuber ARCADINATOR, I hope you enjoy it :-) h…
[quote="Grunaki;884966"]Please do 'Chopper X' by Paradox on the ST.[/quote]
I'm afraid I don't have that game, you can always send it me if you manage to find it on disk to SGT.What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
... the Spectrum was an ode to cost reduction, so at the ... not to reinvent the wheel and released a 5 1/4" disk ... both leading computers to support the same physical disk format, you may ... same disk to keep costs down, to the point where games on disk became ...Getting Tasword to save to CF cardHey chaps I have a Plus 2 with a simple 8bit IDE interface installed. I was hoping I might be able to use the +3 disk version in conjunction with …
... how I can reassign A: to the partition containing Tasword.
disk to a partition called "tasword". But ... if the program is hardwired to look in A: I might ... that A: can only look to the floppy drive?Getting Tasword to save to CF cardHey chaps I have a Plus 2 with a simple 8bit IDE interface installed. I was hoping I might be able to use the +3 disk version in conjunction with …
... the contents of the tasword disk to a partition called "tasword". But ... assign any drive letter (A to P) to any partition. Tasword +3 ... could only have A mapped to "tasword" until the program ... ]
then change A to map to your files partition:
[code ...Getting Tasword to save to CF cardHey chaps I have a Plus 2 with a simple 8bit IDE interface installed. I was hoping I might be able to use the +3 disk version in conjunction with …
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2) Mapped E: to point to the tasword partition
[code ... of the Tasword +3 disk to the tasword partition, using:< ... br /> [code]COPY "A:*.*" TO "E:"[/code]
(Well actually ... floppy disk and reset the Spectrum.
To run Tasword ...WTD : disk drive compatable with Beta Disk 48K 1984 (Please delete, wrong category).Good morning or evening everybody. I'm looking for a disk drive compatable with the Beta Disk interface (48K from 1984). Contact me if you could …
... (720kb) or 3 1/2 disk drives.
The only thing ... drive, that must be up to 720kb.
For the 3 ... . But you must transform the disk to 720kb (if it is a ... covering a hole in the disk.WTD : disk drive compatable with Beta Disk 48K 1984 (Please delete, wrong category).Good morning or evening everybody. I'm looking for a disk drive compatable with the Beta Disk interface (48K from 1984). Contact me if you could …
... (720kb) or 3 1/2 disk drives.
The only thing ... drive, that must be up to 720kb.
For the 3 ... . But you must transform the disk to 720kb (if it is a ... covering a hole in the disk.[/quote]
OK.
USB Portable Hard Drive Poor Reliability is my Experience (Mechanical not SSD)Dear WOSers, I am writing this post because yesterday I had a horrible day at work. My USB portable hard drive failed on me an…
... their external drives from machine to machine.
... when I take my disk to work at home and ... own cache. The the disk is plumed in at ... discrepancy and thinks the disk is corrupt, runs chkdisk ... traditional control panel go to the power options, select ...What am I doing wrong?Working on the idea of making a book type game I decided to start with a title screen. However I thought that the extension .scr was what the Spectru…
... "] You’re not going to be able to have too many “episodes ... CSSCGC that would be awful to play on a real Spectrum ... mode & use the RAM disk to save long descriptions, graphics etc
