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How many of you lot still own your original Speccy?I have reason to believe the majority of you still own your original Spectrum. I think thats great, but it also really suprised as well. I was obsess…
Still have my +3 and a couple of 48K+ speccys. At my parents house. No idea if they still work. The +3 disk drive stopped reading disks... :(
Have SPIN though :)
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The "Hitchhiker's Guide" speccy gameThis game was weird. It was done by Estuary, not Infocom. Any info on this?
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I think my +2 is dead! HELP!Me and my brother spent about 40 mins trying to get our speccy +2 down from the loft. We plugged it in, and tuned it into my TV. However, we are havi…
... feedback for the Tomahawk game (+3 disk version) that I won a ... -
Copying Spectrum tape games to +3 disksIs there an easy way of doing this? I know you can use a multiface 3, but I don't have one of these and they sell for silly money on eBay. I picked u…
... have SP5 & SP6 on +3 disk, but CPDRead won't dump ... the disk correctly so it's not ... at a loss with the +3 disks by Kobrahsoft as I ... -
help on creating +3 disk imagesHi, I have found the SDP web page, and I noticed that I have a few +3 programs that are reported as missing: - Times of Lore - Bard's Tale, The - Pr…
... be hard to find the +3 disk... unless a internet search reveals ... a sector error on my disk. It could be a ... s a DU53 utility too (Disk Utility v5.03) in ... addition to the DU54 (Disk Utility v5.04) that we ... method of copying and the disk images we had in ... -
Lords Of Midnight TipsI've still not completed 'Lords of Midnight' by force of arms. The Ice crown method yes, but not by army manouvers. I've only tried about 200 times s…
... . I split forces - set Morkin plus 3 lords in Gard (11,06 ... in Xajorkith (46,02);
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Does Anyone Still Write Games For Speccy?I was wondering, does anyone still write games for Speccy? Is there someone in this forum for example who has written a text adventure or another kin…
Been playing Abe's Mission Escape. It's impressive, but having to wait ten minutes to load just the menu (I'm playing it on my real speccy) is far too long. Even worse is that you have to go into USR 0 mode to load it. Anyway I can put it on +3 disk? -
Robocop in Retro Gamer this month.Quote: "Overall, this version provides mixed results. Flawless presentation (including lots of speech) and Jonathan Dunn's well known 128K title mus…
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On 2005-07-16 08:51, Spector wrote: But bloody hell, the 128K version took ages to load. 11 minutes or something.
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Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... work on +2a/+3 but there's a +3 disk version which will ... manage to dig out my +3 disk yesterday, but I also have ... that it on a +3 disk compilation. No idea which version ... -
Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... /> Just to confirm that the +3 Supreme Challenge compilation also contains ... have it on +3 disk :(. I've dumped a disk image on behalf ... -
Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…
... you could either use a +3 disk, or better still +D/Opus ... of storage, or a TRD disk...
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Zombie!this game, the copy of romero's dawn of the dead was probably one of the last games I got for my +3...it horrified me but I just couldnt stop playing…
... still if it's on +3 disk as it's still SDP ... -
disk sizeWith SPIN emulating a +3, I can create the following disks 1 - 720k Double Sided 80 trk 2 - 360k Double Sided 40 trk 3 - 180k Single Sided 40 trk T…
Yeah, I'm just baffled why these disks seem to be useable in the +3 drive. Was it possible to get 720k on a +3 disk through special formatting techniques? -
Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... chance you could load the +3 disk image in and use your ... ' malarkey and see if the +3 version works as expected ?
WoS Database Machine Type wrongI've noticed that certain games quote 48k and/or 128k incorrectly. Examples I've just found today: Rambo 3: WoS quotes 128k but it works fine in 48k…
... will only work on a Plus 3 but the same game can ...Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... spin.
Load the +3 disk with spin, type in the ... 128 mode without switching to +3 hardware in spectaculator.
< ... friend at school with a +3.
I`ve ... ripping the data from the +3 disk image? So I can make ... `t a clue about +3 disks.Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... 128 tap file from the +3 disk image. I used EmuzWin to ... properly on 128/+2/+2a/+3/Penatagon and Scorpion etc.
3 without the diskdrive. The memory ...Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... 128 tap file from the +3 disk image. I used EmuzWin to ... properly on 128/+2/+2a/+3/Penatagon and Scorpion etc.
Recommended cassette recorder?I'm looking for a new cassette recorder with a counter. Any suggestions?
... into a machine with a plus 3 drive you have just about ...Recommended cassette recorder?I'm looking for a new cassette recorder with a counter. Any suggestions?
... into a machine with a plus 3 drive you have just about ...Spectrum +3 Powered off a PC???Hiya Quick question. Is it possible to power a +3 from a PC power supply? as in, make or buy an adaptor? or some other method. Want to mount a +3 …
... I decided to fit the Plus 3 Supply inside the PC case ...z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... using RAM as a RAM disk to copy stuff when needed ... a floppy in the Spectrum +3, so I was wondering if ... ]
Yep, there is +3 disk access, tape and microdrive access ...unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
... mean Coin-Op hits on +3 disk which seems to be failing ...Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
... Karl. I had a Kobrahsoft +3 disk from someone else for far ...ZX Adveture Club thingy - game for first half of OctoberHello, Put down your rucksacks, lay down that torch, stop cussing the swamp and the ogres, our time playing [I]Monster[/I] has ended. How did you a…
Incidentally, since the shallowness of [I]Crack City[/I] has put some people off, should the game for the second half of October be a 128K/+3 disk only one?ZX Adveture Club thingy - game for first half of OctoberHello, Put down your rucksacks, lay down that torch, stop cussing the swamp and the ogres, our time playing [I]Monster[/I] has ended. How did you a…
Scart Leads for spectrumHi, I was going through my stuff the other day and found I have all the bits for making spectrum scart leads. I was going to ebay them but thought …
... , and those guys with a plus 3 will certainly need RGB, because ...Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
... to dump an Kobrahsoft +3 disk using a 3" drive hooked up to ... with CPDRead to dump the disk in to an EDSK ... back it up to another disk and then dump that copied ... disk. While not SDP, the ... to find the said +3 utility in order to preserve ...games on diskHelp does anyone know of any tape to disk transfere utility for the +3 speccy? I have games on tape & would like them on disk.Better still got the di…
... put a game on a +3 disk rather than POKEing infy lives ...games on diskHelp does anyone know of any tape to disk transfere utility for the +3 speccy? I have games on tape & would like them on disk.Better still got the di…
... having to painfully wait for Disk Warrior to see if it ... the volume (OSX Server 10.3.9 with Xserve Raid 1TB ... in and save it to +3 disk. SP5~SP7 and DB1 & ...
