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  • +3 Disc Drive ProblemsI was loading a game (gauntlet) on my +3 tonight and the drive made an unusual noise (not the silent ticking, like 2 seconds of noise). Then the driv…

    ... tonight and the drive made an unusual noise (not the silent ticking ... , like 2 seconds of noise). Then the drive ... +3 I can nab the drive out of, but it's ... annoying if the drive has got killed by a ...
    links links December 2006 Hardware
  • +3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…

    ... 34 on the connector is Drive ready, 32 is side 1 select ... is the same (pin 34 drive ready) does this mean I just ...
    links links January 2007 Hardware
  • Thinking aloudLooks like Im finally going to get some free time soon, so I started thinking about doing some speccy stuff again. Its been about 23 years since I h…

    ... long, but hey Im not complaining. (the joy of ... spectum/commodore +4 (im not sure now which). It ... card) these have everything ready to go except the storage ... stick as the main drive) some of the boards ... you are selling the machine not the software.

    Toxitalk Toxitalk May 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +3 broken driveHi, I bought a +3 from E-bay, but the drive doesn't work :( I am not so familiar with Speccys, I know how to program them, but this is the first I'…

    ... the drive doesn't work :(

    I am not so ... />
    I replaced the drive belt but that made no ... reset button down, the drive light will stay on. ... br /> I'm guessing the drive may be getting +5v (I ... ?

    Is the drive really dead?

    ...
    kevthacker kevthacker July 2007 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3 disk drive errorsHello!As i am waiting for the ula chips to fix my spectrum 128+ i received another spectrum +3 i bought from ebay. I changed the drive disk belt as …

    ... .

    I changed the drive disk belt as it was ... this a problem of my drive?

    It can ... so i think that the drive reads ok.How can i ... or not?

    All i did was open the drive remove ... place the screws back and drive seems to read ok.
    Msx2 Msx2 July 2007 Hardware
  • B: drive dont workHi all, I went to Maplin today got myself a DIY lead the one with the proper 34 way edge connector for the Spectrum+3 other end 34 way to floppy driv…

    ... result.
    The Sony floppy drive is from an External Amiga ... floppy drive.

    I have tried ... I cat "b:" the A: drive spins continuosly, I have disconnected ... : and B: drive all though the A: drive is not connected.
    I ...
    swift240 swift240 July 2007 Hardware
  • Help!! Newly installed 500gig hard drive installs as drive H ?Like i say in the title, windows installs fine but when windows boots up, the 500 gig hard drive is shown as drive H and when i try to install a prog…

    ... 500 gig hard drive is shown as drive H and when ... no room on the hard drive !!! which i assume means ... is trying to install to drive C i have had ... do anything to change the drive letter, or do you ... is my pc not compatible with a 500G drive ????

    ...
    swordheart swordheart September 2007 Chit chat
  • Fly Drive Holidayim seroiusly thinking about doing a fly drive holiday across North America. sort of like starting at the east coast and driving all the way to califo…

    ... thinking about doing a fly drive holiday across North America. sort ... like this before? (you guys, not in general)

    i ...
    mile mile November 2007 Chit chat
  • A dual tuner PVR for ?15.00 not inc HDI have just recieved an email from Bigpockets saying they have dual tuner PVR's for sale at &#163;8.99 but with postage its &#163;15.00, u basically…

    ... to put your own hard drive in 80 or 160 GB ... probably be crap but its not much money. Heres the link ...
    swordheart swordheart February 2008 Chit chat
  • Lerm MicroMate - A Full CircleWell, it's taken a long time... but while eventually making an image of my [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008433"]MicroMate[…

    ... 1 Interface One but has not been tested with that hardware ... unused microdrive cartridge intro drive 1, and when ready press enter to ... one cartridge as I've not yet found a reliable method ...
    jp jp March 2008 Development
  • connecting 3" flopy disk drive to PClooking at this image: [IMG]http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/12/214909/Amiga/3inchFDD_figure.png[/IMG] why are pins 2,4,6 and 14 coneccted to +5V…

    ...
    6 Reserved
    14 Drive Sel A (might be pin ... 12,drive select B, after swap)
    drive. so they should be irrelevant ... , shouldn't they? if not, where do I connect them ...
    orange orange May 2008 Hardware
  • My DVD drive is no longer recognisedNeeds help. On my Laptop. An Acer 5100. The CD/DVD drive has ceased working. A quick check in system properties shows it not even listed. I opened i…

    ... Acer 5100. The CD/DVD drive has ceased working. A quick ... in system properties shows it not even listed. I opened it ... does not read. I checked for third party software seizing the drive ... driver problem as it's not even recognised by my puter ...
    Ælita Ælita May 2008 Chit chat
  • three thousand posts -2There are two posts until I reach the 9000 posts mark. what should I write about, paint or read (and retell here)? Any sensible suggestions welcome…

    ... br />
    That's not a sensible suggestion. Id just ... , I know you may not be ready to talk about them, ...
    It's getting hard not to post replies to other ... 295838]he is going to drive his chevy to the ... . that's a bananapeel and not a condom.

    ...
    mile mile August 2008 Chit chat
  • Mega Drive and Master System free to a good homeFirstly im sorry if this is the wrong forum as i want sure if this should go in sales as im not selling im giving away. Im haveing a massive clearou…

    ... go in sales as im not selling im giving away.
    10+ Mega Drive Games

    Sega Master ... again just incase i will not split nor post these collection ...
    festershinetop festershinetop September 2008 Chit chat
  • Using a tape drive for Spectrum +3Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the ta…

    Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the tape going, not put a floppy in the drive and then press enter on the +3 loader?

    Thanks.
    wootlanter wootlanter February 2009 Hardware
  • Laptop hard drive questionWell the battery in my laptop holds absolutely no charge whatsoever any more, so I'm taking it out so I'm not lugging the dead weight around with me.…

    ... out so I'm not lugging the dead weight ... thought to myself, why not use the space to house ... for example a hard drive or something like this?
    drive. Can it? And then, ... the appropriate cable (and cheap drive)?

    Another, ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm April 2009 Chit chat
  • Elite 3 Novosybirsk instructions readyI did it. In game translations thread I was asked to translate Russian instructions for modifed Russian version of Elite. [url]http://www.worldofspe…

    ... [/url]

    It is ready, get it here:
    [url ... my style.
    I'm not Elite player myself, so I ...
    Ralf Ralf May 2009 Games
  • Attn: PS2 Hard drive ownersIf you're having trouble getting a particular game to run from your PS2's hard drive (having tried the inbuilt HD Loader fixes, of course), then the …

    ... it worked from the hard drive.

    The NTSC ... vesion, either. I've not yet found any other differences ... , but I've not played it much yet ( ... work from the PS2 hard drive, then maybe a (different ... anyway then it's not really piracy on your ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2009 Chit chat
  • Hard drive keeps disapearing in 'My Computer'One of my hard drives keeps disappearing. If I goto device manager it shows up. If i goto bios it shows up. But if I goto 'My Computer' it is not the…

    ... goto 'My Computer' it is not there and if I try ... that is on that drive it does not work.

    When ... computer but ONLY for that drive.

    Its a 6 ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow September 2009 Chit chat
  • Horror repair story...Today the (new) +3 had a strange issue: keys 6,y,h,n and 8,i,k were not working. Also, the internal drive sometimes was not 'visible' from the Loader…

    ... br /> Also, the internal drive sometimes was not 'visible' from the Loader ... /> After about 30min the drive was not working again!!
    I ... Arghhhhhhh...

    I was ready to throw the machine out ... issue
    and the drive worked like charm... Then I ...
    xc8 xc8 September 2009 Hardware
  • Xbox 360 hard driveHi all Have just been asked via a very long chain of people if it is possible to recover/back up data from an Xbox 360 hard drive. I assumed it's a…

    ... from an Xbox 360 hard drive.

    I assumed it ... but of course it may not be.

    Thanks
    Spex Spex November 2009 Chit chat
  • Divide+ and Iomega Zip DriveHi everybody. I tried to connect an ATAPI Zip 100 Drive (powered externally) to my Spectrum 48k with Divide+ but there's some trouble. But I don't t…

    ... connect an ATAPI Zip 100 Drive (powered externally) to my Spectrum ... connector).
    - DEMFIR recognizes the drive string during the INIT procedure ... disk is inserted, red if not, as it should. Also, the ... able to connect the Zip drive, or have some tip?
    dg67 dg67 December 2009 Hardware
  • New Spectrum Game - Battery's not PrecludedThis year's Christmas release is Battery's not Precluded, a drive/shoot/fly-em-up where the player's vehicle, the controls and the object of the game…

    ... release is Battery's not Precluded, a drive/shoot/fly-em-up ... for the ULAplus, Battery's not Precluded is now available to ...
    jonathan jonathan December 2009 Games
  • IDE emulation and delaysA few months ago I was told that IDE emulation, while perfectly usable, isn't accurate enough to compare it to IDE access on real hardware. On some e…

    ... too fast. This might not be a big deal to ... you need to perform the 'ready' check after every sector when ... or CHS address, plus the drive spin-up time (in the ... a cylinder number to be not greater than 1024, and ... .

    I'm not sure if any other emulator ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Emulators
  • +3 broken with broken disk drive.Ok, so today at a car boot sale I picked up a Spectrum +3 for ?5. It's in good condition, powers up and works well. However, the disk drive does not…

    ... well. However, the disk drive does not seem to work. When using ... 'm guessing it is the drive belt, but I'm wondering ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Clive DriveHi , does anyone have any info about the "Clive Drive" ie disk commands etc . I have tried the microdrive commands and some work but not all. Many th…

    Hi , does anyone have any info about the "Clive Drive" ie disk commands etc . I have tried the microdrive commands and some work but not all. Many thanks
    flumpey flumpey April 2010 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... problem with 2 OPUS DISK Drive.
    One of them is ... working fine the other not.
    So I decided to ... not working OPUS
    and want to plug in as 2nd Drive ... /> Ribbon Cable to the OPUS Drive.
    Both are exactly the ...
    parz2402 parz2402 May 2010 Hardware
  • DIVIDE+ and +3 Disk DriveProbably been asked before (and I'll search the forums again) but is there any possibility of using the +3 disk drive with the DIVIDE+ without a +3E …

    ... of using the +3 disk drive with the DIVIDE+ without a ... MISC please (end goal is not nec. hardware)?[/EDIT]

    brownb2 brownb2 June 2010 Development
  • Sprinter 2000 does not boot...Hi there. I connected the Sprinter 2000 HDD to my PC to backup all files, but now it does not boot anymore. I wanted to repair the boot record using …

    ... files, but now it does not boot anymore.
    I wanted ... noticed that it does not boot from Disc drive anymore too (I ... does not work. I tested it with multiple disc drives. The drive ... the way.
    I have not used the machine for 6 ...
    LCD LCD July 2010 Hardware
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 Tape Drive BeltHi after carefuly removing the Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 Tape Drive Belts,i realised that i was not sure exactly how they fitted on to the pullies ,the…

    ... +2 Tape Drive Belts,i realised that i was not sure exactly ... the bottom belt i am not sure about,has any one ...
    scarrabri scarrabri July 2010 Hardware
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