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My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... . So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had ... a snapped drive belt and today I ... key doesn't access the disk drive or tape player.
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Buyers bewareRecently over on facebook I made a deal with a guy to buy a Commodore 1541 II Disk Drive, it was out of alignment apparently, plus there could have b…
... buy a Commodore 1541 II Disk Drive, it was out of alignment ... key was always "pressed", the drive however was a different story ... -
Creating actual floppy disks using .dsk files on the SpectrumHello ZX friends I have a +3 and diskette related question. I have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy disk drive and a divIDE+. Is there a way I can …
... an external 3.5" floppy disk drive and a divIDE+. Is there ... create an actual floppy disk from that disk image file using the ... the ".dsk file to actual disk" conversion on my old PC ... doesn't have a floppy drive.
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MGT DISCiPLEBeen a long long time since I posted on here, so Hello everyone ! Picked up some Spectrum stuff last week and the bundle included a MGT Plus D inter…
Few Bits of Hardware for SaleI have listed a few items on SellMyRetro for sale, including a dual disk drive boxed OPUS Discovery, a Fuller Games Box and a Multiface 3: [url]http…
... for sale, including a dual disk drive boxed OPUS Discovery, a Fuller ...New Tool: HCDisk2Hi, I bring to your attention a new tool that I wrote: HCDisk2. HCDisk2 is a command line tool able to transfer files stored on several file system …
... from Romania, with 3.5 disk drive)
File systems based ... inserted into the PC floppy drive
- RAW, including ... - transfer physical disks into disk images for preservation or use ... on a Spectrum without disk)
- disk image conversion between ...Sinclair's Cancelled ProjectsDoes anybody have anymore info on any of these projects or are there any old Sinclair engineers on the Spectrum scene that could shed a little more l…
... produce an add-on floppy disk drive for the ZX Spectrum.New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…
... working with 3.5” floppy disk drives (DD mode only), and ... /> A/B: Assign the DS1 drive to either A: or B ... : Select the head (toggles between disk sides)
Also has ... the interface support only one disk drive connected at a time.
Would you buy newly made copies of Speccy +3 disks?As a collector of +3 disk versions of games and prog's for the Speccy, I know how difficult it can be to obtain certain titles as they don't come up …
... trying to write +3 disk images like those found here ... having a spare 3'' Amstrad disk drive, the right old PC ... with a 3'' Amstrad drive, then the correct cables ... to connect the drive to PC. I now ... of doing a cheap disk repair service too where ...The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…
... D1"Filename" - Load Filename from Disk drive 1
LOAD D*"Filename ... " - Load Filename from Last Disk Drive used
LOAD H1"Filename ...Opus ROMS for FuseHi, Does anyone know where you can get the Opus Disk Drive ROM file for Fuse? The ROMS are listed but without links on the ShadowMagic page, an…
... you can get the Opus Disk Drive ROM file for Fuse?
disk systems and seeing which is ...Opus Discovery - a Christmas taleBack in the day, when the ZX ruled the home computer market here in the UK, it suffered from 1 obvious problem: it lacked a fast mass media save/load…
... had a whole shelf of disk based software back then, ... including the disk based Elite), I thought thus ... Thundercats theme, I quietly craved disk access. When the +3 came ... 'serviced' if there is a disk drive involved.
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Have a nice BID ;)Pentagon 128k Rev. 2011 (blue PCB)Fully confirmed working, various original design issues fixed (instable power rails, joystick adapter not working, FLASH not working) PSU and 3.5" d…
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PSU and 3.5" disk drive included
Asking price: 120 ...No video from my Spectrum +3 hot chips!I still can't get to the bottom of my +3 giving no video. It powers up and both the power and disk drive lights are on solid. The disk drive won't ma…
... the power and disk drive lights are on solid. The disk drive won't ...Anything valuable / rare in this lot?Hi all Been going through the cupboards here and discovered my old Spectrum tapes collection. Wondered if any of it had any real value? Happy to…
... the multiface to the +3 disk drive if they're needed for ...150 Games - Best approach ?Hi all, glad to be on board. I've just recovered my +3 from my parent's loft. Fired it up and it seems just fine but suspect the disk drive needs…
... just fine but suspect the disk drive needs a repair given the ... loads of games converted to disk so I'm inclined to ...Opus Discovery - copy 170k disks to 800k disksHi guys, I'm new here, and a newbie in the spectrum world. My opus has two disk drive, a pc drive as 1, and the original one as 2. 6116 ram chip a…
... /> My opus has two disk drive, a pc drive as 1, and the ... 180k disks into one 800k disk, but everytime, I get an ...No Fate - new game from creators of CastlevaniaRewind Studio that was responsible for a great ZX Spectrum game from 2015, called Castlevania: Spectral Interlude, finally announced its next project…
... Spectrum with 256K+ RAM and disk drive.
— Enhanced version for ZX ...is there a way of seeing what is on the +3e hdd by using graphics?i want to develop a disk drive mapping system like you get on the c64. unfortunately it seems like this all has to be done in code. can it be done wi…
i want to develop a disk drive mapping system like you get ... there is data on the drive or just blank space and ...Opus Discovery not WorkingHello hope you can help, or if this thread goes well that you also find the answers you are looking for... I have an Opus discovery that does not …
... I get 5v in the disk drive connector lead but I am ...SpecIde updated!Hi, all! In these past months I've been brushing up a bit my emulator, SpecIde, a.k.a. the least efficient emulator in the world. At this momen…
... -so-good FDC765 and +3 disk drive emulation. Read-only for the ...Video: Repairing a ZX Spectrum +3 and 3" Disk DriveThis particular Spectrum +3 had multiple things wrong with it. I attempt to fix them all but only manage varying levels of success.
This particular Spectrum +3 had multiple things wrong with it. I attempt to fix them all but only manage varying levels of success.Spectrum +2A Keyboard not workingHi - I tested my Spectrum the 1st time in years yesterday and I got the sound the computer makes when you hold down a key. I thought it must be just …
... . Sadly it looks like the disk drive is knackered on that computer ...Spectrum +2A Keyboard not workingHi - I tested my Spectrum the 1st time in years yesterday and I got the sound the computer makes when you hold down a key. I thought it must be just …
... . Sadly it looks like the disk drive is knackered on that computer ...Multiface 3 hacked rom?Hi, I need to transfer some games on the +3 disk drive using my MF3. I know you need to have the MF3 pluged in in order to load the games afterwa…
... some games on the +3 disk drive using my MF3.
I ...game instructionswhere can you get these from... I can't pick anything up in dizzy or the great escape. I was hoping you just walk into them or press up. Anyway I've …
... ,ve got dizzy on spectrum disk i can copy you one ... ,if you,ve got a disk drive for speccy .I will have ...Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…
... a real spectrum with a disk drive. I doubt it is possible ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... machine I owned with a disk drive, a mouse, memory meausred in ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... machine. I had a 1050 disk drive with it and stacks of ...
