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  • 3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …

    ... anyone tried out a 3" drive with RealSpectrum's "RealDisk" ... can try a 3" drive tonight. The only real ... s a disk in the drive. If RealSpec doesn't ... connect the internal +3 drive to the PC controller ( ... (and remember to limit the tracks number to 40)"), but I ...
    icabod icabod February 2006 Hardware
  • 3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …

    ... 40 track Single sided 360K drive? The chances are, you're ... all the decent disk utils drive the floppy controller directly. The ... specific drive type won't matter as ... /write the usual maximum 42 tracks for images.

    ...
    obo obo February 2006 Hardware
  • Woody?s Tape2wav tested[quote] I've uploaded a new version of Tape2WAV to the same URL as given above. Any chance of giving this version a quick test? [/quote] Hi Woody, …

    ... the LM 386. Both will drive the ear socket well enough ... DOES work, and because the tracks are "cut", it doesn't ...
    DEATH DEATH February 2006 Development
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... CZ Spectrum 48, a One-Drive OPUS Discovery, Currah uSpeech.

    Marcelo Marcelo February 2006 Emulators
  • Woody?s Tape2wav tested[quote] I've uploaded a new version of Tape2WAV to the same URL as given above. Any chance of giving this version a quick test? [/quote] Hi Woody, …

    ... CZ Spectrum 48, a One-Drive OPUS Discovery, Currah uSpeech.

    Marcelo Marcelo February 2006 Development
  • RealSpec start upI understand that you can add a start-up line to initiate the version, mode,interface etc; for RealSpectrum but I'm a complete ham with emulators, a…

    ... : load diskfile into MGT drive
    -trdos : ... drive
    -mb02, -d80 : enable MB-02+ or D80 emulation
    -opus ... : enable Opus Discovery emulation
    - ...
    icabod icabod March 2006 Emulators
  • +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…

    ... block access to the floppy drive (usually only a problem if ... +3 disc was in the drive when Windows was started), but ... fine. Have you tried another drive/belt in case yours is ... directly to pull off the tracks that I knew the formats ...
    icabod icabod April 2006 Development
  • +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…

    ... the external disk drive and the external drive port. This dongle ... unless you use an external drive on the serial/printer ... ? Strange formats on certain tracks is what Kobrasoft themselves used ... of the disk (number of tracks, capacity, sectors per track, ...
    DEATH DEATH April 2006 Development
  • +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…

    ... the raw bitstream from the drive - that's why SPS (formerly ... unless you use an external drive on the serial/printer port ... floppies? Strange formats on certain tracks is what Kobrasoft themselves used ... be written by slowing the drive motor down a little, and ...
    obo obo April 2006 Development
  • Profile of a Spectrum user...Whilst watching Crimewatch on the telly, there was something on there about certain criminals fitting lifestyle profiles... Is there a profile of a …

    ... , Punk, Hardcore punk, Progressive, Metal, 80's

    4) Favourite ... TV Programmes -
    70's/80's sitcoms, The Apprentice

    6) Most likely to drive (if not a C5) -
    chaosmongers chaosmongers April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…

    ... column ide cable for an 80 column one.

    Apart ... DVD burner and DVD ROM drive are only ATA-33 (as ... virtually all optical drives), no 80 wire cable is required and ...
    MikeW MikeW June 2006 Chit chat
  • Why so many disk systems?Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more? As far as I can see, this did nothing but create …

    ... an external 3.5" floppy drive to a +3 quite easily ...

    Of all the drive systems I've ever uised ... +D drive systems, but I think Andy also supported the Opus, but ...
    DEATH DEATH June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Formatting used 3" disks.Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble formatting used 3" disks. One side does format okay and the other side doesn't. Of course, I'm using the +3 BASIC co…

    ... will have a doube sided 80 track format. To get around ... , put a floppy in the drive that is already formatted. Type ...
    DEATH DEATH June 2006 Hardware
  • Disk image utility for USB disksI make simple utility programm for copy physical disk content to image files. It can work with USB disks, or memory cards attached via some card read…

    ... :\>drim4
    >>Drive image program V 0.4samdisk ... /> 1: = 32MB, 64000 sectors, CHS=80,16,50, BDOS (40 records ... :\>drim4
    >>Drive image program V 0.4samdisk ... a handle for the full drive on NT4, but is fine ...
    obo obo June 2006 Emulators
  • When I Was Younger ...Around the age of 13-15 (I can't remember exactly), I used to listen to metal bands (Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, Def Leppard etc.). Lately I've been f…

    ... rock album) of the late 80's.

    To add ... other stuff from the late 80's/early 90's is ... least two to three good tracks per album.

    Helloween ...
    Vampyre Vampyre June 2006 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... to TAP: I finished program Drive Image or drimg, for hard ... /> I don't know is Opus supports snapshots, but I can ...
    piters piters July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PlaystationCan anyone reccomend a good playstation emu the ones I've tried run my discs (yes I am using my originals not images) really quickly then freeze up. …

    ... called Alcohol120%) to the hard drive. This will save wear and ... tear on your CD/DVD drive. The downside is that each ... that have proper music/CD tracks (Wipeout series).

    Making ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins August 2006 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... records 0,78,79 and 80 (the 4 sectors).
    Records ... into the screen ($4000) from drive 1 and then copies these ... the Supadrive MDR image in drive 1 of your favourite emulator ...
    jp jp August 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... base. You could get disk drive interfaces, memory expansion (64k and ... I had been programming TRS-80 computers in school and on ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?

    ... original hardware back in the 80's, and through emulation now ... />
    When developing in the 80's, I used a full ... & sprite-editors on one drive, and all the code and ...
    bobs bobs 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…

    ... well in the earlier TRS-80 clones so I don't ... use of the 3" disk drive in the +3 was a ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... well in the earlier TRS-80 clones so I don't ... use of the 3" disk drive in the +3 was a ... /> With hindsight, the 3.5" drive would have been the better ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... some extra CPU power to drive them they'd be pretty ... the rights to the micro-drive they may not have the ... some success on the TRS-80 Model 1 but by making ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Playing an AVI Video on an XBOX.I have a standard unmoded XBox. I wants to watch a video I have downloaded on the big screen and have no spare blank DVDs to hand but a stack of sta…

    ... video files, just CD audio tracks.

    There is one ... !), providing you have sufficient hard drive space (you can put a ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2006 Chit chat
  • I'm gonna be selling my Opus DiscoveryI'm going to be putting it on Ebay tonight (Sunday) it's boxed with polys packaging and in brilliant NR Mint condition, i'll put a link here for anyo…

    ... a second 720K drive, and the ... drive parameters for 720K. I got a program off an Opus ... Newsletter disk, but that only seems to work with drive ... ve fitted the 720K drive as drive 2...
    ...
    There are actually a whole load of Opus ...
    hldswrth hldswrth November 2006 Sales
  • I'm gonna be selling my Opus DiscoveryI'm going to be putting it on Ebay tonight (Sunday) it's boxed with polys packaging and in brilliant NR Mint condition, i'll put a link here for anyo…

    Andrew, unfortunately all I have is the physical drive, and a bunch of .OPD files I've downloaded. Of course, if I manage to get hold of any real Opus disks, they will get submitted.
    Cheers, Simon
    hldswrth hldswrth November 2006 Sales
  • Opus Discovery 720K DriveOK, so I bought an Opus Discovery recently. Went through a whole process of fitting a second drive, which I know to be 720K. Eventually got the thin…

    ... details of setting the drive parameters? I had ... Opus ROM disassembly on WOS) to allow the drive ... Opus Discovery, but did not know I could attach a 720 drive ... to fiddle with the drive parameters, but there ... the right direction for the drive addition?

    Marcelo Marcelo December 2006 Hardware
  • divIDE - +3 only or what??Guys, I've been let to believe that the DivIDE interface only works with the +3/2a. Looking at a website last night, the info there sugested it woul…

    ... like a +D/Opus system with a hard drive rather than a ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2006 Hardware
  • divIDE - +3 only or what??Guys, I've been let to believe that the DivIDE interface only works with the +3/2a. Looking at a website last night, the info there sugested it woul…

    [QUOTE=DEATH]So it's a bit like a +D/Opus system with a hard drive rather than a floppy, that works on any Spectrum then?[/QUOTE]
    If you install the +DivIDE firmware then yes, it's almost exactly like that ;-)
    icabod icabod December 2006 Hardware
  • divIDE - +3 only or what??Guys, I've been let to believe that the DivIDE interface only works with the +3/2a. Looking at a website last night, the info there sugested it woul…

    ... like a +D/Opus system with a hard drive rather than a ... virtual disks on each IDE drive (it will cope with 2 ...
    rwap rwap December 2006 Hardware
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