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Universal disk drive controller project - information needed! Hello Speccy world! I am a hardware developer from Russia and old Speccy fan. Currently i am starting a project aimed at joining Western and Easter…
... of us use different disk systems, there are a ... direct ROM calls for disk operations (there is no ... run ANY of existing disk systems for Speccy (at ... and compatible with other disk systems at API level.< ... are:
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Universal disk drive controller project - information needed! Hello Speccy world! I am a hardware developer from Russia and old Speccy fan. Currently i am starting a project aimed at joining Western and Eastern…
... of us use different disk systems, there are a ... use direct ROM calls for disk operations (there is no ... run ANY of existing disk systems for Speccy (at ... and compatible with other disk systems at API level.< ... are:
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disk sizeWith SPIN emulating a +3, I can create the following disks 1 - 720k Double Sided 80 trk 2 - 360k Double Sided 40 trk 3 - 180k Single Sided 40 trk T…
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+3 rom disk load/save routines?I`ve been looking everywhere for some documented listing of the +3 rom load/save routines. I want to convert some games to use disk instead of tape.…
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Which disk interface is better?I'm considering getting a disk interface for the spectrum (just for the sake of it). Which is better, +D or Opus? Necros.
I'm considering getting a disk interface for the spectrum (just for the sake of it). Which is better, +D or Opus?
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Multiface 3 saving to diskHaving looked at the manual on this site for the Multiface 3, it say that you can only save to disk in +3 mode, not in 48K mode. But some games, like…
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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…
... because it has a disk drive.I know that the ... number of officially released specci disk based games is low, ... take to load a disk based game as opposed ... capacity of a 3" disk? Is it something like ... be saved on just one disk?
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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…
Is 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 the datel disk drive. -
Opus Discovery 3.5 inch disk driveWould one of these work on a +3 or +2a? So could you save games onto normal disks using a multiface 3 or another mulitiface (1 or 2?) for the +2a? W…
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Sale: Multiface 3, 3? inch disk drive and Joystick InterfaceI am offering these items (individually or as one) to anyone who makes me a reasonable offer. Multiface 3 - no box or manual 3? inch disk drive wit…
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Dragon's Lair on OPUS disk?I was reading through the instructions to Dragon's Lair on the Speccy and noticed this: DISK UPGRADE For those people who have purchased the cassett…
... and noticed this:
DISK UPGRADE
For those people ... have it on an OPUS disk please return your cassette and ... and we will send the disk version to you.
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Getting Games onto a disk?OK, I will be buying a spectrum +3 and have just bought an Amstrad 6128+ (great hardware for programming). Now I am all set to go with programming b…
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Disk R Tape ???I was recently trying to make a bootable disk image (for my Deal or No Deal simulator, if you must know) using RealSpectrum, SPIN to make a blank ima…
... trying to make a bootable disk image (for my Deal or ... ]
save "a"
save "disk" line 10
[/code] if ... trying to load from a disk. Is it meant to do ... ? Why not Data Error or Disk Error or some such? -
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 …
Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more?
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Disk image utility for USB disksI make simple utility programm for copy physical disk content to image files. It can work with USB disks, or memory cards attached via some card read…
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…
... like TAP to disks or disk images?
I mean ... possible in emulators which support disk systems, but look for direct ...AV / DiskIs it possible for me to connect my Spectrum to an AV port on my television (Since the chances of me getting a monitor are smegging remote)? 2nd Que…
... possible to perform a "Real Disk" operation in Real Spectrum (The ... a real 3.5" floppy disk?
Answer BOTH questions ...Wanted: Infos for Magic Snapshot Format of Beta Disk / TR-DOS v4Hi, has anyone Manuals for Beta Disk v4 (TR/DOS) (=Non 128 Version) ? In specially I search for a description of the Snapshot-Format build by the M…
... /> has anyone Manuals for Beta Disk v4 (TR/DOS) (=Non 128 ... enhanced version of the Beta-Disk-Interface in Germany which was ...How to list what a disk contains on amstrad?I am playing around with an amstrad emulator on the xbox. Some diskimages load and run fine by automatically typing "run"gamename.bin" but others do …
... run a file from the disk? And if, what is the ... command to see what a disk contains so i can manually ...Delta 128 disk interfaceHello everyone? Does anyone know about Delta-128 disk interface? Are there any schematics, descriptions, etc? I wonder what controller and what ope…
... anyone know about Delta-128 disk interface? Are there any schematics ... i am dreaming about some disk system upgrade. However you probably ...Tranferring a game back to +3 disk?Hi, Haven't been on here for ages, but got my Spectrum down from the loft recently, due to a house move in the next few months. I'd forgotten, but so…
... to wipe my Robocop 2 disk clean. I understand that with ... back to the original disk? I presume this disk had protection and ... possible to transfer back to disk from what i've read ...Broken disk drive?Well last night disaster struck. I booted the Sam and started loading something from disk. There was a horrible grinding noise and everything crashed…
... and started loading something from disk. There was a horrible grinding ... or should I consign the disk drive to the dustbin.
disk drive on order from Quazar ...Multi Disk - corrupt?Hello, all.. Could someone check check Multi Disk? It appears to be corrupt - the BASIC is corrupted. Toodle-pip! Gerard
Hello, all..
Could someone check check Multi Disk? It appears to be corrupt - the BASIC is corrupted.
Toodle-pip!
GerardSpectrum +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 …
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I changed the drive disk belt as it was dead ... have the error that the disk is write protected even though ... pieces that the 3 inch disk has in each side.
disk is protected or not?
Sinclair+3 Disk Help Please?Hi everyone Can somebody help please. I have a +3 with a disk drive that refuses to work. I replaced the drive belt which was worn. During which I a…
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The motor reads the disk and then stops when it ...Disk problemsHello Spec-chums, we are producing a disk magazine called SCENE+ (for about 10 years now) and we distribute it for various disk systems (Opus, +D, MB…
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we are producing a disk magazine called SCENE+ (for about ... we distribute it for various disk systems (Opus, +D, MB02 and ... content to an +D/Disciple disk than to other formats because ... -Club and our German/English disk magazine, click there on "Spectrum ...Sinclair QL, CST Q+4, disk drives etc.I've got a large expanded QL package up for grabs on EBAY at the moment. Check it out if you're interested here: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclai…
... -Q-4-640K-RAM-2x-DISK-DRIVES_W0QQitemZ120171253500QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]Spectrum +3 disk drive problem (?)I took up using Spectrums only many years after any ZX model was last in production. I've been lucky enough to find one each of the various 128k mode…
... was probably cheap because the disk drive wouldn't load anything ... time it will load from disk and format blank disks. However ... my Spectrum rather than the disk drive.
Has anyone ...
