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  • How to align head in +3 drive?Hello! I am still struggling to make my +3 drive format disks. After a short email discussion with Steve from DataServe Retro i am ready to admit th…

    ... am still struggling to make my +3 drive format disks. After a short ... quite possible that both of my +3 drives had slight head misalignment ... AMSTRAD. No luck, but maybe my google skills a feeble.
    ArtemKuchin ArtemKuchin December 2012 Hardware
  • 3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …

    ... a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so I ... one of the +3 3" drives I have to my PC.
    ...
    Now aside from my issues with holding a soldering ... ).

    So my main questions are...
    < ... Has anyone tried out a 3" drive with RealSpectrum's "RealDisk" ...
    icabod icabod February 2006 Hardware
  • +3 drive belt dimensionsHi everyone. Nearby my place, there is a store that sells all kinds of rubber products, so i could take a chance on asking for a replacement for the…

    Hi everyone.

    Nearby my place, there is a store ... for a replacement for the +3 drive belt.

    Has anyone ...
    odious odious June 2006 Hardware
  • Help I killed my +3...I replaced the drive belt on my +3 and gave drive quick service. Upon booting everything was fine and one of the discs I bought went in and I heard…

    I replaced the drive belt on my +3 and gave drive quick service.

    my old +2a one died so ... I got a proper +3 one) or maybe I put ... ideas? Have I somehow killed my speccy...
    xbomber xbomber September 2011 Hardware
  • Dead +3 drive. Help needed.While i am waiting for a TV master to find his demagnetizing loop to demagnetize my disks i decided to fix my third +3 drive today. I changed the b…

    ... to demagnetize my disks i decided to fix my third +3 drive today.
    my finger almost without any force ...
    ArtemKuchin ArtemKuchin December 2012 Hardware
  • external drive +3I recently bought an external drive kit for my +3 [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111267120287?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649[/ur…

    I recently bought an external drive kit for my +3

    ... ]

    Now my +3 drive is dead and the mainboard ... of the drive has been taken away ... I plug this external drive in and power it ... it then it keeps saying drive not ready.

    morcar morcar February 2014 Hardware
  • +3e rom and my Videoface......aaaarghwell, i've finally gotten around to doing three things in my life replace my +3 drive belt find my videoface and driver disc burn the +3e ROMS and …

    ... three things in my life

    replace my +3 drive belt
    find ... my videoface and driver disc ...
    bleugh bleugh May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I blew up my +3I'm still not sure of what happened (most probably a wrongly inserted interface) but I blew up my +3. What happens when I turn on the power or press …

    ... interface) but I blew up my +3. What happens when I turn ...
    pdsleite pdsleite November 2008 Hardware
  • my hard drive is dying!my hard drive is on the way out, I'm having difficulty logging in to windows (in safe mode right now, at least that works for the moment) but if I do…

    my hard drive is on the way out, ...
    ghbearman ghbearman December 2009 Chit chat
  • Mystery of the remaining space on my hard drive?Got a new larger, longer life battery for my HD camera, and upgraded the card from a 8meg to a 16meg HCSD card. In order to test it out, I left the …

    ... larger, longer life battery for my HD camera, and upgraded the ... to drag and drop to my computer, and notice that :p ... less than 12gig spare on my hard drive, so I tidy it ... .8gig. Now it says my hard drive has 6.08 gig left ...
    thx1138 thx1138 December 2011 Chit chat
  • Problems with my +3Hello everybody :) I, after almost 2 years, am back in spain and I was able to plug my +3 and play. The thing was going quite good until I inserted …

    ... I was able to plug my +3 and play. The thing was ... some time, like 2 or 3 minutes but in the end ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx May 2012 Hardware
  • Help with my +3Hi fellow spectrum users. I have been lurking round the forums for several months now, but never posted until now. Anyway you guys should probably …

    ... my now 2x48k and my 1x48k+. I decided to get a +3 for my ... permanent setup.

    Now to my problem ... to video mod my other speccies as easily ... br /> Problem is with my +3. I can't keep spending ... no problem, any reason why my +3 won't?
    < ...
    gazj82 gazj82 May 2013 Hardware
  • Tarot Master MIAHi I'm new here. I wrote this program and still have it on +3 disk. Whether it still works or not I cannot be sure. I have no way of testing it as my…

    ... and still have it on +3 disk. Whether it still works ... way of testing it as my +3 drive gave up on me several ...
    spinny spinny December 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Happinesses is....Successfully replacing my +3 Drive belt!

    Successfully replacing my +3 Drive belt!
    jonesypeter jonesypeter August 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…

    Yes, I'm just waiting for a friend to create the ribbon cable to connect my +3 drive to my PC then it won't be missing anymore!

    Problem is, my friend is taking far too long and I don't know is I trust myself to make it.

    Steve
    steveinuk steveinuk July 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... the last two posts (before my last one)... Erm, are we ... have to dump *ALL* the +3 disks again if we can ... ? Can I just hook my 3" drive to my Amiga as I do with ... my PC:
    [url="http:// ... s Random data... or if my Hexagon dumps are correct or ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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…

    ... the last two posts (before my last one)... Erm, are we ... have to dump *ALL* the +3 disks again if we can ... ? Can I just hook my 3" drive to my Amiga as I do with ... my PC:
    [url="http:// ... Assuming you can get the drive attached so it registers as ...
    fiath fiath July 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 3" floppy in pcI'm in need of some assistance. I have attached a 3" floppy to my pc using a cable as described at [url="http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~specfreak/F…

    ... not had any trouble with my 3" drive under Windows XP, despite being ... seek in past track 40. My drive definitely supports the TRACK0 line ... disk change line on the drive, which the Windows floppy ... The only option is to drive the floppy controller directly - ...
    obo obo September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SPECTRUM +3 NIGHTMAREGot my Specci +3 through the post this morning. The good news all the keys work and it turns on ok. The bad news the disk drive doesn't work. When yo…

    The drive light should be barely ... if you can hear the drive spinning, it means that the ... motor is working. The drive belt is almost certainly buggered ... noise when it spins up. My +3 drive works and it makes a ... when I power up the +3, let alone access a ...
    DEATH DEATH January 2006 Hardware
  • +3 soundhello there, just a quick-fire question today. i'm kinda keen on the idea of using my +3 quite a bit, particularly if i bother to to actually sort …

    I've been looking at fixing my +3 sound and stumbled on this ... 239B's in the original +3, so may need to use ...
    FrankT FrankT December 2007 Hardware
  • Character designerHi Martijn can we have an infoseek entry for Chibur's character designer, please? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300…

    ... mounted my 3" drive into a 5 1/4 -> 3 1/2 drive bay ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2008 MIA/STP/SDP
  • +3 sound cureHi all, As most of us know the Spectrum+3A has this sound problem, distortion. The +3B had this problem fixed. I done some looking at the circuitry l…

    I just got around to fixing my +3.

    I did a ...
    Winston Winston June 2008 Hardware
  • Hello all, +3 questionHi, Been using this site for ages but I don't know why never joined the forum..? Anyway I have a +2 but just got a +3 it clearly has the sound issue,…

    ... ]I just got around to fixing my +3.

    I did a ...
    gtsamour gtsamour December 2008 Hardware
  • +2 power not working. Need helpHi folks, I'm hoping someone may be able to point out what could be wrong/needs fixing here. One of my +2's had a loose RF modulator. The 5v wire w…

    ... here... I haven't bothered fixing my +3 supply since I use an ...
    guesser guesser October 2010 Hardware
  • Jetpac LoadingI have Jetpac on tape for my 48k and can't get it to load. Here's what I'm doing...Press L to get load screen then "jetpac" and Enter while pressing…

    ... /> well I had it on my machine.. it didn't work ... didn't work on a +3 [B]REGARDLESS [/B] of the ... present IRC (as a friend fixing my +3 at the time wanted to ...
    fog fog November 2011 Games
  • Transferring to +3 disks again - sorryHope some nice person will lend me a hand... I have a +3 and a divide, blanks disks, speccytape to load from the iPad and everything works great, ho…

    ... br /> Anyway, why use a 3" disk if you have unlimited ... that is faster than a 3" drive prune to disk error because ... of stupid drive belt design and now have ... proper OS with esxDOS?
    My +3 drive don't have a belt ... I don't need the 3" drive?
    Encarnado Encarnado May 2012 Hardware
  • Sinclair +2a Why!?!One thing I've always wondered and whilst going though my collection today the question re-emerged in my mind. Why the Spectrum +2a? What I mean by …

    ... impression the Amstrad CPC external 3" floppy would just plug ... into a +2A or +3 "disk B" slot but ... :confused:

    Threw my 3" drive away last year popped a ... 3.5 in instead, got ... the 'tidyness' of the drive mounting really, its OK but ...
    spider spider June 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair +2a Why!?!One thing I've always wondered and whilst going though my collection today the question re-emerged in my mind. Why the Spectrum +2a? What I mean by …

    ... wrong. :confused:

    Threw my 3" drive away last year popped a ... left the 'tidyness' of the drive mounting really, its OK but ... would work as a second drive for +3, or (slightly modified) as ... a drive for +2A computers [b] ...
    Zup Zup June 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 178k +3 disksSorry if this is in the wrong section, but how do I get 178K on a +3 disk? I have some CF2 disks that format to 173K but i'm trying to salvage some …

    ... get that onto a real +3 when you have no way ... to hook up my 3" drive to it!! Could using my soundcard to output ...
    BarryB BarryB April 2014 Hardware
  • What causes "The disk has been changed" problem on a +3?I've seen this posted here on this forum and no explanation as to what causes it or any solution that doesn't involve writing a DSK image back to the…

    ... ! It didn't help those 3 disks that won't load ... were duplicated or with my +3 drive as both my external FD-1 drives ... no problem when dumping with my Kryoflux.
    BarryB BarryB November 2017 Hardware
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