out of my 25 or so zx spectrum games about 10 work 
i haven't had a single floppy go wrong either.. but i also use 3M only...
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i didn't say nothing against good old 5 1/4.
just for the record, i have a collection of ca 50 original tapes for c64, almost all funtional.
i've got a collection of about 500 5 1/4 floppies for c64, mostly copies... at least 80% are working and they have been through a lot of shit.
i've also got about 200 3.5" for amiga, both original and copies, more than 50% don't work.
that's the reality, my friends.
besides, it's a well-known fact that on speccy, loading from tape is faster than loading from floppy, if done right.
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Maybe for speccy, but that;s because their floppy interface was pretty bad to.
Again, with 3.5 floppies care must still be taken. I know lots of people who store them carelessly because they seem to be more rugged. This simply isn't the case. Again, the floppies of which I was speaking are 3.5 floppy disks. 5.25 disks only seem more reliable because it's easier to keep in mind proper handling. Also of note, some 3.5 drives stop reading good disks over time, because by the Amiga era the drives were becoming universal and cheaply made. I have some high quality 3.5 drives for PC and Apple IIgs which have performed perfectly with my media for a long time.
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PL
Hi there.
NOBODY never said that Amstrad Spectrums have input. Mostly because they DON'T.
+2 / +2A / +2B has NO sound input. Don't know about +3 (should have but....... who knows).
Sound must go through an _AMPLIFIER_. in 99% of case it will not work with direct mp3=>ZX way. It's too silent.
Bass/trebles on equalizer: flat.
Stereo panorama - full into left (or right, depending how it's connected - you will see the difference instantly 
).
Software - the easiest (in my opiion) would be http://zxspectrum48.i-demo.pl/st_1_1.zip
For MP3-players' users: convertor TAP=>WAV is: http://zxspectrum48.i-demo.pl/tap2wav.zip
(then you code the WAV into MP3, 192Kbps should do the trick. That's what I use anyway).
The Tape Adapter for +2/a/b isn't very good. Sometimes it works - and sometimes it doesn't. Depends on air pressure in northern hemisphere or whatever else. 
SON - a Spanish Spectrum or similar? That's sound OUTput only. Sadly. 
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After all. The best way is to get the CF interface. It's called divIDE.
Some systems can SAVE. I don't know any details but it works.
Infos: http://baze.au.com/divide/
The best way to get the device is from here:
http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/spectrum/ … orage.html
Greetings!
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irrlichtproject wrote:
besides, it's a well-known fact that on speccy, loading from tape is faster than loading from floppy, if done right.
Well, yes - it's possible with this program http://zxspectrum48.i-demo.pl/k7zx.zip (also with easy possibility to make WAVs) but sadly it loads quickly only *.sna/*.z80 snapshots.
So you will be able to load any program but your own data (like songs) will be loaded and saved with normal speed (still the fastest among all 8bit computers. But still slow ).
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Am I able to do this with my ZX Spectrum +3? If so, what software am I able to use and whats recommended?
Also, what software am I able to use on floppy (i've made myself an external 3.5 disk drive)? I heard that I can only use SQ Tracker. And how can I format the floppy disk?
I'll be grateful if anyone can help as I know +3s arent as known about and this thread is over a month old.
Thanks
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Oh, man - a lot of questions.
Sure thing all the stuff works also with +3 but for detailes information you should ask on
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/
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ahhh, i do love you MISTER BEEP!
thanks for the help, i figured it out in the end
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