ZX Spectrum Beta Disc 5.25" floppy

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The '''ZX Spectrum Beta Disc 5.25" floppy''' is the 5 1/4" disk format used with ZX Spectrum computers.
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The '''ZX Spectrum Beta Disc 5.25" floppy''' is the 5 1/4" disk format used with ZX Spectrum computers, with the [[TR-DOS filesystem]].
  
 
5¼" and 3½" floppies are used with the following formats (sources are unclear as to which of these formats are used with each of the sizes):
 
5¼" and 3½" floppies are used with the following formats (sources are unclear as to which of these formats are used with each of the sizes):
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140409113112/http://k1.dyndns.org/Vintage/Sinclair/82/Peripherials/Disc%20Interfaces/Beta%20128%20Disc%20Interface%2C%20TRDOS%20%28Technology%20Research%29/TRDOS/TR-DOS%20Programming.txt Internal TR-DOS functions]
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140409113112/http://k1.dyndns.org/Vintage/Sinclair/82/Peripherials/Disc%20Interfaces/Beta%20128%20Disc%20Interface%2C%20TRDOS%20%28Technology%20Research%29/TRDOS/TR-DOS%20Programming.txt Internal TR-DOS functions]
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* [https://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat28.html Ad/review for disk drive]
  
 
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[[Category:ZX Spectrum]]

Latest revision as of 02:24, 13 September 2019

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Name ZX Spectrum Beta Disc 5.25" floppy
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The ZX Spectrum Beta Disc 5.25" floppy is the 5 1/4" disk format used with ZX Spectrum computers, with the TR-DOS filesystem.

5¼" and 3½" floppies are used with the following formats (sources are unclear as to which of these formats are used with each of the sizes):

Number of tracks per side Number of sides Number of tracks (total) Number of sectors Number of bytes
80 2 160 2560 655360
40 2 80 1280 327680
80 1 80 1280 327680
40 1 40 640 163840

Diskettes can be dumped to TRD files for use in emulators.

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