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+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…
... protection would check for of course. It's unlikely ... writes to all areas of the disk, including the sector data ... , if a true unformatted disk was used, and the ... wondering if sticking a disk onto a bulk eraser ... method used to check the disk.
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Phillips put in a patent to stop you skipping advertsRead this im sure its against our rights [url]http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsr…
... writable section at the start of the disk and when you first ... something to the start of your game disk meaning that it will ... -
Barcelona - Champions of EuropeWhat a wonderful night for english football, Barcelona are the kings of europe and the Gooners end up with nothing. You can't believe how happy I am.
despite the fact that I run a football based forum/community, I actually watched the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on ITV 3. :o -
Disk R Tape ???I was recently trying to make a bootable disk image (for my Deal or No Deal simulator, if you must know) using RealSpectrum, SPIN to make a blank ima…
... ?t know about the functionality of emulator (how does it support ... :prog" - the T: becomes part of the filename. This doesn't ... "filename" into user area 1 of drive a: It is invisible ... now refer to user area of the disk specified.
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Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... testing the pre-release version of this disk... it feels very authentic ... , as it's a mix of new and old games, I ... haven't really read any of the posts sorry, so I ... -
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…
The success of the PS3 will partly depend ... tiny portion at the start of the disk which is writable, and ... when that disk is inserted into the PS3 ... to that section of the disk effectively tying the disk to that particular ... -
Which Speccy is the best to buy...I'd be using it for games really, and thats about it. I'd like a 128k but I seem to remember people saying 128k +2's had problems playing some games.…
[QUOTE=InsertFaveGameNameHere]Out of interest - whats the difference between ... instead of the disk drive. It shares some of the compatability issues of the ... -
Garry Lancasters +3e site down?Hi, I have been trying to access Garry's page about the +3e ROM, because I know of a utility for the +3 he has on the site which makes it possible f…
aye, I have used your excellent dos disk reader already :-)
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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…
... 's stx format. Expect that of total 4 pieces protected floppies ... emulators, to access the contents of the disk!
It's ... this I appreciate the value of open source projects... :)
Spectrum Music - Remixes?Anyone know of any sites that have remixes of spectrum music? Project AY is devoted to releasing the original music from the games and i've looked on…
... might try and do one of the Tim Follin tunes ... without the "vacuum cleaner full of nails" effect.[/QUOTE]
... and lost it because of a disk failure. I`m doing ... I`ve got most of the basic bass line ... Thanks
Edit: Done some of the lead guitar in midi ...did 128k machines dominate ZX market?I have a question about 128k Spectrums. Did they dominate the ZX market in late 80's / early 90's? I mean where there more 128k users than 48k users …
... Software Ltd
Days of Thunder Mindscape International Inc
Question of Scruples, A Leisure Genius
Robin of the Wood 128k Odin Computer ... US Gold Ltd
Shadows of Mordor Melbourne House
...ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... " SCREEN$, not (!) the sh*tload of CSVs. It's the "tape ... . So, from the Speccy side of things it behaves just like ... tape - with the exception of LOAD "" of course - disk is not sequential.
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
[QUOTE=baze]with the exception of LOAD "" of course - disk is not sequential.
of the direntries. And it could ...Prince of Persia in an actual Spectrum?Prince of Persia is one the best games programmed for our Speccy in the last 10 years, but I think originally was written for TR Dos, although there …
... it takes advantage of the raw format of the disk to squeeze on ... as much as possible. Some of ... it out to a real disk. Ideally you should look at ...+3e ROMs v1.28 releasedAfter a slight delay (ahem), I have updated the +3e ROMs to v1.28. Amongst other things, this release provides: [LIST] [*]Completely rewritten (and …
[QUOTE=guesser]the hard disk image of all the software (for ... QUOTE]
The disk image is definitely okay - it ... size as the capacity of the disk to the +3e). ... " form, where the half of the data that 8-bit ... it to work with any of the roms. The emulated ...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…
... Spectrum succeeded because of price and because users of the zx81 ... , had a friendly version of Basic for people interested in ... comparable spectrum games and because of the disk drive standard some types ... of games couldn't appear ...+3e ROMs v1.28 releasedAfter a slight delay (ahem), I have updated the +3e ROMs to v1.28. Amongst other things, this release provides: [LIST] [*]Completely rewritten (and …
... Ramsoft specifies 0x0080 as offset of hard-disk data :-?
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word[09] ?? raw hard-disk data (C0 H0, C0 H1 ...+3e ROMs v1.28 releasedAfter a slight delay (ahem), I have updated the +3e ROMs to v1.28. Amongst other things, this release provides: [LIST] [*]Completely rewritten (and …
[QUOTE=zx_spectrum_plus3]So then why Ramsoft specifies 0x0080 as offset of hard-disk data :-?....
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Beg your pardon?
What it has with +3e ROMs ?Looking for one particular music demoHi. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. There is a music demo I'm looking for. Unfortunately I don't k…
... really really good, reminds me of the disk mags of the old days !Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... configuration (13467) are silicon disk RAM. Ramdisk files are stored ... up from the bottom of silicon disk RAM and the ramdisk ... catalogue grows downward from the top of ... silicon disk RAM. The silicon disk RAM is ...WooHoo!!!I have the next 10 days off work and I want to spend a lot of it playing Speccy games! Ok, here's the question! Which games do all you good people …
... - BEEEEEEERRKKK! Fetch me a can of worms!
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180 - Darts. Just beware of Jammy Jim's darting prowess ... in my opinion).
Robin of the Wood - Run around for ... hour, killing Normans and hearing Robin cry, 'Oh no, give me ...PSPSIM - SamCoupe Emulator for the PSPI have just been playing around with PSPSIM and just wanted to know what Sam Coupe users thought were the best games/apps for the Coupe? Cheers,
... Personal fave`s include Prince of Persia obviously, absolutely beautiful, it ... obviously on various issue`s of FRED Disk Mag, and also on ... faster. *edit* in case of confusion I mean the Spectrum ... version of Renegade under emulation.
...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…
I formatted the same disk in both drives, with ... save over 700K of data on the disk. In the other ... of the disk reports 720K, but the disk only holds 190K of ... to work and the disk appeared to report 720K.< ... Also, when I tried that disk in the 720K drive without ...Book on Spectrum game graphicsWhat Spectrum games graphics would you like to see in a book? I've got some of the obvious ones (Head Over Heels, Batman games, Ultimate games, Wally…
... , especially Savage part 1
Robin of the Wood
Dynamite Dan ...+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... save it to a 3" disk. You can now get ... it to format a 700K+ disk in drive B!
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... have to reverse the position of the wires you connect. ... earlier, this selects side 2 of the disk (not as useful on ...PlusD MGT formatBefore I have to write something half-arsed and rubbish - Are their any utilities for viewing and editing .MGT images, both headers, (cat entries), …
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Make a copy of your disk image and rename it with ... .wanadoo.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/]Disk manager[/url] then you have ... move / delete / add rename your disk image back to .mgt - it ...Any interest in new low-cost mass-storage interface with 512K RAM?I've recently added support to ResiDOS and the +3e ROMs for SD/MMC card interfaces; in particular, ZXMMC (which has no onboard RAM and so is only sup…
... install itself using a combination of ROM/disk. I suppose I really ... commands and the best features of the interfaces.[/QUOTE]
... think that a certain degree of friendly competition is quite ... at all the different floppy disk and tape-cartridge interfaces ...i'm not a peado, but.....how come when i do some work on my PC, it gets deleted, the IT helpdesk are no help what-so-ever in finding it.
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each byte of the disk is written with :
11111111 ...New: Freeware/PD title informationAnother important change has been made to the Infoseek engine: listing all games that were published as Freeware or Public Domain (PD). Update: a thi…
... which includes a complete listing of each disk, IIRC.
That said ... to be written back to disk, but unsuitable for emulators, ... [quote]You say "games" - most of my library, excluding the .sna ... floppies, is made up of utilities and audio/visual software ...Passing off games as your ownWe ran into a rather interesting case over the past day: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011821"]Jukebox[/URL], which appeare…
... which I came into possession of under humerous circumstances. I swapped ... 3 with a ton of games (Most of them disk copies, so I ... and I hacked one of the free games off ... . I told a few of my friends that were still ... interested in that kind of thing that I'd ...
