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  • 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…

    ... the common copy-protections can't be handled. Even 11 sector disks ... using scan function some weird sector numbers, emulation of CRC errors ...
    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…

    ... disks for those platforms (even copy-protected ones).

    ... using scan function some weird sector numbers, emulation of CRC ... back CRC errors, weird sector headers and long 8K sectors ... expected failures (CRC error, sector not found, missing address mark ...
    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…

    ... marks, CRC errors and faked sector headers. The current draft ... image format which allows specific sector numbers, flags for weak ... report CRC error by such sector read, and simulate changeable ... expected to be different to pass the protection. The EDSK ...
    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…

    ... .exe will copy a Spectrum tapefile to a Spectrum microdrive file. I ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Prince of Persia in an actual Spectrum?Prince of Persia is one the best games programmed for our Speccy in the last 10 years, but I think originally was written for TR Dos, although there …

    ... in 8K sector trick, as it's difficult to copy (TeleDisk can ...
    obo obo August 2006 Games
  • +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…

    ... try and "fake" the weak sector? Perhaps by having two sectors ... been used before) -- but one sector would contains 1's, the ... , to be opposite the original sector, for the best chance of ... other version. The sector data for the copy still needs to reflect ...
    obo obo August 2006 Development
  • SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…

    ... /file names. It provides the Microdrive tape functionality that is missing ... .

    Cheers!

    Jim

    BTW More to ...
    jp jp August 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…

    ... hands off feel to the sector copier, especially when it comes ... from Rwap Services.

    Jim
    jp jp August 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…

    Was that the listing for the "Sinclair" copy of Sabre Wulf on Microdrive?

    I didn't bid in the end.

    Or are you talking about a different listing! :)
    Frogmelon Frogmelon August 2006 Games
  • Gamex Retro Gamer reviewNice to see GAMEX get 87% in this months Retro Gamer :) Though not everyone is happy that they didn't get a mention... [url]http://www.retrogamer.n…

    ... us) customers , who may pass a copy in their local woolworths and ...
    Sard Sard September 2006 Games
  • Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…

    ... or not.

    What microdrive could do is to sell ... 't know whether selling a copy of the image of an ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton September 2006 Games
  • Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…

    ... lot, buy a CD and copy it, or whatever. Hyporitically, I ... CD, I agree.

    @Microdrive

    [quote]There is ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker September 2006 Games
  • Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…

    ... so you may have to pass through 100 or more each ... fine.
    Actually I just copy and paste then into BASin ...
    Geoff Geoff September 2006 Development
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... machine against the C64 a microdrive would have given it a ... .
    3. The microdrive is just a copy of the exatron stringy ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Wanted - Jet Set Willy EditorI have looked EVERYWHERE for this, and am constantly running into disappointment. Any original of any version of the Jet Set Willy Editor will be gre…

    [QUOTE=sonic91]I would prefer an original spectrum copy on tape, as I already have the emulated copies of it. Somehow, with all emulators, it's just not the same![/QUOTE]

    how about on microdrive ? :)
    microdrive microdrive October 2006 Wanted
  • Wanted - Jet Set Willy EditorI have looked EVERYWHERE for this, and am constantly running into disappointment. Any original of any version of the Jet Set Willy Editor will be gre…

    Do you have a copy on microdrive? If so, then maybe we could discuss a deal!
    sonic91 sonic91 October 2006 Wanted
  • How to write an IDE drive (8 bit)?Hi there. I want to build the 8-bit interface by Pera Putnik, and substitute the original ROM by an EPROM with the appropriate program in order to c…

    ... question is: who do you copy files (.SNA, .Z80) to the ... of your drive? Cylinder/Head/Sector-track...
    piters piters October 2006 Hardware
  • Laptop Repair AdviceAnyone got any pearls of wisdom when it comes to laptop repair? My other half laptop has a problem, this being it overheats very quickly and shuts d…

    ... .

    A few weeks pass, and a delivery driver drops ... I would be giving a copy to my mate who would ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty November 2006 Chit chat
  • Flippin` ebay banner ad :(Sorry to post a new thread over something so trivial, but is anyone else getting sick or noticing the new ebay ads on websites, the banner sized flas…

    Dear Jim,

    The internet is ... ... in fact Jim, I`ll send you a copy on floppy...

    Jim, sod the ads ...
    CKay CKay November 2006 Chit chat
  • Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca

    ... with nothing more than a copy of notepad and still have ... if I then wanted to pass on a specific bit of ...
    AndyC AndyC November 2006 Emulators
  • The ZX Spectrum Book of MapsFollowing some discussion in a maps thread, I have decided to make THE ZX SPECTRUM BOOK OF MAPS - VOLUME ONE At the moment, I have the following in…

    ... and pass it off as their own, or do a straight copy ... (or close copy) of it.

    andrew_rollings andrew_rollings December 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... is the best way to pass parameters to, and return values ... stack, you might have to copy part of it to the ... all using the stack to pass params.

    z88dk has ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2007 Development
  • Death of the Computer Science DepartmentRead this article on the death of the computer science department in universities by Neil McBride from De Montfort. It makes very interesting (and wo…

    ... from research from the private sector. There was a few secret ... do some considerable work to Pass. We had 37 hours of ...
    murtceps murtceps February 2007 Chit chat
  • Death of the Computer Science DepartmentRead this article on the death of the computer science department in universities by Neil McBride from De Montfort. It makes very interesting (and wo…

    ... always more efficient to pass pointers than to copy data - it was ...
    AndyC AndyC February 2007 Chit chat
  • Death Pit by DurellIt WAS completed! How about to release it now? It would be great! [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Death+Pit$&pub=^Durell+S…

    ... ask re. retriving stuff from microdrive carts...

    He did ... when I eventually found my copy) and for years wondered what ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones February 2007 Games
  • Death Pit PreservationClive Townsend has found his Death Pit tape and cassette inlay.... He also had a microdrive cartridge apparently containing the game... What's the b…

    ... as the sector:sector MDR dumps I've currently made (Thanks Jim (jp ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker February 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Hard drive crash - any help?My HD has crashed, the OS is Windows 2000 Server. Right at the start of the boot process it says "Error loading operating system". Running the reco…

    ... guess is that the boot sector has been corrupted, so the ... (as a superuser) to copy its boot sector over onto the original ...
    ajmoss ajmoss March 2007 Chit chat
  • Hard drive crash - any help?My HD has crashed, the OS is Windows 2000 Server. Right at the start of the boot process it says "Error loading operating system". Running the reco…

    ... guess is that the boot sector has been corrupted, so the ... (as a superuser) to copy its boot sector over onto the original ... as tolerant to FAT/boot sector/etc manipulation but there are ...
    Skarpo Skarpo March 2007 Chit chat
  • Reasons for buying a QL ?It seems, from what I have read, that the QL was a bit of a failure back in the days. But apart from being a collectible, is there any useful/intere…

    ... , I have dug out some microdrive versions of QL Matchpoint - one ... ), so if anyone wants a copy, give me a shout.
    microdrive version from this, or else ...
    rwap rwap March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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