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+d dsdd disks in hd drive Hi, Does anyone know how to format a 3,5inch DSDD disk in a -HD- diskdrive connected to a Plus D?? I'm trying to convert some old 5,1/4 inch disk …
Hi,
Does anyone know how to format a 3,5inch DSDD disk in a -HD- diskdrive connected to a Plus D?? I'm trying to convert some old 5,1/4 inch disk to 3,5 disk, but i keep getting sector errors when formatting a disk.
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Microdrive utilityMany 'moons' ago before I sold my Spectrum, I had a micro drive utility which included amongst other things a re-written format command. This increa…
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Microdrive Mayhem!I'm wandering if anyone can help me. I recently acquired an Interface 1 plus a couple of Microdrives. But I can't get them to work properly. The Int…
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When I try to format a cartridge, the border flashes ... it does with a CAT command. I have to press Break ... the "normal" behaviour of the FORMAT command is that the border flashes ... -
Microdrive FormattingHo hum, yawn, microdrives - my favourite subject... ;) I?ve been doing some tinkering around, and have noticed that issuing a FORMAT command (with t…
... have noticed that issuing a FORMAT command (with the appropriate syntax) from ... BASIC, or by directly entering FORMAT with a BASIC program present ... />
If I run a FORMAT command directly after a NEW (i ... how to get a ?clean? format with BASIC present? I'm ... -
Multiface 128Does anyone know how the multiface 128 formats microdrive cartridges to more than 100K - when the format command gives around 85K? Is data stored on…
Speccy games in widescreensMaybe this thread might not be significant to you. Maybe stupid. But it's something I've noticed and I must tell. It's about modern LCD widescreens…
... /> In the traditional screen format (4:3) we can see the game ... don't select the 4:3 option[/I]).
The ... you like this new 'screen format' to play games? The first ...Opus Discovery - problem reading disksHello, I recently got an Opus Discovery 1 but unfortunately for me it seems to be temperamental. :-( The ZX Spectrum that is connected to it powers…
... the end of a FORMAT command, i.e. the format procedure is initiated ... . Also, I get it to format a disk correctly without any ...SpecBAS 0.722 Now available!Hi all - SpecBAS has been updated again! This version adds the most glaring omission yet - the INPUT command! This, as is usually the case with Spec…
... glaring omission yet - the INPUT command! This, as is usually the ... also simple masks with the FORMAT command - see the manual for details ... ) now no longer stores duplicate command lines.
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Who knows about ZR-UTIL Hendrik BROOTHAERS Marius van der Meer BetadiskI have one old un-identified 5 1/4 Diskette. I thought it was a Betadisk-Diskette, but my real Betadisk v4.12 won?t read it / just displays Sector-R…
... in a non-TR-DOS-Format.
I?ve done ... Image:
Double density Format Ver 3.3 1988 Marius van der Meer ... the disk
with the format option enabled.
Please read ... files back to a real 3,5" floppy-disk
and ...To pass a fle MGT to DSKHello! It turns out I have the DAAD parser file in mgt format, and +3 format. The problem is that the graphic designer(DG) of the file +3(dsk) …
... DAAD parser file in mgt format, and +3 format.
The problem ... designer(DG) of the file +3(dsk) has an error that ... want to convert it to +3 Because the mgt version gives ...Dos emulators / games & Win XPHaving just brought a new computer which comes with XP I am having difficulty running my usual spectrum emulator (Z80). When I run it, it runs in a D…
... the /s-switch from the format command (I haven't tried it ... XP), so you can't format a bootable dos-disk from ...Dos emulators / games & Win XPHaving just brought a new computer which comes with XP I am having difficulty running my usual spectrum emulator (Z80). When I run it, it runs in a D…
... as part of the format command (and the sys command no longer exists ...+3 test disk somewhere ?The "Integral disk test v1.5" from the +3's QAZPLM ROM test says it requires a test disk. Is it possible to find this disk somewhere ? It appears tha…
I wrote a utility once to format a +3 disc to the required format. No, don't ask me why...+3 test disk somewhere ?The "Integral disk test v1.5" from the +3's QAZPLM ROM test says it requires a test disk. Is it possible to find this disk somewhere ? It appears tha…
... wrote a utility once to format a +3 disc to the required ... format.[/quote]
Should that mean ...TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
... those games in CSW format.
The +3 disk version works ...Professional PiracyI was just wondering... Back in the early nineties I tripped into my local John Menzies (Dunfermline) to buy a few Speccy games. Having picked up a …
... same machine could handle all format tape, 3", 3.5" and 5.25 ... II on this system for ?3.99 on disk, which at ...Vriting +D discsDoes anybody here knows of a way to write +D discs on a PC? Like, some utility to put .sna on +D discs, or something like that... Thanks in advance.
Hi,
Does anyone know how to format a 3,5inch DSDD disk in a -HD- diskdrive connected to a Plus D?? I'm trying to convert some old 5,1/4 inch disk to 3,5 disk, but i keep getting sector errors when formatting a disk.
Thanks!Your favourite 5 games (hardly an original idea, but what the heck!)Right, I've (re)played a fair number of Speccy games now, so I can say which ones I find the most entertaining twenty years on:- 1) Rebelstar 2) Las…
... Over Heels
2) Carrier Command
3) Colony
4) Wizball ...Microdrive Mayhem!I'm wandering if anyone can help me. I recently acquired an Interface 1 plus a couple of Microdrives. But I can't get them to work properly. The Int…
... trying to follow what the FORMAT command does, but I'm getting ... at the code for the FORMAT command, why the computer should behave ... just loops endlessly". After the format is complete, does it then ...Microdrive Mayhem!I'm wandering if anyone can help me. I recently acquired an Interface 1 plus a couple of Microdrives. But I can't get them to work properly. The Int…
... microdrive unit itself if the FORMAT command fails *in the third stage ...Help needed with Disciple interfaceHi all, I really hope someone can help me out. I've recently bought a Disciple interface and have attached an internal Amiga 3.5" drive. (I've never…
... . The poke entered ok, the format command registered a flashing red curser ...Looking for Uni-Dos System diskHi all, Following on from the problems I've been having with a disciple interface,....I've just discovered that it has been modified with a uni-dos …
... System chip. Oh, and the Format command was different in UniDos...+3 Disk Drive "B:"Help me please! I've Googled 'till I can't Google no more. Is there an EASY way to fit a 3.5" FDD to the drive B: connector on the +3, and when it i…
... ask for a way to format the 3.5" drive at its ... send to you a freeware +3 format program to do that on ... your real +3; your only concern will be ... ]
If you need my format program, just e-mail cristi ...+3 Disk Drive "B:"Help me please! I've Googled 'till I can't Google no more. Is there an EASY way to fit a 3.5" FDD to the drive B: connector on the +3, and when it i…
... when I power up the +3 the light comes on on ... that the spectrum won't format the 3.5" disk to spectrum ... format, but I have a utility ... etc. and it will just format it no questions.
which games in +3 disk version have more data than equivalent tape version ?I know only two differences: - Shadow of the Beast +3 disk version has a few static graphics on main menu and between levels - Thunder Blade +3 disk …
... Lancelot screenshot says the triple format disc (+3/CPC/PCW) can be ... combined with the dual format discs (CPC ... &R to produce a +3 version on your blank disk ... 've never heard of this format switching capability anywhere before.+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…
... . The fill byte from the format command is used to fill the ...Additional 3.5" Drive for the +3Hi. I've been thinking of various ways of getting data off of my 3" discs onto a PC and have a couple ideas, one of which is to get some +3e proms bl…
you can get some useful programs of the +3e site, for example one the MSDOS program allows you to read 720k DOS formatted disks on the +3, and MFORMAT which lets you format the 3.5" disk to a variety of different formatsOpus Discovery 720K DriveOK, so I bought an Opus Discovery recently. Went through a whole process of fitting a second drive, which I know to be 720K. Eventually got the thin…
... error if I try to format to 720K on a drive ... [/QUOTE]
From a +3 point of view (it may ... for the opus), you can format a 3" drive to whatever you ... to be 720K. AFAIK 360K 3.5" drives are single head ...
