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IF EXIST?In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not. There are any way to check it out from BA…
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The filename specifies the drive, user and a (possibly ambiguous ... -
Spin Emulator +D BugHi there, I think, I found a bug in SPIN Emulator. If I select +D Disk emulation and insert a disc into Drive 2, CAT 2 gave me the wrong number of fr…
... how many sides or tracks the physical drive can handle. You need ... -
The Atari 800XL (600XL, 1200XL, etc..) How popular was it in the UK?I was wondering how popular in the UK in the '80s (if it was available) was the Atari 800XL (or variants)? There's quite a few UK youtubers I watch …
... 800xl *BUT* had a disk drive.. which made a massive difference ... speccy or c64.. 79 or 80.. so might as well compare ... -
SamDisk and +3 disksFew days ago I tried to write some +3 dsk files on 3.5 inch floppy with SamDisk on old Toshiba laptop (P3 800 mhz) and his integrated fdd, but he cou…
... tracks too quickly, which doesn't work well with some older drive ... recommend to set the BIOS drive type to a 5.25 ... or change your BIOS floppy drive type. I think CPCDiskXP may ... -
Downloading code to physical hardwareHi folks, Back in the day, my devkit was a TRS-80 and I had a simple connector device from the TRS-80 parallel (printer) port to the expansion bus o…
... any photos of the TRS 80 (was it a Series III ... next to its 5MB hard drive if you really want one ... :).
Yep TRS-80 model III. I didn't ... end went to the TRS-80 printer port.
... as fast as the TRS-80)
The interfaces ... -
Downloading code to physical hardwareHi folks, Back in the day, my devkit was a TRS-80 and I had a simple connector device from the TRS-80 parallel (printer) port to the expansion bus o…
... next to its 5MB hard drive if you really want one ... :).
Yep TRS-80 model III. I didn't ... end went to the TRS-80 printer port.
... as fast as the TRS-80)
The interfaces ... br /> The TRS 80 with a 5MB hard drive must have been ... -
Downloading code to physical hardwareHi folks, Back in the day, my devkit was a TRS-80 and I had a simple connector device from the TRS-80 parallel (printer) port to the expansion bus o…
... br /> The TRS 80 with a 5MB hard drive must have been ... :)
16k TRS-80 Model III ?700
Upgrade ... from Tandy)
5MB Hard drive (physiclly as large as a ... value on a 15MB hard drive at ?2,000 so I ... bit zero on my TRS-80 printer port :(. I got ... -
Why?I'm just wondering why people are here? Why are we working on or using old hardware? Why are some of you putting a lot of effort in upgrading the ha…
... getting a Multiface 1, an Opus Discovery... Now its the Interface ... never had back in the 80's but always wanted as ... -
What 80's games authors are here?I realise there may be some who are keeping a bit quiet about who they are, but I'm using my real name as my WoS name and I know there are some other…
... games on my TRS-80 with 15MB hard drive. Now the hard ... -
What 80's games authors are here?I realise there may be some who are keeping a bit quiet about who they are, but I'm using my real name as my WoS name and I know there are some other…
... games on my TRS-80 with 15MB hard drive. Now the hard ... -
Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
If you use the idea then you'll have to send me a 20mb hard drive because back in 80's they were worth a lot of money. -
Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
... me a 20mb hard drive because back in 80's they were ... -
Spectrum Hard drivesExcuse the noobish question but of late I've been using emulators not the real hardware, but in the next couple of days I should be moving into my ne…
... lunatics with an 80 gig 3.5" hard drive plugged into my ... plug and play onto the drive from a PC that sounds ... files on and off the drive. -
Spectrum Hard drivesExcuse the noobish question but of late I've been using emulators not the real hardware, but in the next couple of days I should be moving into my ne…
... lunatics with an 80 gig 3.5" hard drive plugged into my ... plug and play onto the drive from a PC that sounds ... files on and off the drive.[/QUOTE]
Cheers dude ... -
Spectrum Hard drivesExcuse the noobish question but of late I've been using emulators not the real hardware, but in the next couple of days I should be moving into my ne…
Get a dual disk drive from Ben, its got a snapshot mode so you can save original games to disk easily and loading and saving is pretty fast. + its similar to the opus discovery drive so it feels like retro hardware. -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... recreates 80's electronic music with modern day synthesizers. Some nice tracks ... -
Kempston Interface with sega controllersI am not much of a joystick person when playing games and in fact I use the keys more than anything. Thing is now I would like to use a controller an…
... interfaces that supply 5V to drive 'autofire' circuits in the joystick ... buttons connections are done with tracks on a circuit board, so ... may have to scratch away tracks and attach your own connection ... -
Opus Discovery 1I guess this has been asked before, I have an opus discvery 1, it seems to be working but I would like to fit 2 double sided 3.5" 80 track drives, oh…
No. Opus uses two 'hard' drive select signals, for drives 1 and 2. Drives 3 and 4 are 'alternatives' when files or disks are copied to another floppy using one and the same drive. -
Opus Discovery 1I guess this has been asked before, I have an opus discvery 1, it seems to be working but I would like to fit 2 double sided 3.5" 80 track drives, oh…
... see a double sided drive as two physical drive surfaces, but as ... double sided drive to have double the number of tracks compared to ... a single sided drive (so for ... , double density 3.5mm drive, that's 160 tracks, but they may ... -
Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... track and up to 42 tracks (10 sectors per track is ... 40 tracks per side is risky).
The +3 disk drive ... -
Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... answers and info. So the drive itself is capable but without ... the safe limit of 40 tracks at 10 sectors per track ... -
Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... track and up to 42 tracks (10 sectors per track is ... 40 tracks per side is risky).
The +3 disk drive ... -
Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... and info. So the drive itself is capable but without ... the safe limit of 40 tracks at 10 sectors per ... image, or put 42 tracks in a 40 track image ... (even one image where tracks have different size or number ... of them only holds the tracks formatted but no trace ... -
Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... reliable and worked on every drive I ever used them on ... , encoding errors or short/unformatted tracks etc - and would duplicate these ... capacity formatters, the 720K B: drive formatter and Graham's program ... in an external 720K B: drive. Oh, and MSDOS DSDD disks ... -
Amstrad FD-1 Disc DrivesA quick question: With the Amstrad FD-1 external disc drives, I've seen DDI-1 interface cards mentioned. Are the DDI-1 interfaces just for the Amstr…
... /> The FD-1 has both drive select lines so should respond ... -1 end, or cut the tracks inside the FD-1 if ... ribbon cable to the 3" drive. This is where the 5v ... -
fitting an internall driveI just bought a kit that will allow me to use a 3.5 inch floppy drive on my +3. I was wondering could I fit it internally instead as the inbuilt drive
... since I had the floppy drive plugged in :)[/QUOTE]
80 track drive) and then tried to ... -
Old CDr'sI've got an old audio cd that a friend made for me of his old bands demo's. It was a one off print run and he no longer has the MP3's to make another…
... of my dvds to hard drive and threw them away, then ... the hard drive died :(
On the ... some cd's from the 80's and early 90's ... /> Vinyl can last for about 80 years, i can't see ... -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... gets to testing the Floppy Drive, where it just freezes. I ... must resist.... especially at almost ?80!:o
It's ... , and access to a disk drive. So I can finish the ... -
Grand Theft Auto V announced!Ok, time for another mega-game thread :smile: [url]http://www.rockstargames.com/[/url] Trailer next week!
... . I only got just over $80,000 for them both, but ... make room, but I actually drive that the most......hmmm decisions ...
