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Wafa Drive VS Microdrive,From my limited knowlege, it looks like the Wafa Drive and the Microdrive were mechanically similar in operation (relitively speaking). Which format…
From my limited knowlege, it looks like the Wafa Drive and the Microdrive were mechanically similar in operation (relitively speaking).
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A dual tuner PVR for ?15.00 not inc HDI have just recieved an email from Bigpockets saying they have dual tuner PVR's for sale at £8.99 but with postage its £15.00, u basically…
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hard drive issuesi turned on my laptop last night and it started to make clicking noises, and failed to load. i presume it's the hard drive that has gone, i took it o…
... presume it's the hard drive that has gone, i took ... -
Fitting a 3.5" floppy drive in a +3looking on here [url]http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#3and5inchdrive[/url] and they are on about fitting a 3.5" PC floppy drive. I…
looking on here
[url]http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#3and5inchdrive[/url]
and they are on about fitting a 3.5" PC floppy drive.
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Games that came with Audio/music tracksFollowing on from the Comic thread, Name some games that came with audio or music tracks..below are the ones I can think of...anyone got anymore (I'd…
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+3 disk drive won't read discs :(Hi all Hoping you knowledgable ppl can help me out!! Manage to rescue an old +3 off a second hand market recently, but despite having replaced the d…
... , but despite having replaced the drive belt (albeit with a rather ... -
Brand new 3.5 inch floppy drive with a Disciple InterfaceHi folks, I just acquired a disciple interface and have bought some brand new "pc" floppy drives to use with/on it but cant get them to work. I found…
... will say no disk in drive and the light will stay ... other way (upside down) the drive will try to access the ... floppies work fine in this drive when connected to my pc ... -
+3 3.5" drive B problemsGreetings, I have a chinon357 3.5" floppy with jumpers to work with the +3. Been using it for a while now. Works ok except every time I want to acc…
... disk in the 3.5" drive then reset the +3.
drive slot TO the chinon 3 ... .5" drive)
I have the chinon ... to have a disk in drive B while starting up the ... Basic prog. save it to drive B and retrieve it.
Rushing to acquire two tracksI've bought and downloaded a lot of music from Tesco Downloads, mostly without problems; but apart from the fact that one of the tracks ([i]Sixth Day…
... fact that one of the tracks ([i]Sixth Day -- The People ... licences to play those two tracks, although I can play all ...Opus Discovery 1Hello everyone . I have been a big collector of consoles over many many years . Just been clearing out my loft and i came accross several large boxes…
... of the items being an Opus Discovery 1 , the unit is ...+3 disk drive beltCan someone tell me what is the (outer) circumference or radius of rubber belt used in 3" floppy disk drive for ZX +3? (measured when taken off)
Can someone tell me what is the (outer) circumference or radius of rubber belt used in 3" floppy disk drive for ZX +3?
(measured when taken off)+3 disk drive belt replacingwell, I tried replacing the belt but some piece fell out of the drive. I don't know from where :( . It looks like a small screw but without the groov…
well, I tried replacing the belt but some piece fell out of the drive. I don't know from where :( . It looks like a small screw but without the groove.
it happened after trying to remove PCB.
where does it go?connecting 3" flopy disk drive to PClooking at this image: [IMG]http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/12/214909/Amiga/3inchFDD_figure.png[/IMG] why are pins 2,4,6 and 14 coneccted to +5V…
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6 Reserved
14 Drive Sel A (might be pin ... 12,drive select B, after swap)
drive. so they should be irrelevant ...Micro Drive CableHello everyone . I havent been able to find any of my micro drive leads.I have loads of ribbon cable and a soldering iron. All im after is the pin ou…
Hello everyone . I havent been able to find any of my micro drive leads.I have loads of ribbon cable and a soldering iron. All im after is the pin out from the speccy to micro drive if anyone has it . ThanksMy DVD drive is no longer recognisedNeeds help. On my Laptop. An Acer 5100. The CD/DVD drive has ceased working. A quick check in system properties shows it not even listed. I opened i…
... Acer 5100. The CD/DVD drive has ceased working. A quick ... third party software seizing the drive, but can't find anything ...How to convert a tzx file to run on an OpusHello there mincers I have opus discovery 1 hardware and I need to transfer files from either tap/tzx to some format I can use on the above for menti…
Hello there mincers I have opus discovery 1 hardware and I ...Problem with Discovery OpusI've just got a Discovery Opus, but it seems to be faulty. When I connect the Speccy and switch it on, it displays the "C 1982 Sinclair Research", …
I've just got a Discovery Opus, but it seems to be faulty.
When I connect the Speccy and switch it on, it displays the "C 1982 Sinclair Research", but there is no response on any key.
Ideas are very welcome.Anyone getting those 80's cd's in the Daily MailI have got em all and the album i am liking most is No Parlez by Paul Young and Dare Human League, its brilliant how they have managed to get such qu…
... always contained the proviso " the tracks have been recorded by the ... when they first recorded the tracks.+80 Word Manager - OCPThe recent TZX is in fact +80 Word Manager, not Word Manager: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils/WordManager.tzx.zip[/url] [url]h…
... recent TZX is in fact +80 Word Manager, not Word Manager ... you could do 80 characters wide, hence the +80 series ?
Plus 80 Word Manager
Word Manager ...Opus emulationEightyOne supports Opus emulation and runs under Wine as well as Windows.
EightyOne supports Opus emulation and runs under Wine as well as Windows.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 …
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So... you want to format your 3.5" as 720K eh?Well, i've been trying to get hold of an application to make proper use of my 3.5" +3 floppy disks but i haven't been able to find any. I stumbled up…
... subroutine
DRIVE DEFB 65 ; Holds the drive letter
DEFB $81
DEFB $50 ; Tracks per side
DEFB $09 ...Merry Christmas - Why NORAD tracks Santa....Merry Christmas WOSers, [URL="http://www.noradsanta.org/en/whytrack.html"]here[/URL] is why NORAD tracks Santa. Have a listen to the mp3 - it's price…
Merry Christmas WOSers, [URL="http://www.noradsanta.org/en/whytrack.html"]here[/URL] is why NORAD tracks Santa. Have a listen to the mp3 - it's priceless.Drive belts for Casette recordersI have a pair of sharp datacorders, both 'work' in the sense they power up and do what they should to a degree - but both seem to be suffering stretc…
... seem to be suffering stretched drive belts.
Can you ...Using a tape drive for Spectrum +3Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the ta…
Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the tape going, not put a floppy in the drive and then press enter on the +3 loader?
Thanks.Spin +D BugI recently run into a Spin bug. Try this: Insert a MGT image file into image drive one. Insert a empty MGT into drive 2 Enable 80 Track Double side m…
... into drive 2
Enable 80 Track Double side mode for drive 2 ... to copy files from drive 1 to drive 2 using BASIC (SAVE ... the image back from drive 2 to drive 1, which results in ...plus3e simple ide interface problemhi, I prepared a 8bit simple ide interface 3 days ago, but I got problems (with or without ide cable connected). 1.First of all, I have to press re…
... the time it detects ide drive but most of the time ... .when it detects the ide drive, most of the thime I ... , and format command returns with "drive not ready" error.
80 wires) with a 80GB seagate ...New Guy Wants Speccy - SWAP !Hi, I`m new here so here is a little background info ! I always had a C64 when I was in my teens in the 80`s, my friends had Spectrums, so it was alw…
... in my teens in the 80`s, my friends had Spectrums ... , also with a 10gb hard drive to go with it, for ...Laptop hard drive questionWell the battery in my laptop holds absolutely no charge whatsoever any more, so I'm taking it out so I'm not lugging the dead weight around with me.…
... , say for example a hard drive or something like this?
drive. Can it? And then, where ... the appropriate cable (and cheap drive)?
Another, possibly cheaper ...
