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| From | "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | it.comp.retrocomputing, uk.comp.vintage |
| Subject | Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? |
| Date | 2021-01-13 13:22 +0200 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <rtml63$1au4$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <rtk0q9$1fa3$1@gioia.aioe.org> <7ul*dN4-x@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
That's how they look: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BHWAm4bg484SWsRPA Yes, they are 5,25". The drive is integrated in the same case as ZX-Spectrum clone. The computer is working, but I want to backup the disks before trying anything. "Theo" <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message news:7ul*dN4-x@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk... > Mantas <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> wrote: >> I have 2 floppy disks from a Lithuanian ZX-Spectrum clone. I would like >> to >> make backups (if they are still readable). >> >> I have a 386 with MS-DOS and Win 3.11 and if needed I can connect a 5,25" >> drive to WinXP computer. > > Are they 5.25" floppies? Do you know how the drive was connected? > > The only Spectrum with a floppy port was the +3. > There were third party interfaces that presumably had an FDC chip. > > There was no common Spectrum DOS, so as I understood it every interface > manufacturer did their own thing, with their own on-disc format. > Apparently > TR-DOS was popular in the USSR. > > My point being you need to know how the interface lays out the > tracks before you can image a floppy. > > If it is TR-DOS, there are some tools to make images using a PC here: > https://speccy.xyz/trdos.html > > Theo
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How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-12 12:42 +0200
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2021-01-12 22:47 +0000
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-13 13:22 +0200
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2021-01-13 19:56 +0100
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2021-01-13 20:01 +0100
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2021-01-13 20:09 +0100
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-14 13:14 +0200
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2021-01-14 19:40 +0100
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Dino.Baldi" <dino.baldi@gmail.com> - 2021-01-15 01:56 -0800
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-18 16:27 +0200
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Mike Garcia <mike@mgarcia.nospam> - 2021-01-18 10:47 +1100
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-18 16:28 +0200
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2021-01-18 22:28 +0000
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Mike Garcia <mike@mgarcia.nospam> - 2021-01-18 23:30 +0000
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-27 14:10 +0200
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? MaveRick <computelico.erasami@gimeil.comm> - 2021-03-10 07:33 +0000
Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-03-10 15:36 +0200
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