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  • Buying a +3I've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…

    ... Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a ... loading if they were on disks rather than on tapes. ... you can't get the disks!

    I lied ... software.

    3" disks have a nominal 173K per ... .

    On 720K disks, 12 with ease and no ...
    DEATH DEATH 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…

    ... hardware changes. "Unknown disk format" is one of the ... other machine with a format unknown to +3DOS. ... prevents you continuing to actually format it at all!
    ... happening with all your disks. But then if they ... with a batch of disks bought from Dixons many ...
    Woody Woody 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…

    ... hold of a program to format the disks? I would really like ...
    8bitten 8bitten December 2005 Hardware
  • Datel Electronics disk driveIs it possible to get my pc to read and re-save software ( in an emulator friendly format) that I have stored on 3.5" disks that were created with th…

    You could check out Jason Watton's OMNIDISK and OMNIFLOP programs for making images of floppy disks. If it's a format he hasn't encountered he'd be interested in hearing from you.
    alchresearch alchresearch December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "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…

    ... find it's in TZX format, and so put it ... on your +3 and format the new disks with it. In ... disk in the drive, type FORMAT "A:" (enter) and when ... Gives a running verify format check so you know if ... directory entry, load sector number, format, erase etc etc. And, ...
    DEATH DEATH 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…

    ... /> I have succesfully transferred the "FORMAT.PRG" to my +3 using ... tried any of the other format-programs, such as HIFORM - but ... not have ANY pre-formatted disks available to test your second ... a couple of disks that are preformatted to +3 format?

    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…

    Perhaps you could send one of us a couple of disks and an SAE and we can format them for you? I'd certainly be willing to have a go.
    alchresearch alchresearch 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…

    ... ?) read check before attempting the format.

    I thought it ... used to just chuck disks of any format, be they Amiga, MAC ... or DOS formatted disks, or indeed ... essentialy an MS-DOS compatible format with minor tweaks - it ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn 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…

    ... I had bother formatting some disks in the +3 and I ... Garry Lancaster's MultiFormatter to format some disks successfully.

    8bitten ... ]

    Its in tap format so you can run it ... doesnt care what the previous format of the disk is. :)
    KeepGood KeepGood 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…

    ... anymore succesfull at formatting my disks than any of my previous ... states:

    "ERROR DURING FORMAT - Press A Key"

    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…

    You need to try and pin the problem down to disks or drive. Send a disk to Alchresearch to see if he can format, or spend the rest of your life worrying about it.
    Cheers
    Mevweb.
    Mevweb Mevweb December 2005 Hardware
  • +3 disksok i got a question here. Can i put the +3 disk images that i use on the emulator back on to a proper +3 disk ? If so how would i do it and what wo…

    ... more sophisticated +3 copy protected disks. Most are at beta stage ... currently described in the EDSK format.
    It's all beta ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker 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…

    ... t understand why your disks won't format - sounds as ... swanee - but all the disks? Nah, sounds like your ... send one of those disks to Andy or myself ... your machine says the format is dodgy though, tends ... will not write or format those disks without that pin ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Hardware
  • Transferring Spectrum Games onto tape or diskI've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…

    ... . You will need to format some 3.5" disks as SS (single ... sided) disks by using the standard Format command - it usually ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Emulators
  • Looking for ramsoft MGT +D Software Compilation ArchiveOnce upon a time on the internet there existed a mgt +d archive on the ramsoft website with specially adapted multiload games as disk images etc. I …

    ... the teledisk format +D compatible ?
    To write mgt disks back I ... use my amiga). (The track format is msdos 720k dd right ...
    exobuzz exobuzz December 2005 Games
  • Looking for ramsoft MGT +D Software Compilation ArchiveOnce upon a time on the internet there existed a mgt +d archive on the ramsoft website with specially adapted multiload games as disk images etc. I …

    I do have a few +D disks in the library with some ex-commercial games - I don't know if they are what you're looking for though. Download the games catalogue and take a nose. File is in MS WORD format, but I'll do you a text only version if you want.
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Games
  • Any way to fix the DISCiPLE's joystick ports?I've found that they've always struggled with certain joysticks, but now I'm finding it hard to get any to work at all. Any ideas why that is and an…

    ... 3b (a type-in from Format magazine which lets you enter ... '1'). I do have other disks running Sys 3d though.
    Jmk Jmk March 2006 Hardware
  • MGT Plus DHi to all and thanks for reading this. After years I've taken my Spectrum and wanted to use the MGT Plus D interface (http://www.worldofspectrum.org/…

    ... use them.

    800K disks format to 720k.

    HD ... 1.44 meg disks, need the hole to be ... be formatted to plus D format 720K.
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) March 2006 Hardware
  • MGT Plus DHi to all and thanks for reading this. After years I've taken my Spectrum and wanted to use the MGT Plus D interface (http://www.worldofspectrum.org/…

    ... /> HD 1.44 meg disks, need the hole to be ... be formatted to plus D format 720K.[/quote]
    You ... between DD and HD disks - HD disks are less sensitive and ...
    I find that HD disks written like that work fine ... , stick with real DD disks!

    Si
    obo obo March 2006 Hardware
  • +3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…

    ... does not deal with protected disks as it calls +3DOS routines ... ) disk must be the same format as the original (master) disk ... 's writing to the same format of disk.

    To ...
    DEATH DEATH April 2006 Development
  • +3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…

    ... their +3 utility disks (Megadisk WILL copy these disks). I know ... from a foreign machine or format (amstrad PCW for example), ... And I believe that Speedlok disks used an "unwritten" or unformatted ... 41 for my preffered disk format), by calling the +3DOS ...
    DEATH DEATH April 2006 Development
  • +3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…

    ... easily.[/QUOTE]
    +3/PC disks are quite trivial to the ... utility disks (Megadisk WILL copy these disks).[/QUOTE]
    The Kobrasoft disks I ... except track 0 in normal format. The 8th sector on track ... ]And I believe that Speedlok disks used an "unwritten" or ...
    obo obo April 2006 Development
  • +3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…

    ... custom hardware to write the disks?[/QUOTE]
    Not necessarily... SamDisk ... doesn't even require unformatted disks. It doesn't create true ... . The fill byte from the format command is used to fill ...
    obo obo April 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... generating graphics in the correct format using SevenuP. So discussion about ... future programs.

    The dual of the sp1_PutTiles() functions is ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Why so many disk systems?Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more? As far as I can see, this did nothing but create …

    ... the the 3" format was just about the worst ... could buy DSDD 3" disks labelled CF2D), and in fairness ... without problems. Won't format them to 720K though, ... ll need extra software to format them, and CF2D floppies ... 3" and 3.5" format and +D drive systems, ...
    DEATH DEATH June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Disk file transfer utilities ?Are there some PC programs for transferring Speccy software between common emulator formats like TAP to disks or disk images? I mean here about +3 f…

    ... is making images of protected disks in first place. Writing (back ... , we need some floppy image format where we will have flags ... 'weak' sector. So, need image format which allows specific sector numbers ...
    piters piters July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Disk file transfer utilities ?Are there some PC programs for transferring Speccy software between common emulator formats like TAP to disks or disk images? I mean here about +3 f…

    ... is making images of protected disks in first place. Writing ... we need some floppy image format where we will have flags ... EDSK format[/url] used for CPC/+3 disks can store most disks that ... 'weak' sector. So, need image format which allows specific sector numbers ...
    obo obo July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Disk file transfer utilities ?Are there some PC programs for transferring Speccy software between common emulator formats like TAP to disks or disk images? I mean here about +3 f…

    ... info about Pasti's stx format.[/QUOTE]
    I mailed Jorge ... you details of the .stx format itself, as the power comes ... of the more trivial disks stored in that format, particularly with special ...
    obo obo July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Garry Lancasters +3e site down?Hi, I have been trying to access Garry's page about the +3e ROM, because I know of a utility for the +3 he has on the site which makes it possible f…

    ... 't use DISCKIT to format or copy disks, because it asks you ...
    zeem zeem July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Garry Lancasters +3e site down?Hi, I have been trying to access Garry's page about the +3e ROM, because I know of a utility for the +3 he has on the site which makes it possible f…

    ... 't use DISCKIT to format or copy disks, because it asks you ...
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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