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  • Dead +2B, help required...It was bought defective on ebay. It came with two faults: a "dead" power supply (it was the fuse) and a faulty main unit. The power supply is now re…

    ... extra disk drive, the picture goes all dodgy whilst the motor is ...
    DEATH DEATH March 2007 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... was written to a 3" disk then there was no problem ... checksum. The fix forces the motor off and updates the system ... to do with the drive motor. Though we've not found ... for it, if the drive motor is disabled very briefly then ...
    obo obo April 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Multi Disk - corrupt?Hello, all.. Could someone check check Multi Disk? It appears to be corrupt - the BASIC is corrupted. Toodle-pip! Gerard

    ... trying to figure out which disk interface this software is for ... REM statement, may be to stop people breaking into the program ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Thinking aloudLooks like Im finally going to get some free time soon, so I started thinking about doing some speccy stuff again. Its been about 23 years since I h…

    ... TV (although theres nothing to stop you using a monitor). The ... flash to transfer tape of disk images. But this in itself ...
    Toxitalk Toxitalk May 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... too far past the end stop. That's partly why I ... he could dump his modified disk (replaced some corrupt files) and ... % error free dump from a disk ?[/QUOTE]
    I'd say ... error sectors on your damaged disk, and the multiple EDSK copies ...
    obo obo June 2007 Development
  • B: drive dont workHi all, I went to Maplin today got myself a DIY lead the one with the proper 34 way edge connector for the Spectrum+3 other end 34 way to floppy driv…

    ... to pin 43 on the disk drive, and pin 1 on ... /> (viewed from rear)

    DISK B: socket


    ________
    2 GND 19 MOTOR ON
    _____________
    3 ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2007 Hardware
  • Remade Speccy game. Chaos.I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. But if I write Speccy and games then I'm sure it is now! Anyways... Just in case some people …

    ... is not freeware. It will stop on turn 20 and request ... the workbench 3.0 floppy disk on drive
    d - place ...
    alban lusitanae alban lusitanae August 2007 Games
  • +3 and 3.5 Floppy Disk DriveCan anyone please help ?. I have a +3 with a faulty Floppy Drive and have a couple of spare 1.44 IDE 3.5 HD Floppy Drives. Does anybody know of a…

    ... in the drive would this stop the +3 from Hanging and ... moves it downwards onto the motor, the best place for the ...
    guesser guesser September 2007 Hardware
  • +3 and 3.5 Floppy Disk DriveCan anyone please help ?. I have a +3 with a faulty Floppy Drive and have a couple of spare 1.44 IDE 3.5 HD Floppy Drives. Does anybody know of a…

    ... disable the spindle motor when there's no disk in the drive ...
    Phu Phu September 2007 Hardware
  • +3 and 3.5 Floppy Disk DriveCan anyone please help ?. I have a +3 with a faulty Floppy Drive and have a couple of spare 1.44 IDE 3.5 HD Floppy Drives. Does anybody know of a…

    ... disable the spindle motor when there's no disk in the drive ...
    guesser guesser September 2007 Hardware
  • I've got a divIDE. Now what?I've purchased a divIDE and after a month it's at home. What can I do now with that? I've got a 48k+, a +2B and a +3. The +2B has the original ROMs,…

    ... current draw of the floppy disk drive (I presume the +D ... dirt, and when the drive motor starts, you get a big ... the power of a drive motor :-)

    The edge connector ...
    Winston Winston September 2007 Hardware
  • I've got a divIDE. Now what?I've purchased a divIDE and after a month it's at home. What can I do now with that? I've got a 48k+, a +2B and a +3. The +2B has the original ROMs,…

    ... current draw of the floppy disk drive (I presume the +D ... dirt, and when the drive motor starts, you get a big ... the power of a drive motor :-)

    The edge connector ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2007 Hardware
  • Anyone got information on the Playstation 3If anyone here owns one could you let me know what its like to use, and what are the negatives about the machine, in particular i would like to know …

    ... has some gizmo fitted to stop u doing that, does it ... . From inserting a blu-ray disk to viewing the film is ...
    Vampyre Vampyre October 2007 Chit chat
  • Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…

    ... file embedded in them (Beta disk interface ROM perhaps?). The BASIC ... one instance, when it prints "STOP THE TAPE" on loading. This ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn October 2007 Games
  • Amsterdam meet ;)I'm going to be in Amsterdam from the 28th December to the 2nd January... (A surprise trip for the wife)... Any WoSers want to make it out there? :)…

    ... wouldn't have the motor skills to stop a paraplegic lifting my ...
    mile mile November 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How can I join two or more .rzx files?Dear All, I'm trying to find away to record an 'Action Replay' file in multiple sessions, i.e. so I can do a long adverture in multiple sessions. I…

    ... it already):

    1) Stop recording your game and choose ... 't record anything)
    4) Stop and close just opened recording ... reads data from Spectrum +3 disk. It will play correctly in ...
    Ralf Ralf January 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Electro Magnetic EngineI think Winston my be qualified to answer this one. What do you know about the magnetic engine. I don't know anything about it, but taking the techn…

    ... you the common name, electric motor :-) They come in all sorts ... pretty damned efficient - a good motor can be upward of 90 ... friction to stop, you turn the power off to the motor and ... a generator, and have the motor put charge back into a ...
    Winston Winston January 2008 Chit chat
  • Electro Magnetic EngineI think Winston my be qualified to answer this one. What do you know about the magnetic engine. I don't know anything about it, but taking the techn…

    ... traction motors as generators (a motor can act as either a ... motor or a generator). The motor, when acting as ... and thus improve efficiency in stop-start city driving. Of course ...
    Winston Winston January 2008 Chit chat
  • 5 down 3 to Go!!I have just taken delivery of a further two microdrives to add to my collection. I now have 5 Microdrives. Who else has microdrives??Anyone else …

    ... myself, out of 5.25" disk drive cables that I cut ... faulty (it would run the motor but not do anything else ...
    zeem zeem February 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Fuse for Mac OS X beta releasesA beta version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/[/u…

    ... [list]
    [*] Add +D disk interface support (Stuart Brady).
    [*] New floppy disk controller emulation for +D and ... Beta (aka TR-DOS) disk interface emulation (Gergely Szasz ... not just tapes.
    [*] Stop processing keypresses in the emulator ...
    Fred Fred February 2008 Emulators
  • The new GP2Xpectrum releases threadYeah, I know the thread title isn't exactly too original, but I've decided that just one post to hold all updates makes more sense than a lot of smal…

    ... /> - "Tape Auto Play/Stop" option to play/stop the tape automatically. Best ... view/select tape blocks, play/stop the tape manually and to ... ", and "+3 disc" with "+3 disk".
    - Updated documentation.
    [i ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain February 2008 Emulators
  • +3 floppy disk compatibilityWhere can be found a compatibility lists of drives for an Spectrum +3? I've read something about some drives preferred, and others that doesn't work,…

    ...
    - jumper for motor driving, two positions, can ... DIPswitches
    - switch for motor driving, two positions, labelled MO ... - 0ohm SMD resistor for motor driving, two positions, can ... and ?motor? jumpers, more likely not even the ?disk select? jumpers ...
    zxbruno zxbruno March 2008 Hardware
  • 3" disk preservation - optionsFor now we're still able to find old PCs with Floppy drives, floppy drive cables, new PCs that may not have a Floppy drive but still have the FDC and…

    ... an image of the 3" disk. The image would be sent ... anything, disks with protection, other disk formats, etc. I know this ... though!
    just because manufacturers stop putting FDCs on motherboards etc ...
    guesser guesser March 2008 Hardware
  • Interface 1 emulation issuesFor Virtual Spectrum v3.0 I am implementing virtual Interface 1 and Interface 2 options! The I/F2 ROM option works already, and I have got the I/F1 s…

    ... the one which starts the motor and wipes your cartridge? All ... the cartridge. Issuing a subsequent STOP command will halt the drive ...
    jp jp April 2008 Emulators
  • Hacks to improve existing gamesDoes everyone remember those hacked versions of Commando and Action Force II that had AY soundtracks hacked into them? How about hacking some other …

    Stonkers - hacked to stop the crashes.

    Pogo - hacked to make it more like Q*Bert. A 256 coloured version for emulators would be nice.

    Elite - a version that supported flopply disks and had all the ships of the BBC B disk version.
    Vanamonde Vanamonde April 2008 Games
  • SAM Coupe' questionsHello everyone, As of yesterday I'm the proud owner of a Sam Coupe (yeah! also, a mint Vectrex and also waiting for my Z88 - this is my month!), how…

    ... caddy, and then unscrew a motor bracket to get to the ... the disk is missing, so I suppose this is good); the motor ... turns, and so is the disk, though what ...
    Gryzor Gryzor May 2008 Chit chat
  • SAM Coupe' questionsHello everyone, As of yesterday I'm the proud owner of a Sam Coupe (yeah! also, a mint Vectrex and also waiting for my Z88 - this is my month!), how…

    ... the disk is missing, so I suppose this is good); the motor ... turns, and so is the disk, though what ... failed - perhaps with the head motor or the mechanism that it ... down, along with the other motor trying to track wildly.
    Quazar Quazar May 2008 Chit chat
  • Worst driving behaviours....?Can anyone explain to me why most drivers in the UK seem to think it's ok to sit in lanes 2 and/or 3 of a three-lane road despite the fact that the i…

    ... on the brakes the wheels stop going round. :D

    motor jammed. Stupid computer, thinks it ...
    guesser guesser June 2008 Chit chat
  • Wanted: 3" disk drivesSee subject. Looking for cheap working 3" disk drives for Zx Spectrum +3, CPC 6128 or PCW. -- dg67

    ... noting that although the PCW disk drives are not electrically compatable ... springs, screws, the disk tray and the spindle motor. Especially as they ... from it to replace the motor, and some of the springs ... liked a proper 3" disk drive second disk drive to go with ...
    spodula spodula July 2008 Wanted
  • ANN: SpecEmu 2.7Go get it kids! [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/specemu.html[/url] :p

    ... , it can play recordings where disk drive is used it can ... ]Blazing Thunder:[/B]
    Choose Stop playback when playing the .rzx ...
    Ralf Ralf October 2008 Emulators
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