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Realspec emulator- works on new Windows?Dear all, anyone has this experience? I wanna equip myself with the new notebook. And I need to be able to work in Realspec Emulator on it (because …
[QUOTE=Hood;704233]You think, that modern 3,5" drive through USB will not work in Realspec?[/QUOTE]
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Realspec emulator- works on new Windows?Dear all, anyone has this experience? I wanna equip myself with the new notebook. And I need to be able to work in Realspec Emulator on it (because …
... ;704233]You think, that modern 3,5" drive through USB will not work ... -
Which is the most unusual/bizarre peripheral you have for the Spectrum?For me, I think it's the British Micro Grafpad. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat10.html[/url]
... SRam. Unusual is my Slim 3,5" floppydrive which fits perfect to ... two devices: a CD Rom drive (unfortunately not Slim one as ... couldn' t get a Slim drive to work with the IDE ... -
Why is the B Disk interface selling for so much on ebay?I often watch unusual interfaces that pop up on ebay, and I noticed that this B Disk interface just went for ?113: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.or…
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With the +3, get a 3.5" external drive, and a little bit ... of software to speed the drive ... .
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Why is the B Disk interface selling for so much on ebay?I often watch unusual interfaces that pop up on ebay, and I noticed that this B Disk interface just went for ?113: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.or…
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With the +3, get a 3.5" external drive, and a little bit ... of software to speed the drive ... />
Finally, the +3 external drive must have a ready connection ... I couldn't use the 3" drive with the +D attached and ... -
Spectaculator 8 vs REAL diskDoes Spectaculator 8 support real floppy drives? I want to use an external USB floppy drive to read/write +D and +3 floppy disks. I have Windows 7…
... use a USB floppy drive, there's no point ... fit a proper floppy drive in there easily enough ... you can put real +3 diskette (or other mentioned ... just like the real spectrum +3.
No other emulator ... You can format easily your 3.5 inch diskette and transfer ... -
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…
... connected through the disk drive connector on +3.
Q1: I ... you can still get new 3.5 inch disks, so they're ... use an advanced format utility, 3.5 inch disks will be formatted ... the question. Any standard floppy drive could be connected to a ... -
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…
... connected through the disk drive connector on +3.
3.5" drive needs to be altered ... speed on the internal 3" drive. Software such as " ... advanced format utility, 3.5 inch disks will be ... floppy disk in a 3.5" drive to the PCW standard ... -
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…
... - the timing on a 3.5" drive needs to be altered if ... the speed on the internal 3" drive. Software such as "speedup" ... floppy disk in a 3.5" drive to the PCW standard ... anything to work with 3.5 inch floppies, but they ... it into a +3 (or 5.25 inch floppies).
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 are all configured as drive 1 (or "B") so ... used as a second drive on a +3 without having to worry ... manual switch wired into the drive cable.
Details ... .uk/sinclairfaq/index.php5?title=3.5%22_external_floppy_drive_on_a_Spectrum_%2B3[/url]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…
Amiga drive can be used if RDY is needed. Amigakit still sells new, probably they are modified PC drives, not DD.
However more important than external B drive is +3 internal drive and there replacement with 3.5" requires more tricks.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…
... ZX Spectrum+3 has the diagram for the Floppy drive B Interface ... .uk/sinclairfaq/index.php5?title=3.5%22_external_floppy_drive_on_a_Spectrum_%2B3[/url]
3 or the external floppy drive unit, having it ...Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…
... . Unfortunately, the Opus Discovery disc drive ceased working just as I ... but left on an old 3.5" disc where nobody was going ...Help identify this?I picked this up recently on buying expeditions. I'm assuming it's for the Speccy... [URL=http://s21.photobucket.com/user/chaosmongers/media/IMG_01…
Same as the Datel +D I had. The 3.5" drive came with a 3.5mm jack socket on the back for the PSU to plug into. Bit ropey as mine kept shorting on several occasions.Best Demos please?Hi, I have just discovered how good the demos for the spectrum are, I have been a spectrum owner for years but apart from the work I used to look at …
... incompatible with the Amstrad-made +3 was irrelevant - it made ... more sense to use common 3? disks. It kept going ... to 16-bits. The +3 itself may have lived longer ... had had a sensible disk drive on it. [/QUOTE]
... both 3.5 and 5.25.
As for +3 the ...+3 in my handsAfter so many attempts, I managed to buy a +3 in good working order and almost mint condition. I have yet to check floppy drive, but I hope that he i…
... decided to add an external 3.5-inch floppy first and convert ... dsk images from pc to +3.
I havent done audiofix ... exercise and learning on my +3.
Maybe I'll ... interested, which is the best +3 copy progam (disc to disc ... a external to the internal drive?PCW 9512 Information RequiredHi, I've just acquired a PCW9512 with printer, keyboard, some disks (locoscript/basic/cpm utils etc), tractor feed paper and around 8 ink cartridges…
So long as it is a 3" disk drive (not a 3.5" or 5.25"), yes, they use the same drive belt....PCW 9512 Information RequiredHi, I've just acquired a PCW9512 with printer, keyboard, some disks (locoscript/basic/cpm utils etc), tractor feed paper and around 8 ink cartridges…
Thanks, I'll order some, and also look into adding a 3.5" drive too.SamDisk and +3 disksFew days ago I tried to write some +3 dsk files on 3.5 inch floppy with SamDisk on old Toshiba laptop (P3 800 mhz) and his integrated fdd, but he cou…
... well with some older drive units. I usually recommend ... drive type to a 5.25" type for use with 3" ... it's optimised for 3.5" drives, which benefit ... change your BIOS floppy drive type. I think CPCDiskXP ... t work with some +3 copy protection systems -- write ...SamDisk and +3 disksFew days ago I tried to write some +3 dsk files on 3.5 inch floppy with SamDisk on old Toshiba laptop (P3 800 mhz) and his integrated fdd, but he cou…
... be a 1.44M 3.5" drive? I still suspect it ... first track of any +3 disk using: SAMdisk ... in the laptop floppy drive, but I cant understand ... settings, optimised for CPC/+3 disks, which works ... appropriate settings from the drive configuration, but something seems ...SamDisk and +3 disksFew days ago I tried to write some +3 dsk files on 3.5 inch floppy with SamDisk on old Toshiba laptop (P3 800 mhz) and his integrated fdd, but he cou…
... info a:
Drive Type: 3.5" (from BIOS)
Controler : Enhanced ...SamDisk and +3 disksFew days ago I tried to write some +3 dsk files on 3.5 inch floppy with SamDisk on old Toshiba laptop (P3 800 mhz) and his integrated fdd, but he cou…
[QUOTE=Pegaz;738530]Drive Type: 3.5" (from BIOS)[/quote]
... it thinks you have a 3.5" drive, it'll be testing ... s a disk in the drive. That might give a ... check off without changing the drive type, so I'll ... Density on a typical 300rpm drive. I remember a bug ...SamDisk and +3 disksFew days ago I tried to write some +3 dsk files on 3.5 inch floppy with SamDisk on old Toshiba laptop (P3 800 mhz) and his integrated fdd, but he cou…
... ", though I had a 3.5" drive connected at the time. I ... BIOS drive type to 1.44M 3.5", which matches my real drive type ... at 1.44M 3.5" and connected the 180K 3" drive taken from a ... . I'd normally suspect the 3" drive adapter, though the fact that ...Spectrum Hard drivesExcuse the noobish question but of late I've been using emulators not the real hardware, but in the next couple of days I should be moving into my ne…
... lunatics with an 80 gig 3.5" hard drive plugged into my speccy ... plug and play onto the drive from a PC that sounds ... files on and off the drive.Spectrum Hard drivesExcuse the noobish question but of late I've been using emulators not the real hardware, but in the next couple of days I should be moving into my ne…
... lunatics with an 80 gig 3.5" hard drive plugged into my speccy ... plug and play onto the drive from a PC that sounds ... files on and off the drive.[/QUOTE]
Cheers dude ...DivIDE 57c helpJust bought one of the old DivIDE and wanted to setup my cf card so that its all ready when i get it. What do I need to prep the card and put the ri…
... of the wire to the 3.5" floppy drive connector on the CF ...+3 Drive is it broken ?I have given the +3 disk drive a clean and a belt change and yet it does not work. I put a disc into the drive and nothing happens. Nothing in side m…
... ]I have given the +3 disk drive a clean and a belt ... put a disc into the drive and nothing happens. Nothing in ... it out and putting a 3.5" drive instead of it.[/QUOTE]
Checked whether the drive is getting power input?Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... answers and info. So the drive itself is capable but without ... sizes of 180k (3 inch floppies) or 720k (3.5 inch floppies), and ... 't be used by our +3). Look into DU54 folder or ...Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... and worked on every drive I ever used them ... was aimed specifically at 720K 3.5" floppies formatted to the ... the floppy in the drive. It would allow you ... formatters, the 720K B: drive formatter and Graham's ... an external 720K B: drive. Oh, and MSDOS DSDD ...
