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  • Games disk collection[url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/gamesdisk.zip[/url] There you go. No good to anyone :p I was just testing out a new util of mine and…

    ... starting cylinder, sector, and number of sectors to read taken from the ... but since a standard disk sector holds 512 bytes that was ... sectors, then loads one more sector to display memory which is ...
    Woody Woody September 2008 Development
  • ANN: SpecEmu 2.7Go get it kids! [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/specemu.html[/url] :p

    ... why is it not a read-only field?)

    4 ... /> How's about I/F1 + microdrive features along with ZX printer ...
    Jimmy Jimmy September 2008 Emulators
  • ANN: SpecEmu 2.7Go get it kids! [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/specemu.html[/url] :p

    ... why is it not a read-only field?)
    [/quote]
    How's about I/F1 + microdrive features along with ZX printer ...
    Woody Woody September 2008 Emulators
  • I just learnt that Spectrum has 1kB of unused ROMWell, man learns through all his life. I have just discovered that Spectrum has over 1 kilobyte of unused ROM memory, from address 14446 to 15615. Al…

    ... , I read that, so it was supposed to be for microdrive support ...
    polomint polomint October 2008 Development
  • I just learnt that Spectrum has 1kB of unused ROMWell, man learns through all his life. I have just discovered that Spectrum has over 1 kilobyte of unused ROM memory, from address 14446 to 15615. Al…

    ... , I read that, so it was supposed to be for microdrive support ... /> It is doubtful that the microdrive software could be incorporated into ... suggestion that he write the microdrive software.

    Busy, exciting ...
    Geoff Geoff October 2008 Development
  • Opus emulationEightyOne supports Opus emulation and runs under Wine as well as Windows.

    ... support, please consider allowing to read EDSK too so we can ... if the emulators that support Microdrive could be quickly adapted to ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker November 2008 Emulators
  • BNP members list leaked online[url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/bnp_loses_list/[/url] : oops : lol

    ... voluntary work than any other sector of the population, and the ... King of Belgium". I've read the constitution and there are ...
    Winston Winston November 2008 Chit chat
  • ZXSpectrum +3 - New SoftwareHello, This is my first post here on WOS, i'm very glad to be here and be a part of this community. To make this short, i've been programming on the…

    ... . Even the sector editor is only able to read through tracks 0 ...
    NaMcO NaMcO November 2008 Development
  • Can the +3 read TOS disks?I've sent 2 dozens of TOS disks so that they could be preserved as disk images, but as of today there's no emulator that can emulate Timex's FDD. The…

    ... MC programmer from reading any sector he likes
    from ... by a chip..)
    'Sector handlers' for most Spectrum interfaces ... the older the better) can read sectors too, although it is ... arranging and interpretation
    of sector info (the 'format'!), which ...
    roko roko November 2008 Development
  • Ultimate loading screensAs I'm replaying some of my youth favorites, a question arose today that -- funny enough -- I used to have also back in those times. Maybe someone kn…

    ... you can read data from 18 year old ZX Spectrum Microdrive cartridges ...
    equinox equinox December 2008 Games
  • Ultimate loading screensAs I'm replaying some of my youth favorites, a question arose today that -- funny enough -- I used to have also back in those times. Maybe someone kn…

    ... you can read data from 18 year old ZX Spectrum Microdrive cartridges ... done sterling work with past microdrive recoveries e.g. [URL="http ...
    jp jp December 2008 Games
  • Ultimate loading screensAs I'm replaying some of my youth favorites, a question arose today that -- funny enough -- I used to have also back in those times. Maybe someone kn…

    Ste Pickford mentioned it on his forums years ago that he still had those Microdrive carts but had no means to read them/dump them to PC. If nobody from the preservation team has contacted him about it then they should do so now!
    bcass bcass December 2008 Games
  • Outlet Issues 1-3Martijn, Infoseek is listing the individual entries for Outlet Issues 1 through to 3 as MIA. The disk that I dumped contained all three issues toget…

    ... with dumping +3 disks and Microdrive Carts.
    The method I ... MDRs is Jim Pass's sector copy utility which results in ... a 1:1 sector MDR cart copy (works well ... be looking to do a sector copy ? Jim and I have ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker January 2009 Infoseek database
  • Outlet Issues 1-3Martijn, Infoseek is listing the individual entries for Outlet Issues 1 through to 3 as MIA. The disk that I dumped contained all three issues toget…

    ... be looking to do a sector copy ?
    [/QUOTE]
    I ... were transferred using my own sector copy routine which was a ... blocks.
    I have uploaded microdrive issues 1-5 - the last ... transfer itself to a Sinclair microdrive cartridge.
    I think there ...
    Geoff Geoff January 2009 Infoseek database
  • Why did the QL fail?Browsing some old magazines: an advert appeared for the QL, 128k of ram and 32 bit processor etc...also very cheap compared to other similar spec com…

    ... fine even with very old microdrive tapes.

    There was ... somewhere, that explained that some microdrive ULA's vere wrong from ... might not read data recorded on it's own microdrive. That was ...
    omega omega January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • updated Fatware - keyboard patchHi! I work with Fatware code and already prepare keyboard patch for original version 0.12. Now it's possible to operate disk browser with keys: 1) c…

    ... code and example routine. (read/write 512bytes sector, ide detection,detect write ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2009 Development
  • Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…

    ... file system. They just read raw sector data from a known location ...
    gasman gasman January 2009 Hardware
  • Dead microdrive advice plsHi, I recently got a box of bits off ebay, and one of the items is a dead microdrive. Now assuming the motor inside it works (I havnt tried putting…

    The Thorn EMI Microdrive Service Manual is available in the WOS Documentation section.

    [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/ZXMicrodriveInterfaceIAndInterfaceII_ServiceManual.pdf[/url]

    A fascinating read.
    Geoff Geoff January 2009 Hardware
  • How many of you are game programmers?So, how many of you programmed a ZX Spectrum game? Was it released commercially? :)

    ... on issue 13 or their microdrive magazine (which is available on ... . It was only when I read an artical showing how to ...
    thezxfiles thezxfiles February 2009 Games
  • Tech question about microdriveshi ! I dont know if someone out there can help me I recently got my paws into an interface 1 and 2 microdrive units form an ebay auction they wore …

    ... goes from write mode to read mode (which is when the ... then trying to clean the microdrive head through the cartridge slot ... this still fails check the microdrive cartridges you are using. There ... describe.

    If the microdrive is running "out of control ...
    Jimmy Jimmy February 2009 Hardware
  • ANNOUNCE: Fuse 0.10.0 releasedFuse 0.10.0 and libspectrum 0.5.0 have just been released. Highlights of this release include: …

    ... ought to be able to read it with its raw driver ... /> That should enable Libdsk to read the sector data, and you could ...
    John Elliott John Elliott March 2009 Emulators
  • Reclaimed my REAL 128k SpectrumI've just been on a mission while at my parents and reclaimed all my old Speccy stuff that was hiding in their attic. I now have a 128k Spectrum (wit…

    ... (with the heat sink), a Microdrive & Interface 1, a Currah ... . I needed something retro to read so I also rescued all ...
    Neil L Neil L March 2009 Wanted
  • ultimate microdrive cassette?just a thought.. would it be possible to make a special microdrive cassette that would work as adapter and take sd cards. you know, like those mp3 ad…

    ... stretch, I could imagine a read-only version being *just* possible ... out an audio clip of microdrive 'loading noise' to play on ...
    gasman gasman May 2009 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... ) with a sectordump starting from sector 0, the bootsector.
    Assuming ... (?!) the overflowing part of the sector numbers read from the catalogue.
    roko roko 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…

    ... into 18 sectors
    Each sector holds 256 bytes
    Each ... way for Amiga users to read so many different disk formats ...
    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…

    ... into 18 sectors
    Each sector holds 256 bytes
    Each ... should be read from a table in the boot sector!

    sector layouts following from this System ...
    roko roko 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…

    ... an easy to use sector-based format that is ... would be sufficiently different from sector-based implementations to make ... sector data? At least the EDSK approach of storing multiple read ... (non-Speedlock) CPC weak sector protection that was discovered recently ...
    obo obo 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…

    ... directly format tracks containing mixed sector sizes.

    Just to ... been to help end-users read and write "working" +3/CPC ...
    obo obo 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…

    ... rewrites of a track or sector required shuffling all subsequent bytes ... its hands and reports a read-only disc).

    (Another ...
    John Elliott John Elliott 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…

    ... rewrites of a track or sector required shuffling all subsequent ... copy? SPS preserved images are read-only, but WinUAE supports ... transitions. Writing to an existing sector is no longer just updating ... don't know of a read-write implementation that works ...
    obo obo May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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