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The ZX Spectrum as a Business MachineMaybe it is time to treat this"business" side of the Spectrum more seriously . What spurred me int action was the arrival in the post today (from Eb…
... was pursuing Microdrives and the QL, no one developed a standard Spectrum ... of course was promoting the QL as a business machine.
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Unbelievable...This ebay is for some laptops described as "used". Look at them... The URL is: [URL]http://cgi.ebay.com/lot-of-4-IBM-thinkpad-t21-t22-lenovo-part…
... br /> [*][B][COLOR=red]no drive s [/COLOR][/B]
... br /> [*][B][COLOR=red]no ram [/COLOR][/B]
... [*][B][COLOR=red]no battery [/COLOR][/B]
... /> [*][B][COLOR=red]no testing done [/COLOR][/B ... /> [*][B][COLOR=red]no ac adapter included [/COLOR][/ ... -
Interface 1 repair?Can the Interface 1 be repaired? The problem is that it is not recognised by (several) Spectrums, including ones that it worked on the last time I t…
... returns OK but there is no drive activity.
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Help wanted with + 3Recently got a plus 3, checked it over and keyboard works etc. Just got a disc to try drive and nothing is happening. I select loader and when it a…
many thanks, just had it to bits and there appears to be no drive belt!
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Multiface 128 and floppy drive questionHi, promise, my last question......... Been searching around for info, with no luck. With a multiface 128, can you attach a 3.5 inch floppy disk dri…
No, I never said, a external drive would work. ... Amiga drive here, and it has no shugart connector ... Mitsumi PC Drive, that one has NO Drive Select jumper, ... so it only can work as a second drive ... cannot boot from second drive).
The ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... ; Spectrum 128
Amiga -> QL
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I only ... difference...
Amiga -> QL
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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 …
... " 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 ... isn't set to report no drive.
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Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
[QUOTE=48K]Yes, the floppy drive would have made a world ... list ... ?169.95 for 256K, no drive, or ?249.90 with one ... disk drive. Then ?89.95 for a ... disk drive on it's own, and ... -
QL and gamesWell,I am bit off topic but I cannot understand why the QL had no arcade games made for it and if it had, would they be vastly technically superior t…
... So,are you implying that QL games maybe could not ... comparing the same resolution). If QL would have the same videoram ... There could be games where QL could compensate slow memory bandwidth ... that would preserve software for QL (no WOQL or similar). Therefore, ... -
+3 Sound IssuesI know this has been covered before, but was there ever (or as close to) a definitive answer to the +3's distorted sound and what can be done to the …
... identical except the +2 has no drive interface.
I'd ... -
Making an external 3" USB floppy drive ?I came across an old 3" floppy drive, and I got the idea of making it into an external USB drive to write +3 images onto from my PC. Can I use the …
... complete loathing for the 3" drive, its still good to see ... a single 3" disk and no drive except the one in my ... -
Be honest now...When you got your (first) Spectrum, was it the computer you wanted? And don't worry, this poll is anonymous, so your secret is safe, even if you're …
... loading times were VERY painful.. no drive = big hassle.
maybe ... when you get a disk drive for it a whole world ... -
Be honest now...When you got your (first) Spectrum, was it the computer you wanted? And don't worry, this poll is anonymous, so your secret is safe, even if you're …
... loading times were VERY painful.. no drive = big hassle.
maybe ... when you get a disk drive for it a whole world ... -
*.dsk, SamDisk, win2000 problemsI am trying to copy 3" diskette to *.dsk with samdisk. But *every* time I start it, samdisk says "driver installed, please restart windows". Also g…
I've tried 'SAMdisk b: yourimage.dsk -c42 -h0'
with all the versions (including the newest one, thanks) but no results. it seems the command switches are not valid.
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C64 Forever EmulatorAnyone seen this: [url]http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/C64-Forever.shtml[/url] Looks interesting. I know this is a speccy b…
... to try them out, but no emu I found seems to ... a few disk games but no drive.
Not that bothered ... -
Wanted: Wafadrive manualHi! I'm interested in to buy Rotronics Wafadrive manual, if somebody have one to sell. Ippe
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Software transfer from PC to QLDoes any one know a quick an easy way to transfer software from a PC with a floppy (.zip, .qlpak, .mdv images) to a real QL, that does not include a …
SD card interfaces for the QL are coming....
QL Homepage - [url]http:// ... desktop
Download a QL program file (for example ... disk formatted on the QL in drive A on your ... or F2) to start the QL
Now enter the ... -
+3 No power LED, disc motor continually spinning..and no display. I searched the posts and i found a really old thread going back to 2004 where fuses in the psu were discussed, checked em in this an…
... tried it out, this time no activity at all! Then unexpectedly ... border/black paper. No drive whirring although the drive light was on, as ... again and nothing as before, no lights/display, weird. -
+3 No power LED, disc motor continually spinning..and no display. I searched the posts and i found a really old thread going back to 2004 where fuses in the psu were discussed, checked em in this an…
Hells bells if I havnt just converted a PC PSU for my +3!
Trouble is, were back to no drive spin (there is light though), black paper, green border. Looks like something might be kernackered in the computer -
+3 No power LED, disc motor continually spinning..and no display. I searched the posts and i found a really old thread going back to 2004 where fuses in the psu were discussed, checked em in this an…
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+3 disk doctordunno if this should be here, so mods please move if needed can someone recommend a good +3 disk doctor? got a couple of disks that are giving a rea…
... I use a Hitachi 3" drive. No drive belt, no reversed power, shugart compatible ... -
+3 disk doctordunno if this should be here, so mods please move if needed can someone recommend a good +3 disk doctor? got a couple of disks that are giving a rea…
... I use a Hitachi 3" drive. No drive belt, no reversed power, shugart compatible ... ) I have a Hitachi 3" drive, but its DIP switches have ... -
720K Amstrad PCW8512 drive B: as drive A: on a Spectrum +3 ?Hi Spec-chums. I happen to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i got off ebay, and i was wondering if it is possible to use it as drive …
... 3rd party add-on drive. I apologise for this ... little more detail, the drive has a 2x13pin connector ... cable, and there's no drive select jumper in plain sight ... regular 180K-per-side drive which was factory mounted ... the main, "A:" drive in the original PCW word ... -
External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... ="red"]No, they don't - the timing on a 3.5" drive ... use the drive as A:
[COLOR="red"]No, most drives ... switch on the drive itself. Modern PC drives have no drive select - a ... no problem. Also, you could force the external drive to work as drive ... -
External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... No, they don't - the timing on a 3.5" drive ... on the internal 3" drive. Software such as "speedup ... this for you. The drive will still work fine, ... br />
The drive needs to be configured to ... on the drive itself. Modern PC drives have no drive select - ... -
IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... the yellow border and the 'no drive' lock-ups.
What remained ... were gone.
I have no problem with assuming that the ... . But I repeat: there was NO SINGLE MISS.) In the previous ... call a human error because no cause was found in the ... -
IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... the yellow border and the 'no drive' lock-ups.
What remained ... -
Help getting SAMdisk running on WinXP please.Hello speccy-chums. I was wondering if you clever folks out there could help me with my poor PC skills:lol:. Basically I want to run SAMdisk but it n…
... and I changed the drive from my D:documents/ ... but I got the "No media in drive" error. After checking ... found this:-
No media in drive
When ... media is present in the drive. You may encounter this ... 3'5" 1.44M or no drive at all. I've ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... drive 2 (RHS drive). Then I tried to get the drive 1 (LHS drive ... does make a drive "on" sound/noise but no drive red light on ... the drive itself. I know ... does work OK on this drive as it works OK as ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... comes on . But why no drive light on drive 1? Is this a ... hardware or software issue?
No ...
