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divIDE problemsI have built one up and so far cannot load anything. The divIDE welcome screen comes up detects the drive.. 0 Seagate Technology 12 LBA 1 None 0 v…
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ResiDOS v2.00 releasedI've just posted a major new release of ResiDOS, at: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/residos/"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/residos/[/URL] T…
... reflashed independently of every other sector - so it may not be ... -
ResiDOS v2.00 releasedI've just posted a major new release of ResiDOS, at: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/residos/"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/residos/[/URL] T…
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Anything good on the Sam Coupe?I've just tried a Sam Coupe and seen two of its headline games/conversions in action - Lemmings and Prince of Persia. Both are excellent. This comput…
... around you)
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Diminishing MircodrivesHi All Got my first ever set of MD carts today and have been fiddling around - I have what seems to be 9 blanks and the Demo cart. The demo cart loa…
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Diminishing MircodrivesHi All Got my first ever set of MD carts today and have been fiddling around - I have what seems to be 9 blanks and the Demo cart. The demo cart loa…
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Announce: Fuse 0.8.0Version 0.8.0 of [url=http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/]Fuse[/url], the Free Unix (and OS X) Spectrum Emulator has been released. The major chang…
... supported. The lack of multi-sector read was the main thing ... using READ ID to check sector numbers/ordering, but can't ... -
WTF? New HD crashes after 1 week!FFS, I've had enough of hard drives. My new one has crashed after only a week. Again, it's during the unrarring of a large 4 gig file which was dow…
... . Others have reported their boot sector being wiped out, rendering the ... -
Announce: Fuse 0.8.0Version 0.8.0 of [url=http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/]Fuse[/url], the Free Unix (and OS X) Spectrum Emulator has been released. The major chang…
... supported. The lack of multi-sector read was the main thing ... multiple copies of the weak sector, but it did work with ... an example when the weak-sector extension to DSK was first ... -
Announce: Fuse 0.8.0Version 0.8.0 of [url=http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/]Fuse[/url], the Free Unix (and OS X) Spectrum Emulator has been released. The major chang…
... multiple copies of the weak sector, but it did work with ... an example when the weak-sector extension to DSK was first ... sectors to get proper multiple sector copies in the dump. But ... possible to produce these multiple sector copies by hand... -
Du54I've tried using DU54 to write B:game.dsk to A: on +3. But none of the games work, are they all copy protected? On some I got error message "file to…
... would crash during the boot sector code, as it was trying ... 1 byte in the boot sector, then updating the +3DOS boot ... -
Zinetrix video player - reads video from tapeA gentleman from es.comp.sistemas.sinclair made a program to experiment loading of video (digitized video, for example), using a custom turbo loader …
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Anybody know what program can:Does anybody know of a PC program (or a "set") that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 or D2" with two spaces. Then, save that sc…
... for is split across a sector boundary. The final 2 bytes ... MGT sectors hold the track+sector for the next block, and ... -
Anybody know what program can:Does anybody know of a PC program (or a "set") that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 or D2" with two spaces. Then, save that sc…
Anybody know what program can:Does anybody know of a PC program (or a "set") that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 or D2" with two spaces. Then, save that sc…
... it doesn't have any sector markings that I remember.[/QUOTE ... is a raw sector dump, but the track+sector chaining values are ... - only 510 bytes of each sector are used for data with ... "OPENTYPE" files use the entire sector, so you have to rely ...ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
... is "head major", one is "sector major"; see the CSS FAQ ...ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
... is "head major", one is "sector major"; see the CSS FAQ ...Sam Revival issue 17 now out [Sam CoupIssue 17 of Sam Revival magazine is now out! Sam Revival is a must for every Sam owner to see what's happening in the Sam world! So if you are an ol…
... Miner!
Issue 10 - Invasion II (excellent adventure platformer, never ...Off topic: ST & Amiga development discs preservationAnyone here know anyone who can get some stuff off of ST and Amiga discs? I have found a stash including a 2 disc demo for 'FLOOD II' (which was neve…
... 's only a simple 10-sector ST disk. Maybe one day ...So, who's entering the csscgc 2007?Anybody entering the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Copmo 2007? I'm thinking of entering this year. I put two games in in 2005, Kilroy's Caravan Caper…
May submit the second part of the Maggot Invasion adventure, which is far, far worse than last years Part 1. Plus I do have something new to offer, and it's very crap indeed. :) Im quite chuffed about it.Elite questionsIs there anyway to get past the lenslok screen in the version of Elite in the archive that I am using with Speculator? Or do I need the lenslok? If …
... -4 cosmic ship" and "Thargons invasion". Standart 3 missions also included.Best 128k music?I just played Moley Christmas and it has a surprisingly brilliant 128k soundtrack for a free cover game. It's got me in the mood to look for other e…
I always liked the tune in Solar Invasion ....
I think that was by Follin as well..
Also, pretty much all the Codemasters games had decent tunes..Reconditioned Sam Coup?, two drives + more...I've popped up a reconditioned Sam Coupé on eBay as a Buy-It-Now listing. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=11012902618…
... could result in a corrupt sector - this is very, very rare ...Ziltoid The OmniscientCrazy Mental Shit!!! :D [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viaRKlgQo3E[/URL] Necros.
This is brilliant, and crazy mental shit! I just had to buy the cd straight away!
I just await the invasion with trepidation and as many cups of extra strong coffee as possible.AstroBall (Sam CoupHi there, Does the full version of this game for the Sam exist in a preserved digital image format, as I have searched hight and low to no avail. I…
... corkers like Manic Miner and Invasion II.
caffienekid, it ...Doctor Who DVDs ... any recommendations?You've probably all seen many more episodes than me so maybe you can recommend some really excellent ones. I already have Pyramids of Mars (which I …
My Top 5:
Warriors' Gate
The Ambassadors of Death
The Invasion
The Caves of Androzani
Marco PoloNew Opus Discovery tool addedFinally, after some years wait, a new [B]Opus Discovery[/B] tool, [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/OpusRead_v200.zip"][U]Opu…
... think), maybe return a full sector with bytes set to either ...New Opus Discovery tool addedFinally, after some years wait, a new [B]Opus Discovery[/B] tool, [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/OpusRead_v200.zip"][U]Opu…
... does.[/QUOTE]
Sector reads use the buffer ... . For ERROR_CRC, the sector data has been read ... header would hide the sector from the controller. After ... bytes to see which sector had the problem, then ... complicated than with single sector reads, but not by ...