ZX SPECTRUM +2A/+3 : The Best Modern Setup - Episode #7
42Welcome to the seventh episode! This is the second episode featuring the Mar Océana HDD image, and we will show some more of the extra features from this release.
This series is for ZX Spectrum +2A/+3 users. We will upgrade a ZX Spectrum +2A to a very powerful retro computer with 7 modern operating systems and several different storage devices. If you have a +3 you can get the same results.
The +3 has two more 16 KB ROMs, physically implemented as two 32 KB chips. One is the home to the second part of the reorganised 128 ROM and the other hosts the +3's disk operating system. This is a modified version of Amstrad's AMDOS, called +3DOS. To facilitate the new ROMs and CP/M, the bank-switching was further improved, allowing the ROM to be paged out for another 16 KB of RAM.
The +3 is the only ZX Spectrum model that is capable of running the CP/M operating system without additional hardware. Also featured is an interface port for a printer (standard 8-bit Centronics Interface), an interface port for a second disk drive, an auxiliary port and two joystick ports (All these features are also available on the +2A).
The computer will end up having these features:
OPERATING SYSTEMS:
- IDEDOS
- Workbench +3e
- +3e Explorer
- CP/M Plus
- Gotek FlashFloppy
- esxDOS
- esxDOS File Browser
SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS:
- Tzx
- Tap
- Dsk
- Trd
- Scl
- Sna
- Z80
K-mouse Turbo XL interface: https://www.bytedelight.com/?product_cat=joystickmouse
USB mouse with PS/2 compatible protocolset: https://www.bytedelight.com/?product_cat=joystickmouse
Mar Océana HDD image: http://retrowiki.es/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=200037816
Win32 Disk Imager: https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
DivMMC Enjoy! Pro One: https://www.bytedelight.com/?product_cat=divmmc-enjoy
ZX-HD: https://www.bytedelight.com/?product=zx-hd-hdmi-interface-rasperry-pi-zero-complete-set
ZX Spectrum Octocom webpage: https://octocom.speccy.org/workbench_en.html
ZX Spectrum +3e Homepage: https://worldofspectrum.org/zxplus3e/
+3e ROMs: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=ZX+Spectrum+%2B3e+ROM&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=Spectrum+%2B3e+ROM&_osacat=0
The AY music in this video is Robocop title music by Jonathan Dunn.