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Spectrum+3Hi all, Got my Spectrum+3 from eBay this afternoon. Powered it up to find the drive belt is a no go. So I need a drive belt, Ok easy to get hold of n…
... generic cheepomax stuff.
3" disks are hard to find ... a second disk drive to your system. A Shugart 3.5" drive will revolutionise ... -
Spectrum+3Hi all, Got my Spectrum+3 from eBay this afternoon. Powered it up to find the drive belt is a no go. So I need a drive belt, Ok easy to get hold of n…
... get a proper 720K drive from an old 3/486 PC, that ... don't want is a drive that can read a ... /> In actual fact a HD disk drive should be fine, as long ... it is HD. The drive will detect this and change ... /> The drive can also be fooled into thinking a HD disk is ... -
Spectrum+3Hi all, Got my Spectrum+3 from eBay this afternoon. Powered it up to find the drive belt is a no go. So I need a drive belt, Ok easy to get hold of n…
... /> In actual fact a HD disk drive should be fine, as long ... it is HD. The drive will detect this and change ... /> The drive can also be fooled into thinking a HD disk is ... will not work on a +3. It's the READY line ... t exist on a HD drive. You can hack them ... -
dsk images problemHi all I am having a bit of a problem. I use WinTZX0.8A to get programs from my PC to my Spectrum+2B (not using the +3 as I am waiting for a new dri…
... onto either tape or disk using Multiface 3.
Problem is WinTZX ... to a 3" disk IIRC, so you would need another 3" drive attached to ... you add an external 3.5" drive to your +3 while you wait ... files from the disk image to a 3.5" disk formatted to +3DOS ... -
dsk images problemHi all I am having a bit of a problem. I use WinTZX0.8A to get programs from my PC to my Spectrum+2B (not using the +3 as I am waiting for a new dri…
... disk and load them on your real +3 using a 3.5" drive as ... the A: drive, or you could load the disk ... : drive. Yes you CAN write a 40 track disk image onto a 3 ... properly from a 3.5" 40 track disk in drive A:. I can ... -
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…
... am still waiting for the +3 drive belt.
I am pretty ... , whether there is a disk in the drive or not, even when ... need to have a disk in the drive before it's even ... the drive working, select 256 directory entries. Download the Utility 3 +3 disk from ... -
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…
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DDi-1 instead of FD-1?Is it possible to connect DDi-1 drives to the Plus3 without any special software or cable? I've been looking for Amstrad's FD-1 drive for my +3 for a…
... This isn't just a drive, it's designed to ... be a primary A: drive and has the control hardware ... external 3" drive to your +3 or add a secondary 3.5" drive. I ... on a 3" disk is equal to 360K, the 3.5" disk holds ... to get a double sided 3" drive from a scrap PCW ... -
Emulating the Plus3e in SpinHi. At the weekend I finally got my ass in gear and started to go through my many +3 discs, with the aim of transferring a lot of the content to a CF…
... who has a +3 without a 3.5" drive, otherwise I'd ... not using a real +3 & 3.5" drive, but using an ... you still have a floppy drive on your PC, of ... the files from yet another disk image ;-)
Yet ... insert the +3e disk image as one drive, and use a ... -
Emulating the Plus3e in SpinHi. At the weekend I finally got my ass in gear and started to go through my many +3 discs, with the aim of transferring a lot of the content to a CF…
... not using a real +3 & 3.5" drive, but using an emulated ... you still have a floppy drive on your PC, of course ... the files from yet another disk image ;-)[/QUOTE]
Ah yes ... insert the +3e disk image as one drive, and use a real ... -
Don't shoot me...Definitely off-topic, and most possibly dangerous... There's a preview of the first chapter of the c64 book available online at: [URL]http://www.c6…
... pack included sugar pills!)
3. It was released in 1982 ... anything that's got a disk drive and enough RAM to deal ... -
SCL files...Eh? 1) Where in buggery have these come from? and 2) What do they want? supplementary: 3) Why? As far as I can gather, they're files for the Russi…
The Beta 128 disk interface from Technology Research UK ... is it that the Beta128 Disk Interface can only be used ... /> Wasn't it just another disk interface for any Spectrum that ... my +3 modded with a new romset and Beta128 Disk drive built in ... -
48K vs 128KWhat does everyne think is the best machine - the 48k or the 128k? Personally i prefer the 128K+2. It has more memory, built in tape deck (so no fid…
... in 1990. I got a +3 in 93 and I think ... ' it has a built in disk drive and you can hook a ... "But the motors in the disk drives burn out", the tapedeck ... -
Noob question. I'm stillconfused.I thought I had it all sorted out about the different models: +2....+2a....+3. But then, suddenly, I saw that there were a +2b. So, can anyone pleas…
... black and has a disk drive it's a +3
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+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…
You should find that a 3.5" drive already has a suitable microswitch ... drive internally to disable the spindle motor when there's no disk ... in the drive.
It shouldn ... hard to connect up the drive ready line to this switch ... -
+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…
... should find that a 3.5" drive already has a ... drive internally to disable the spindle motor when there's no disk ... in the drive.
... to connect up the drive ready line to this ... internal workings of the drive without looking at a ... -
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,…
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No, thanks. With one disk interface I've got enough ... floppy disk drivers will be using a 3.5" PC drive as secondary drive ... in my +3, then making ... important) making the swap drive switch (to use 3.5" drive as A:) -
Disciple DiscinterfaceHello, I just have 3 Disciple Discinterface. I connected all of them to a drive which works well with the +D. But with Disciple it didn?t. When I pre…
... have 3 Disciple Discinterface. I connected all of them to a drive ... anything to do with the disk drive.
It sounds as ... -
Gamasutra article on the er.. other computer.I know that some of you own and love the c64 (heretics!). This article may probably interest you: [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1991/a_…
... 1 with hard drive, extra disk drive
3 TS1000 with bits ... ...which is umm
3 rubbers
1 48k ... 1 128k toasty
3 zx printers
Interface 1 ... /> Sinclair QL with external Disk drives
1 dreamcast ... /> 1 gp2x
3 tv game things
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+3 startup modesWill it make any difference which mode I select (+3 Basic / 48 Basic) if I'm gonna load a 48k game ? Is one mode more compatible with 48k games than…
... gave use of the floppy drive whilst being in 48K mode ... />
If you download the +3 disk images of "Paul Harrison's ... -
Games on a D80 based systemHi everybody..... I need to satiate my urge to play Knight Lore. Never did finish that game. To do so I need a good way of getting it onto at least…
... Kompakt has this lovely 840K disk drive and all...
So ... or TZXs onto a D80 disk? Is there a way? I ... ://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/d80-3.zip[/url]
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Spectrum +3 disk drive problem (?)I took up using Spectrums only many years after any ZX model was last in production. I've been lucky enough to find one each of the various 128k mode…
... assume. My wife spotted a +3 at ?2 in a charity ... was probably cheap because the disk drive wouldn't load anything at ... my Spectrum rather than the disk drive.
Has anyone any ... be covered by the Plus 3 repair manual I've seen ... -
Spectrum +3 disk drive problem (?)I took up using Spectrums only many years after any ZX model was last in production. I've been lucky enough to find one each of the various 128k mode…
... I've just checked the +3, and there is a noticeable ... to for an idle computer disk drive, but I'm not familiar ... with the quirks of the +3.) I suppose there's ... * that plugs into the +3 and +2A/B that is ... not work when plugged into +3 +2A/B?
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another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... I recall people buying computer/disk drive combinations and then there was ... became necessary to own a disk drive to use the best sw ... 3" disk drives at $50 a pop. Compare this to the C64 disk drive ... slow. If you couple the disk drives with the expansion unit ... -
ZX +3 Disk Drive Problems!Hello! I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago in a shop for 10 quid, I was very pleased with myself. I realised that this thing was a disk drive thin…
... I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago ... this thing was a disk drive thinger and after a ... there something wrong with the disk drive? is it fixable? I ... people dismantle them to replace drive belts.
... fix the 3" drive, a standard PC 3.5" drive can be ... -
ZX +3 Disk Drive Problems!Hello! I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago in a shop for 10 quid, I was very pleased with myself. I realised that this thing was a disk drive thin…
... be in the drive already, drop in a disk, and where the ... the hole and reassemble your drive. It'll work fine now ... could use an old PC 3.5" drive but getting hold of ... well worth the hassle tho, 3.5" disks hold 710K of ... 180K/side offered by the 3" Amstrad variety. -
ZX +3 Disk Drive Problems!Hello! I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago in a shop for 10 quid, I was very pleased with myself. I realised that this thing was a disk drive thin…
... put the +3 DSK images back onto either 3" or 3,5" disks ... have a +3 with 3" A drive and 3,5" B drive and I´m ... downloaded on a PC onto disk that can be used by ... -
ZX +3 Disk Drive Problems!Hello! I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago in a shop for 10 quid, I was very pleased with myself. I realised that this thing was a disk drive thin…
... put the +3 DSK images back onto either 3" or 3,5" disks ... have a +3 with 3" A drive and 3,5" B drive and I?m ... downloaded on a PC onto disk that can be used by ... the +3.[/quote]
DEATH !!! Where ... -
ZX +3 Disk Drive Problems!Hello! I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago in a shop for 10 quid, I was very pleased with myself. I realised that this thing was a disk drive thin…
... have an internal 3" drive as A and external 3,5" as B ... order to boot from the 3,5" when I need to ... conector that plugs to the +3 external drive port.
On ... choose which side of the 3.5" disk i want to use ... -
ZX +3 Disk Drive Problems!Hello! I Picked up a +3 a couple of weeks ago in a shop for 10 quid, I was very pleased with myself. I realised that this thing was a disk drive thin…
... put the +3 DSK images back onto either 3" or 3,5" ... have a +3 with 3" A drive and 3,5" B drive and I? ... downloaded on a PC onto disk that can be used ... 3.5" disk image and a DSDD floppy in your PC drive ... . No PC drive ...
