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Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... ) Opus Discovery 3) Independent power supply 4) Floppy drive with associated drive plates .And ... "tied up" too many Spectrums 3) Authenticty : it has been done ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... the old grease off the floppy drives' moving parts : well it ... floppy drives I tried out one of the 80T disks in drive ... case 2) Issue E PCB 3) Excomm EPROM set up for ... the PIA chip and the floppy drive controller chip . The heat sink ... -
ZX Speccy +2A - B&W & snowy RF output + other issuesHi All, I am new to this forum and I am back to the Spectrum world after 25 years. Recently I've bought a second hand +2A (+2B board - Z70833 Issu…
... from an unmodified +3 model with a broken floppy drive.[/quote]
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Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... to it all.
3) The keyboard connector cables . I ... some "new" cable from old floppy drive cables or from other similar ... -
Getting Tasword to save to CF cardHey chaps I have a Plus 2 with a simple 8bit IDE interface installed. I was hoping I might be able to use the +3 disk version in conjunction with …
... : can only look to the floppy drive?
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If you ... no, you can assign any drive letter (A to P) to ... any partition. Tasword +3 itself is hardcoded to run ... the BASIC loader for Tasword +3 -
Creating real +3 disk from imageHello threre, how can I ceate a real + 3disk from am emulator image (3" or 3,5") Here in the forum I didn?t found a clear discription. Peter
... following the saga of my +3 rehabilitabion, I now have four ... have formatted for the +3 and it's working fine ... unit for CD and 3.5" floppy drives, with a 9 ... of these seen a real +3 disc, ever?
... connect the CF2 disc drive from the +3 to a PC ( ... -
Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…
... ; in essence, the disk drive from the +3 was removed and replaced ... included the book {ZX Spectrum +3 Manual|Amstrad}.
... CGA output video for TV, floppy drive bay, 2 ISA slots, PC ... sound output, and MS-DOS 3.3 support.
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The ZX Spectrum as a Business MachineMaybe it is time to treat this"business" side of the Spectrum more seriously . What spurred me int action was the arrival in the post today (from Eb…
... floppy disk system (choice of 5 1/4in drive or 3 1/2in drive ... -
The ZX Spectrum as a Business MachineMaybe it is time to treat this"business" side of the Spectrum more seriously . What spurred me int action was the arrival in the post today (from Eb…
... floppy disk system (choice of 5 1/4in drive or 3 1/2in drive ... -
Recent hardware acquisitionsWell, not actually that recent but I've not had time to look at them until a few days ago... Two Speccy +'s. Both are semi alive. Both have semi d…
... earth lead from the floppy drive in the +3 (if memory serves correctly ... -
ZX Spectrum keyboards : all and everything about them and how can the Speccy keyboard be improved? This discussion can include of all the main types of Spectrum keyboard from the past (inc addon / aftermarket) , their strengths and weaknesses , …
Data cabling and membranes: 3 ways to go with keyboards< ... br />
3 main types of keyboard data ... eg LMT
3) Data cable "floppy" drive cable style with glass ... -
ZX Spectrum keyboards : all and everything about them and how can the Speccy keyboard be improved? This discussion can include of all the main types of Spectrum keyboard from the past (inc addon / aftermarket) , their strengths and weaknesses , …
... the original keyboards
3) "Super membranes" (so called by ... using cable data lines (eg floppy drive grade cable) with a plug ... -
Anyone daring to convert the TAP from Prince of Persia to DSK?As stated by Alessandro before, converting the tap.to a dsk. can be a difficult task, but I was wondering if anyone fancies a good challenge and get …
... a real Spectrum +3 you need a 3.5 inch floppy drive...
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Anyone daring to convert the TAP from Prince of Persia to DSK?As stated by Alessandro before, converting the tap.to a dsk. can be a difficult task, but I was wondering if anyone fancies a good challenge and get …
... a real Spectrum +3 you need a 3.5 inch floppy drive...
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Anyone daring to convert the TAP from Prince of Persia to DSK?As stated by Alessandro before, converting the tap.to a dsk. can be a difficult task, but I was wondering if anyone fancies a good challenge and get …
... a real Spectrum +3 you need a 3.5 inch floppy drive...
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ZX Spectrum keyboards : all and everything about them and how can the Speccy keyboard be improved? This discussion can include of all the main types of Spectrum keyboard from the past (inc addon / aftermarket) , their strengths and weaknesses , …
... ) "Beefed up" original spec membrane 3) "Super" membrane with add on ... have assessed this correctly ) 5) "Floppy drive" style data cable with male ... -
Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
... some way off maybe 2-3 years. And therefore with one ... on it to a drive in an external caddy . So the idea ... had a suitable hard drive in an external enclosure from a PC ... ahead as planned . The external hard drive was set up so it ... -
Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
... to go was the floppy drive which I took out ... (same case, keyboard, floppy drive and PSU as original machine ... x4 (4 cores at 3.2Mhz each(), Upgrade ram ... the floppy disk, floppy disk cable and one hard drive cable ... me. Removed faithful old floppy. Now no original ... -
Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
... to go was the floppy drive which I took out ... (same case, keyboard, floppy drive and PSU as original machine ... x4 (4 cores at 3.2Mhz each(), Upgrade ram ... the floppy disk, floppy disk cable and one hard drive cable ... me. Removed faithful old floppy. Now no original ... -
Unexpected issue with +3DOS port of Pro BMX SimulatorI'm continuing to port my tape-based games to 3-inch disk (you may have noticed my previous post about PSSST!). Today I started on Pro BMX Simula…
Thanks. The +3 User Guide notes a minimum ... disabled, so doing will impair floppy drive performance. I'll therefore create ... and a cache in page 3, since this isn't used ... -
Unexpected issue with +3DOS port of Pro BMX SimulatorI'm continuing to port my tape-based games to 3-inch disk (you may have noticed my previous post about PSSST!). Today I started on Pro BMX Simula…
[quote="Georgeo;935683"]Thanks. The +3 User Guide notes a minimum ... disabled, so doing will impair floppy drive performance. I'll therefore create ... and a cache in page 3, since this isn't used ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... and connected up the "PI 3 plus Hat set up" via ... answer NOTHING except maybe a Floppy Drive A that I had not ... make this mSATA SSD PI 3 set up visible to this ... -
Opus Discovery not WorkingHello hope you can help, or if this thread goes well that you also find the answers you are looking for... I have an Opus discovery that does not …
... oxidizing" the pins on the 3 removable chips. Sometimes a simple ... for the 6116 chip
3) The long chip ?
4 ... the front is this the floppy drive controller?
I have ... removed chips 1 and 3 above and they both had ... -
Opus Discovery not WorkingHello hope you can help, or if this thread goes well that you also find the answers you are looking for... I have an Opus discovery that does not …
... picture shows this. The (male) floppy drive usually has a mark '1 ... so.
The 3- wired female power connector has ... allowed myself a cheap 'Gotek' floppy emulator last week. With ' ... Fast-Floppy' firmware.
Worked right away ... -
what spec pc are you running your speccy emulator onAll them giga hertz and bytes and what do i do with it mainly...play speccy games and old arcade games.. What spec pc do you have at the moment? I up…
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32x CD-Rom drive
Windows XP
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Intel i5 3.4GHz QuadCore
8GB memory ... /> Windows 10
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What floppy disk drive system do you own AND use on your ZX Spectrum or compatible computer?What floppy disk drive system do you own AND use on your ZX Spectrum or compatible computer? By use, I mean you actually use it regularly (more th…
+3 with internal 3.5 although its electrically fine ... the power around on the floppy drive (I was aware of this ... 'concern' already!)
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Disks (3 and 3.5 inch)Does anyone have boxes of new (old) stock 3inch and 3.5inch diskettes that they are willing to part with? Or a place I can buy them at non-crazy pri…
... DSHD (PC type) of 3.5 , 3"'s have always been a ... PC's have had a floppy drive built in for about 5 ... -
+2A vs +2BFrom what I understand, the +2A like the one I have is black, while the +2B is grey. Logically, the +2B came after the +2A, but why is there a prefer…
... ZX Spectrum +3. This had a 3 inch floppy disk drive in place of ... . The +2 grey and the +3 were sold in parallel.
3 was designed so that Amstrad could either support a disk drive ... -
+2A vs +2BFrom what I understand, the +2A like the one I have is black, while the +2B is grey. Logically, the +2B came after the +2A, but why is there a prefer…
... board inside, just like the +3 - and both will have a ... much cured, but an external disc drive can't be connected to ... the +3B, which is a +3 with the sound problem cured ... if you've got a +3, then it's most likely ... -
Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
... style" hard drives . Say about 3 years ago ,they used to ... a sort of "flashy" type external hard drive - I never opened up ... quicker. I repurposed this old drive in a £5.00 small ... form factor USB drive caddy . (so pretty cheap really ...
