Plus D
Aliases  MGT Plus D
Release Date  1988
Original Publisher  Miles Gordon Technology (UK)
Min. Hardware  
Genre  Hardware: Disk
Max. Players  0
Required by  program Autoprog
program Autoprog
program Call +D
program Cater
program Checker
program Clip Viewer
program Conceal
program DOS-Copy
program DOS-Setter
program Datashield
program Date Stamp
program Disc Doctor
program Disc Monitor
program Disc-Kit
program Discplus
program Discreader II
program Discsearch
program Disctidy
program Discview
program Dread
program Edisect
program Exbas
program File Attributes (+D)
program File Length
program File Test
program Find a File
program Findout
program Fullcat
program Glensoft Profile
program Index Writer
program Inof
program Lineprint
program Memberlist
program Multicopy
program Neater Lister
program Notepad +D
program Open-3-Out
program PEEK@
program PEEK@ version 2
program PEEK@ version 3
program Permavar
program Plus D Filetype Changer
program Plus D System Tape
program Printerchars
program Progstopper
program Progstopper version 2
program Quikcop 4
program Re-Order
program Recover
program Recovery +D
program Renumber
program Return To version 2
program Reveal
program Secopy
program Sector Search
program Seek N' Peek
program Select a Cat
program Select a Cat version 2
program Snap Out
program Snapswap
program Splittext
program Tape to +D File Copier
program Tapemall
program Tascat
program Tasword 128K Opentype File Reader
program The Big Six
program The Compressor
program The Disc Editor
program Thingi
program Transit!
program Transtape
program Traxtram
program Underground
program Unerase
program Vanishing Cross Patience
program Wherewolf
program Wipeout
program Wipeout 2
Original Price  £52.13
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX  59.95
*** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information!

Standalone re-releases
     #1 - Datel Electronics Ltd (UK)

Review Awards
     "Your Sinclair Best Buy"at Your Sinclairissue #27 - 1988/Marpage 62

Remarks
     Runs the GDOS operating system.
Comes with a Plus D System Tape.
The ROM image(s) is/are available at Phil Kendall's The Spectrum ROMs Collection.
An alternative operating system was developed as well: Uni-Dos, which came as a replacement ROM chip and a floppy disk.
The later Datel Electronics version came with MGT The Fixer supplied.

Remarks
     SPOT: £129.95 with 780k 3.5" drive;

3.5" disk drive + interface

Summary
     Disk interface with snapshot button. Interface 1 compliant. Up to 780K storage. Loads 48K in 3.5 secs.

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     MGTPlusD_Information.pdf161,035OriginalInstructions - English manual
     MGTPlusD_Information.txt9,352OriginalInstructions - English manual
     MGTPlusD_ThePlusDOnThe+2aAnd+3.pdf650,217OriginalInstructions - English manual
     MGTPlusD_UsersManualIssue1.zip77,290OriginalInstructions - English manual
     MGTPlusD_UsersManualIssue2.zip83,607OriginalInstructions - English manual
     PlusD_SourceCode.zip2,807OriginalSource code - Plus D PAL IC source JED and fusemap
     MGTPlusD.jpg432,095OriginalHardware picture
     MGTPlusD_Schematics_1.jpg184,691OriginalHardware technical documentation
     MGTPlusD_Schematics_2.gif45,551OriginalHardware technical documentation
     MGTPlusD_Schematics_3.gif16,121OriginalHardware technical documentation
     PlusD(EN)_TechDoc.pdf283,891OriginalHardware technical documentationEnglish - Description and decoding of Plus D PAL ICs
     MGTPlusD.gif342,473OriginalHardware advertisement scan
     MGTPlusD_2.jpg113,213OriginalHardware advertisement scan
     MGTPlusD_3.jpg239,967OriginalHardware advertisement scan

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #47-1987/Decpage 114- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #49-1988/Febpage 64- Review - Crash - Tech Niche
     Crashissue v.1 #62-1989/Marpage 55- Review
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.6 #51-1987/Dec/31 special "week#5"page 28- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #72-1988/Marpage 69- Review
     Your Computerissue v.8 #4-1988/Aprpage 49- Review
     Your Sinclairissue #27-1988/Marpage 62- Review - Hardware Special: Rage Hard!
     Your Sinclairissue #79-1992/Julpage 42- Review - Wired (various hardware reviews)

Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #54-1988/Julpage 42- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #63-1989/Aprpage 61- News/Note - Fixer adapter for Spectrum+2
     Crashissue v.1 #63-1989/Aprpage 62- News/Note - FORMAT magazine
     New Computer Expressissue #131-1991/May/11page 26- News/Note - Where to get UNI-DOS [Plus D / Disciple]
     New Computer Expressissue #133-1991/May/25page 27- News/Note - Copying on Plus D
     Sinclair Userissue #69-1987/Decpage 21- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #127-1992/Seppage 24- Letters
     Your Sinclairissue #32-1988/Augpage 7- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #60-1990/Decpage 33- CompoEntry
     Your Sinclairissue #87-1993/Marpage 7- CoverGame - DT+ file transfer utility
     Your Sinclairissue #89-1993/Maypage 6- CoverGame - +D boot utility

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     Your Computerissue v.8 #4-1988/Aprpage 48- Advert
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     Your Sinclairissue #27-1988/Marpage 64- Advert
     Your Sinclairissue #30-1988/Junpage 97- Advert
     Your Sinclairissue #31-1988/Julpage 97- Advert
     Your Sinclairissue #60-1990/Decpage 77- Full-page ad - Datel Electronics advert
     Your Sinclairissue #61-1991/Janpage 77- Full-page ad - Datel Electronics advert
     Your Sinclairissue #62-1991/Febpage 57- Full-page ad - Datel Electronics advert
     Your Sinclairissue #63-1991/Marpage 53- Full-page ad - Datel Electronics advert
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