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  • John Elliot does it again! Re: TOS disks.[url]http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.amstrad.8bit/browse_thread/thread/aa809b6f6b9c6f7f#[/url] It is now possible (and easier) to extract …

    ... " Timex FDD discs, thanks to John Elliot! [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com ... from a Timex CP/M disk image:

    [url]http ... , 38K Free.

    --
    John Elliott [/QUOTE]

    Who ...
    zxbruno zxbruno December 2008 Development
  • Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…

    ... I compare it to other disk drives:

    ... to be loaded from disk. If I remember correctly ...
    -John Elliot has said that the Timex TOS disk format is ... very similar to the CP/M one. John ... John also wrote an utility to convert TOS 3" disk ...
    zxbruno zxbruno July 2011 Emulators
  • How to write files from PC into a +3 disk image?I'm thinking about creating a utility that converts 48k snapshots into tap and dsk files. To do so, I've found that libspectrum allows me to read sna…

    ... to IDE hard disks).
    - John Elliot's libdsk has read/write ... to create files into the disk images (but on a worst ... , I can create a "special" disk image with files at known ...
    Zup Zup February 2017 Development
  • 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…

    ... . Can I send you a disk image to convert?[/QUOTE]
    Okay, I've converted the disk images and emailed them back ... . To get it, go to John Elliot's [URL="http://www.seasip ... format, it will overwrite [I]disk[/I].mgt without asking... so ...
    zub zub October 2007 Emulators
  • infokorm/inforcom/inforkomWe currently have 3 Russian publisher names that would seem to be the same (at least the last two): [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.…

    ... it was only playable under John Elliot's z-machine implementation for ... looked better on the Timex disk system (CP/M 2) which ... is I have a +3 disk image with the Infocom Hitchhikers ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 September 2008 Infoseek database
  • Help loading OPUS data block ?Hi folks, A while back I obtained a Daton Software Card Games compilation which will be in the next Vault update: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/inf…

    Try PMing John Elliot and see if he could ... of the original Opus Discovery disk, you would be able to ... to convert the Timex 3" disk image into a +3 DSK ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help loading OPUS data block ?Hi folks, A while back I obtained a Daton Software Card Games compilation which will be in the next Vault update: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/inf…

    [QUOTE=zxbruno;353087]Try PMing John Elliot and see if he could ... of the original Opus Discovery disk, you would be able to ... to convert the Timex 3" disk image into a +3 DSK ...
    John Elliott John Elliott May 2009 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…

    ... page 1 for the RAM disk.

    I will then ... picking through the source to John Elliot's ZXZVM to see if ...
    rbsfou rbsfou July 2009 Development
  • DSK to TZX?Is it possible to convert a DSK disk image file to a TZX tape file? If so, then how? And is there a utility out there that does something like that? …

    ... ). When loading these files from disk, the drive "knows" where ... as what John Elliot describes above... Put quite simply a disk drive ... coded his MGT2TAP converter (MGT disk 2 TAP converter), which ... altogether (it converted MGT disk images to tap files), ...
    Hercules Hercules October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • DIVIDE+ and +3 Disk DriveProbably been asked before (and I'll search the forums again) but is there any possibility of using the +3 disk drive with the DIVIDE+ without a +3E …

    John Elliot has done some disk tools that make a dsk & ... it back to a real disk on a real 128 +3 ...
    fog fog June 2010 Development
  • DIVIDE+ and +3 Disk DriveProbably been asked before (and I'll search the forums again) but is there any possibility of using the +3 disk drive with the DIVIDE+ without a +3E …

    [QUOTE=fog;448395]John Elliot has done some disk tools that make a dsk ... it back to a real disk on a real 128 +3 ... so probably unportable back to disk but question still stands if ...
    brownb2 brownb2 June 2010 Development
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    ... ).. so as guesser put already John Elliot's things would be helpful ... thing could be modded for disk images.. I must remember to ...
    fog fog September 2010 Hardware
  • Personal Home Finance TS2068With the new Timex archive, I've found that Personal Home Finance for TS2068 is a MIA. I have the original tape... I'll be uploading it in a few days.

    ... disks and saved in Larken Disk format... All I need now ... the help and advice of John Elliot.

    Two years ago ...
    zxbruno zxbruno December 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …

    ... A: (or to the ram disk and then back onto a ... +3 formatted 3.5" disk in B:)

    Writing ... for writing the images is John Elliot's dsktool [url]http://www ... access a DOS formatted 720k disk on the +3 you can ... on" to a DOS format disk in drive B: and copy ...
    guesser guesser December 2010 Hardware
  • The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …

    ... for writing the images is John Elliot's dsktool [url]http://www ... ="http://simonowen.com/samdisk/formats/"]disk image[/url] utility, and ... formats used for most +3 disk images. It works with some ... custom disk formats, and has a friendly ...
    obo obo December 2010 Hardware
  • DSK to MGT?What is the easiest way to copy files from +3 dsk to +D mgt format? Is there any tool for such a transfer?

    ... from the disk image.

    Maybe Simon ;-) or John Elliot can create ... an utility capable of converting disk images between ... images are unprotected and the disk images have the expected standard ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48k game to 128 DSK ?Yes exist a good way to convert a 48k game from emulator (z80, .sna, etc), to a dsk format to be used by emulators or the real Spectrum +3 ? thx in…

    ... you can copy these onto disk directly, although if you're ... copying the code blocks to disk using the SAVE "filename" CODE ... it loads the files from disk.

    There are ... this). Alternatively, you could use John Elliot's TAPROM, which loads in ...
    pottyboy pottyboy March 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • MF3Z80 without +3e (like M3Unlock)Recently I've had a pop again at putting the copy protected Rainbow Islands onto real +3 disk. Some people may remember I tried to do this some time …

    ... few ways to port a disk back, not that I have ... make the dsk a tape, john elliot's .. and just re-generate ...
    fog fog April 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …

    ... have Timex FDD emulation, but John Elliot kindly created an utility (at ... copy files from a TOS disk to MS-DOS. That utility ... files and load them from disk.
    Encarnado Encarnado June 2011 Emulators
  • Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …

    ... . Imagine a 4 disk drive system each disk with 640K. Direct ... person to talk to.
    John Elliot already analyzed the data structure ... really booting a speccy from disk! :D

    [QUOTE ... made with Teledisk and Teledisk disk format configuration but it ...
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2011 Emulators
  • Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…

    ... zxbruno;547103]-John Elliot has said that the Timex TOS disk format is ... very similar to the CP/M one. John ... findings? John also wrote an utility to convert TOS 3" disk images ... filesystem on a hard disk partition or disk image (basically just a ...
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2011 Emulators
  • Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…

    ... QUOTE=zxbruno;547103]John Elliot has said that the Timex TOS disk format is ... very similar to the CP/M one. John ... findings? John also wrote an utility to convert TOS 3" disk images ... area labels, by analogy with disk labels, where the first byte ...
    John Elliott John Elliott July 2011 Emulators
  • Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…

    ... "files" saved on every disk. Maybe this was to avoid ... in the undocumented but supported disk format 640K. Well it ... disks that were preserved as disk images (thanks to Jos? ... binaries extracted somehow.

    @John Elliot: Thank you.

    @ ...
    zxbruno zxbruno July 2011 Emulators
  • Spectrum +3, yes..another one.Right..well just bought one, and its working!:) But I have no idea what to expect from the disc drive. Ok i fire her up..red light comes on...****lo…

    ... the files from the images. John Elliot helped me by creating a ... " then on a 3,5" disk.


    [QUOTE=guesser ... many times has a 3" disk got jammed in your drive ...
    Encarnado Encarnado April 2012 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3 External 3.5 driveHi All, I made a 3.5 external hard drive for my Amstrad CPC & it works a treat. I would like to use the same drive on my +3 but I dont know what co…

    ... /Unix/LibDsk/"]dsktool[/URL] by John Elliot

    I had already ... to write the image to disk.
    guesser guesser June 2012 Hardware
  • Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…

    ... BASIC programs [/quote]

    John Elliot's [url=http://www.worldofspectrum ... tapes using TAP files on disk, although it has to install ... file's on the +3e disk, to write a little program ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2013 Games
  • Getting a few errors in CPCDiskXPHello, I found some pretty cool compilations someone did (13 or so). They added about 14 games in one .DSK file per compilation. I gues I'll start o…

    ... the errors on writing the disk image, did you format ... the disk on CPCDiskXP with it ... and as a 80 track disk?[/quote]
    I'd ... , and only supports MGT disk image containers rather than EDSK ... used libdsk, so maybe John Elliot will be the person to ...
    obo obo May 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Getting a few errors in CPCDiskXPHello, I found some pretty cool compilations someone did (13 or so). They added about 14 games in one .DSK file per compilation. I gues I'll start o…

    ... have used libdsk, so maybe John Elliot will be the person to ... directory as a +3DOS-format disk, using the rcpmfs driver. Converting ...
    John Elliott John Elliott May 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PCW 9512 Information RequiredHi, I've just acquired a PCW9512 with printer, keyboard, some disks (locoscript/basic/cpm utils etc), tractor feed paper and around 8 ink cartridges…

    The PCW doesn't have much in the way of a ROM. It needs a boot disk. Either CP/M or Locoscript. After that John Elliot is the man to answer all your questions.
    chev chev November 2013 Chit chat
  • New Tool: HCDisk2Hi, I bring to your attention a new tool that I wrote: HCDisk2. HCDisk2 is a command line tool able to transfer files stored on several file system …

    ... utility is found, written by John Elliot, for disk images.
    More info ...
    0sAND1s 0sAND1s September 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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