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  • Help required extracting Microdrive dataI'm hoping someone may be able to help me with a microdrive problem. I have about 8 microdrive cartridges and would like to extract the contents and …

    ... to help me with a microdrive problem. I have about 8 ... microdrive cartridges and would like to ... be able to extract the data of these carts ?
    Mr Millside Mr Millside March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Microdrive Data Recovery.Hi All, So I've been working on recovering microdrive cartridge data by oversampling the magnetic traversals at 8 Msps ( approximately 100x the ma…

    ... been working on recovering microdrive cartridge data by oversampling the ... map out the data of all of the microdrive sectors.
    ... question: Is there a recognized microdrive format, like .TAP ( eg ... the sectors in a microdrive cartridge for when stored ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk March 2021 Hardware
  • IF1 and IO portsThe Interface used 3 Z80 IO ports to communicate to it s devices #E7- Microdrive data #EF- Status and control #F7- RS232/Network What I'm looking…

    ... it s devices
    #E7- Microdrive data
    #EF- Status and control ...
    john john March 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectrum Show 29The Spectrum Show episode 29 is now live on Youtube. ([URL="http://youtu.be/D8kwsHqHQZo"]link[/URL]). In this episode I take a look at the news from …

    ... your efforts in doing that Microdrive data transfer, commands I've never ...
    R-Tape R-Tape May 2014 Announcements
  • Bypassing bits of faulty ULAs: the LOAD!Hi everybody, Recently I had a sick Spectrum sent to me. The symptoms were that the machine would run fine, except that it wouldn't load. The border…

    I wondered about doing something similar when the microdrive data output pin failed on my IF1 but never really figured out the logic or didn't have the right ICs or something :(
    guesser guesser July 2014 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... different connecting cables, using several microdrive cartridges, on three different Spectrums ... to read data from the Microdrive. I have cleaned the Microdrive edge connector ... ?

    Are there any Microdrive utility / diagnostic programs available on ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Microdrive repair and D80 snapshottingFirst off - Hi. :) I should really have registered on here aeons ago. Second - I have on one of my old microdrives my only original copy of the Chao…

    ... ), and guess what? My little microdrive cartridge has decayed a little ... try and retrieve all the data? Any nice software to use ...
    Spirantho Spirantho September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • transfering data from PC to real Z80 microdriveI have an old HC2000 (which is a Z80 48k) with a 3.5" microdrive, but i do not have any disks with games or other stuff. How can i create some disks …

    I have an old HC2000 (which is a Z80 48k) with a 3.5" microdrive, but i do not have any disks with games or other stuff. How can i create some disks with games using my pc (i also have a 3.5 floppy disk)?
    nickxyzt nickxyzt December 2005 Emulators
  • How to recover data from old Microdrive cartridges?I have 17 Microdrive cartridges that I filled with games (some listed in the "Missing in Action" section of this website) about 20 years ago. My or…

    I have 17 Microdrive cartridges that I filled with ... ago.

    My original Microdrive is lost so I bought ... another Microdrive (through eBay) which works perfectly ...
    Ron101 Ron101 December 2005 Hardware
  • Reading +D and Microdrive cartsHi chaps, Not sure this is the right forum, but hey ;-) I've got a few +D discs and Microdrive carts I need to get data off. I can take the discs in…

    ... +D discs and Microdrive carts I need to get data off.
    Microdrive Carts?
    I can read ... , but need to get the data off onto the PC.
    csmith csmith October 2007 Emulators
  • Microdrive Cartridge PadsNow these cartridges are so old the sponge that makes up the pad that presses the tape against the microdrive head has gone all manky by now and they…

    ... presses the tape against the microdrive head has gone all manky ... no avail, just get microdrive not present because it cant ... get corrupt, not because the data is actually corrupt but because ... cartridge is doomed and the microdrive head wont read anymore without ...
    ZX-MAD ZX-MAD April 2008 Hardware
  • Microdrive to Microdrive connectionHi everybody, is it possible to build a Microdrive to Microdrive connector by: - cutting an old 5.25" floppy cable on the connector, in order to hav…

    ... it possible to build a Microdrive to Microdrive connector by:

    data loss
    ?

    Has ...
    dg67 dg67 July 2009 Hardware
  • Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…

    ... br /> [CODE];
    ; machine code microdrive file loader
    ; proof of ... hd_0b equ $5ce7 ; length of data
    hd_0d equ $5ce9 ; ... start of data
    hd_0f equ $5ceb ; ... br /> call $199d ; dive into microdrive load/verify block
    ;
    jp jp August 2009 Development
  • QL microdrive cartridge questionOkay, I'm throwing this open to the Speccy community at large... Does anyone know what I would need to do to examine the contents of a QL microdrive…

    ... the contents of a QL microdrive cartridge without access to a ... a real Speccy with a Microdrive attached)? Even if it can ... /> Anyone ever rescued data from a QL microdrive cartridge before? Any help ...
    Rainbird Rich Rainbird Rich June 2010 Emulators
  • Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…

    ... to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy.

    ... some of the games into microdrive cartridges, then I realized ... creating snapshots and transferring the data into cartridge, but we'll ... about 100 bytes for register data and executer code, it ...
    Arda Arda November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Guide 2: Resurrect dead microdrive cartridges!Hi again, I've just made another little guide: [url]http://www.mutant-caterpillar.co.uk/guides/Resurrect_Microdrive/[/url] If, like me, you have a…

    ... retrieve some data. Plus if it chews up your microdrive, it's ...
    Spirantho Spirantho December 2011 Hardware
  • The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…

    ... analyzing and even repairing microdrive cartridge images, making use ... eFIX_DATA=0x0004, // recreate broken data blocks (DCHK)
    eACCEPT_ERRORS= ... eACCEPT_ERRORS|eOVERWRITE_OUTPUT; // only fix data blocks, tolerate errors, overwrite ...
    Volker Volker March 2012 Emulators
  • Microdrive units with weak (not dead) ULAs...Hi everybody, I've got a Microdrive unit here. It didn't work. It does now (actually, it was the ribbon had broken and the ground had lost contact, …

    ... stop).

    Anyway, this Microdrive is working. However, not fully ... back a formatted cartridge loses data too.

    I looked ... voltage on pin 1A (the data signal) and on the bad ... behaviour - it works, but loses data.

    Is there any ...
    Spirantho Spirantho March 2012 Hardware
  • Low level microdrive programmingSo I'm on my lunch break trying to find out about low level microdrive programming (without using IF1 ROM). I see one can use port 0xe7 to read and w…

    ... find out about low level microdrive programming (without using IF1 ROM ... read and write bytes from microdrive. I also see there are ... /> - COMMS CLK, and
    - COMMS DATA.
    Does anyone have any ... br /> What is a formatted microdrive?
    How to detect end ...
    tstih tstih July 2012 Development
  • Data to PCSorry if I am posting in the wrong forum but this is a cross forum enquiry. I have some data on microdrives and Datel +D floppies that I would like t…

    ... enquiry.
    I have some data on microdrives and Datel +D ... get onto my PC. The data is in Masterfile format and ... be easy to transfer the microdrive based data using this, if so ... to convert the master file data into PC database (Lotus approach ...
    caldirun caldirun October 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Microdrive Serial ProtocolGentlemen, I've been dreaming for a long time to develop a Microdrive emulator, where an SD card loaded with .MDR cartridge images can be accessed t…

    ... bidirectional communications between IF1 and Microdrive, for which I've been ... Shadow Rom Disassembly, the IF1/Microdrive Service Manual, and the ... so far:

    Data communication is 80% documented in ... it is explained that a data line handles the odd ...
    Falco-F8L Falco-F8L June 2013 Hardware
  • MicrodriveHi, I'm trying to emulate the microdrive, and to analyse the data structure on the cartridges. But my measurement of the timing of the signals differ…

    ... to emulate the microdrive, and to analyse the data structure on the ... by Ian Logan in "The microdrive universe". In particularly, the band ...
    HZJ HZJ August 2014 Hardware
  • Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…

    ... text-file from one microdrive to a second microdrive, once we OPEN ... REM PROC Take
    1310 DATA 65,36,14,0
    1312 DATA FN l(512),FN h ... (512)
    1313 DATA 41
    1330 RESTORE 1310 ... br /> 1510 SAVE "B-"+n$ DATA b$()
    1520 DIM b ...
    mattsteel mattsteel May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • What causes microdrive capacity reduction ... when the microdrive is a vDrive-ZX?I've just had my Spectrum 48K and Interface 1 refurbished and have bought a vDrive-ZX. I'm finding that I cannot copy my Microdrives to the vDrive…

    ... of space before all the data has been copied from the ... this with writes to real microdrive cartridges I'd have just ... need to preserve the data on my existing microdrive cartridges, and don ... 't have a sacrificial microdrive cartridge to test on.
    JamesYoungman JamesYoungman November 2020 Hardware
  • Microdrive logic flow.Hi all, I've finally gotten my hands on an Interface 1 and Microdrive to continue my project, and have been analyzing the Microdrive with a logic …

    ... have been analyzing the Microdrive with a logic analyzer to ... how the data is stored - The information on the Microdrive Companion ... -to-the-sinclair-zx-microdrive-and-interfaces/page/n1/ ... other issues on the Spectrum microdrive cartridges, but if anyone ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk February 2021 Hardware
  • Strange Microdrive format.Hi all, I got a new (old?) cartridge today and it's called "ArchBak" and just ran forever in my Spectrum when I did a CAT. However when I looked d…

    ... , the opposite of the normal Microdrive, as interleaves go. I haven ... somewhat damaged, but a little data recover elicted the title "Archive2 ... will try to recover the data, though I will need to ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk March 2021 Hardware
  • WiP Raspberry Pico Microdrive Hardware EmulatorDecided to take the plunge and learn how to program a Raspberry Pico Micro Controller and, after messing around a lot with Oqtadrive, decided to crea…

    ... a hardware emulator for the Microdrive as my first project because ... logic level converter for the data lines (need input & output ...
    TomD TomD October 2022 Hardware
  • Microdrive fault.I guess some of you may know this... My microdrive has a problem: the motor starts running as soon as I plug the computer in, and won't stop! It is …

    ... know this...

    My microdrive has a problem: the motor ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi April 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Microdrive Offers sought for Interface 1 and Microdrive with 16 microdrive cassettes, 12 of which are in Sinclair cases (4 to a case). Interface 2, Image Micr…

    ... for Interface 1 and Microdrive with 16 microdrive cassettes, 12 of which ...
    Mike Jeanes Mike Jeanes July 2001 Sales
  • Microdrive & Interface 1 For SaleAnybody out there want to give my old Interface 1 and Microdrive a good home. Any serious offers considered. I'm getting married this year and need t…

    ... online manual) and unfortunately the microdrive has a 1.5 cm ... work and comes with 2 microdrive cartridges (one has a missing ... protective case) and a microdrive storage case that'll hold ... up to 20 twenty microdrive cartridges. One of the cartridges ...
    Martin Martin May 2001 Sales
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