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Can a floppy disk wreck a disk drive?I'd been re-installing some old Apple Mac games so that I could back them up before the disks become unreadable (too late in some cases). After doing…
... complete manual rotation of the disk, checking both surfaces, and it ... perfect condition. So did this disk wreck the drive, even though ... to pack in at that time? The Citadel disks are about ... very dubious about putting that disk into another drive, but it ... -
Vectron borders on emulators, on a real spectrum ?Hi all, favor if anyone has time can someone load vectron on a real spectrum and when it finally loads on that screen the bottom right corner .. wher…
... anyone has time can someone load vectron on a real spectrum and ... my dads ill get the real spectrums and try it, but ... -
Suggestions for resurrecting a hard disk?I started up one of my PCs today, which I hadn't used for a couple of weeks, and HD1 won't start up. My impression is that the motor has seized, as i…
... whizzing sound as when the disk spins up. I've ...
I could get another disk and re-install Windows and ... do anything so drastic and time consuming; but as it ... s getting errors all the time. Unix is entirely on ... drive. I believe the disk itself to be OK, ... -
Utility to read/write to memory cards formatted for +3EThis post comes from [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25658]this thread[/url]. I've released a small command-line utility…
... the snapshot directly on a real Spectrum +3E.
Besides ... days of life (at the time of this posting), and while ... /> Features:
- Can operate with disk image files (HDF / RAW) and ... name on your memory card / disk image.
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How to use MGT disks on the emulatorDear readers, you may think I'm a bit silly, but I can't get the emulator (Spectaculator for instance) working with MGT image files. I have had a r…
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I have had a real PlusD drive in the past ... .g. Alchnews Issue disk
- Checking that the disk is really inserted ... : The disk loader images flickers
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whoohoo i got my gameswell on ebay a guy was selling his games for 13 quid and this is what i bought (there is around 115 games) 3D Lunattack 4D Arcade Adventure …
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Gregory Loses His Clock
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Hard Drivin ... /> Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Time Tunnel
Trans AM
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DidntXSpectrumoh yes i just found this emulator for the Xbox 1 and boy is it good. It has loads of options loads almost any format going and fairplay is very close…
... very close to having a real Spectrum.
Once you ... a game for the first time there are some options which ... Detect, Tape, Snapshot, Plus 3 Disk, TRDOS Disk, SimpleIDE HDF
Q. on "Time Warp" (TV show)I don't know if you've seen a show on TV called "Time Warp" ... it's a show about these two guys who have a few high-speed (several thou f.p.s.) came…
... a show on TV called "Time Warp" ... it's a show ... down too ... is that part real or is it faked/added ...Great Speccy Demo - With Documented +3 Disk loader routineEveryone here should check this out. Its a demo called "condommed" which I have just finished converting from TRDOS disk to tap file and +3 disk. It …
... just finished converting from TRDOS disk to tap file and +3 ... disk. It was quite a challenge ... have documented my +3/+3e disk loading routine in it.
time I heard it.
IDE emulation and delaysA few months ago I was told that IDE emulation, while perfectly usable, isn't accurate enough to compare it to IDE access on real hardware. On some e…
... at a time, to cut down the number of disk access commands ... ). As a result, a real disk will probably give you a ... initially stopped), plus the seek time, which depends upon the technology ... address.
The wait time also depends upon the method ...hdfmonkey - a Swiss Army Knife for HDF disk imagesThis is a spin-off from my recent experiments on ESXDOS. If you want to play with the DivIDE (or other Speccy hard disk interfaces) under emulation, …
... (or other Speccy hard disk interfaces) under emulation, you ... be doing that every time you want to get ... firmwares for Speccy hard disk interfaces will be supporting ... games/ directory of your disk so that you can ... can even format the disk with a freshly minted ...Some help needed, pretty please! :-)Hi there WOSsers! Long time no see! :-) I'm going through a process to get all my tape games (some real, some downloaded from here) onto +3 disk. I'…
Hi there WOSsers! Long time no see! :-)
real, some downloaded from here) onto +3 disk. I ... 3 disk tools kit (and transferred it to the real ... Fairlight games from the tutorial disk too :-)
disk using the conv utility, ...HOW TOs/Guides ForumDo we have a forum for these sort of things? I think we've all seen the same questions come up from time to time. I ask as I may soon have a guide o…
... same questions come up from time to time.
I ask ... on converting WOS +3 disk images back to real +3 disks without ...A day in with the Speccy (real hardware)right, inspired by nicks post heres my speccy games playing so far today. All on real hardware now ive got a speccy set up and all the games out of t…
... so far today. All on real hardware now ive got a ... brings back memories the first time i saw it, on a ...So you need to double (or triple, or quadruple) the clock speed...No particular reason for posting this, other than I was looking at an eZ80 evaluation board that does this, and that jogged my memory of a project I'…
... Spectrum's 3.5MHz clock.
Clock *dividers* are easy, ... clock. This means the bottom flip flop will spend some time ... with its output at logic 1 before the reference clock ... - the reference clock's flip flop will spend some time outputting a ...Live Ammo Compilation On DiskSorry in advance if I have posted this in the wrong place but here we go. I have just bought my [B]3rd [/B]Live Ammo for the +3 from eBay and all 3 …
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Every time I get the same [I]disk has changed message ...Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines ... users of a real Spectrum. Most of them got disk-systems and ... found. But for example this time I failed with "Mescaline synesthesia ... that eats my time and probably the time of hundreds or ...Loss of innocenceI suppose my ZX Spectrum era lasted longer than most (although not sure longer than most of you on here). I received my first Speccy back in '83, and…
... . I think 1989 marked the time when I was looking back ... home, it was amazing. A real keyboard, 256KB RAM. A different ... 't get one with a disk drive as it was too ... everything took quite a long time to load. I remember toying ...few more games for salePM me if there is anything your interested in. ace of aces - kixx, action biker , bmx racers, bullseye, bump set spike , caves of doom, chequered fl…
... machine sim , Gregory loses his clock- mastertronic, grid iron - top ten ... - mastertronic, terra force- firebird, the real ghostbusters - hitsquad, top gun - hit ... match / 1 day cricket - crl, time gate - quicksilva , Transylvanian tower - Richard ...Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…
... (providing the emulator can support real disk mode)? I'm assuming it ... burn it onto a floppy disk. Would that work?Copying from divIDE+/Tape to +3 DiskCan it be done? Im about to place an order for some 3" disks and wanted to put my favourite games on them, but im having a hard time trying to figure…
... , but im having a hard time trying to figure out how ... of a multiface 3) to disk. Is there a utility (on ...Crystal Kingdom Dev DiskHad a search through some old st disks I have (don't have a machine anymore) and I found some of the developement stuff. The files are in OCP Art Stu…
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If you have a real machine and a copy of ...Saving a snapshot to disk?Do any of the emulators have a snapshot to disk option, so I can save to a disk image? I want to convert the image to real 3.5" floppy. I would just …
... emulators have a snapshot to disk option, so I can save ... a disk image? I want to convert the image to real 3 ... Spectaculator, but I need a real MF3 on my +3 to ...Spectrum +3 disk games?m looking for some Spectrum disk games: * Live Ammo (I have one, but it says "disk has been changed 1:5"...Even if you have a working copy) * Whe…
?m looking for some Spectrum disk games:
* Live ... have one, but it says "disk has been changed 1:5 ... working copy)
* Where Time Stood Still (or working copy ...FRAMES counter...Hi Folks, I wrote a test program that uses FRAMES to generate a clock. When I tested this within BASin it worked well and kept near perfect time. …
... uses FRAMES to generate a clock. When I tested this within ... well and kept near perfect time.
However, now that ... counter seems to be losing time. Are there BASIC commands/functions ... a .TAP file or RAM disk? Does this suspend the update ...time traveling retro gamersa thought. if all tech will eventually crumble and become unusable. then it stands to reason the only real source of retro machines/games will be th…
... stands to reason the only real source of retro machines/games ... ever gonna bump into a time traveller it isn't going ...Games with Plus3/Disk enhancementsFor about 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced loading times. However, there were a few excep…
... 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape ... a recent thread), where the disk version has the train robbery ... War +3[/B]
On disk, both parts have a brief ... Ranger, and Time and Magik all have location graphics on disk. On ...
