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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 …
... contributor writes "Now for the drive unit .Most drives are ... To test your drive , set the drive select pair for drive 0 (I do ... you need to try the drive in drive 2 position , you ... original drive as drive 2 ,first setting the drive select pins to drive 1." -
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 …
... Drive select' and 'Motor On' enter the drive on separate pins. It is 'Drive select ... the motor to the 'select' signal or vice versa ... In fact there are 4 'drive select' pins available on the connector ... position of the 'drive-nr' jumper on the drive.
Opus DiscoveryWould anyone have any materials about programming the Opus Discovery disk? I know it overrides ROM and uses microdrive commands, but I am more into b…
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PIO (a.o holding 'drive select'' bit):
port A .... 12288 ...Opus DiscoveryWould anyone have any materials about programming the Opus Discovery disk? I know it overrides ROM and uses microdrive commands, but I am more into b…
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PIO (a.o holding 'drive select'' bit):
port A .... 12288 ... it correct assumption that the drive has logic that "catches" ... . What are PIO registers? For drive select 1 bit would suffice. But ... there are 2 bytes per drive?
6. How are ...3.5" disk drive on plus 3 or HXC/GotekHello all I have a zx spectrum +3 and in the late 90s I used a teac FD-235F drive as an external 3.5 drive. It was very eay to connect as it had …
... random 'modern' 3.5" PC drive will work as an external ... drive on the +3.
I' ... emulate the correct unit with drive select 1, and proper ready signal ...Disk drive compatable with the Beta Disk interface (48K from 1984).Good morning or evening everybody. I'm looking for a disk drive compatable with the Beta Disk interface (48K from 1984). Contact me if you could …
... it responds to the first drive select signal (DS0 or DS1 instead ...Floppy drive fixI know this might be a long shot but does anyone know or does anyone fix floppy drives I ha e an nous discovery and the controller on the floppy driv…
... Spindle motor controlled by the Drive Select signal
MO ... Spindle motor controlled by the Drive Select signal
... Front LED controlled by the Drive Select signal
IU ... signal
IR LED on: Drive Select * Ready
...Microdrive logic flow.Hi all, I've finally gotten my hands on an Interface 1 and Microdrive to continue my project, and have been analyzing the Microdrive with a logic …
The documentation for the file format, in detail, for the Microdrives is now on the Sinclair Wiki... Later I'll add how the Drive Select works.Spectrum +3 - Copy games from external 3.5 to internal 3 inches floppy disk [Help]Hello, I've bought a kit to connect an [b]external 3.5 floppy disk[/b] to +3. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/jdYRQD8T/kit.jpg[/img] I'm using [b]…
... be easier connecting the 3" drive up and writing the images ... +3 board to fit a drive select changeover switch/jumper mod so ... things boot from the external drive.Epson SD-700 5.25" floppy driveDid anyone here work with 5.25" drives? I have an Epson SD-700 drive and i want to connect it to my Speccy (russian Pentagon-128, with Betadisk inte…
... have an Epson SD-700 drive and i want to connect ... , with Betadisk interface onboard). The problem is that the drive doesn't ... activity LED. I tried to select all 4 drives (A, B ... of jumpers of a working drive can help.Is it possible to have a Single Drive on Betadisk as Drive Letter B (other than A)Hello, I?ve problems with getting two drives to work on my Betadisk v4 Interface: I?ve tried a second drive as slave drive but can?t get it to work…
... my Betadisk v4 Interface:
I?ve tried a second drive ... maybe a fault on my betadisk Interface.
While searching ... have one single drive as Drive B: on a Betadisk.
Or does ... TR-DOS of the Betadisk always assigns Drive Letter A: to a ...+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... the connector is Drive ready, 32 is side 1 select, etc...?
drive ready) does this mean I ...Early Version Betadisk Manual (ie anybody have one)Folks, after lengthy excavations in my attic I have dug out my old Betadisk interface and 720K drive. However the manual has done missing. It's wa…
... dug out my old Betadisk interface and 720K drive.
However ...Floppy Drive on +DHello, I have unfortunately no old drive left, but want run my +D. Problem is that newer drives has no switch anymore for choosing between drive 1 an…
... /> I have unfortunately no old drive left, but want run my ... switch anymore for choosing between drive 1
and 2. They ... some possibility with cable
select...
Other question is, if ...Internal modern 1.44MB 3.5 drive for +3Hello! this [url]http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#3and5inchdrive[/url] says that modern 1.44MB 3.5 driver are unusable as interval …
... driver are unusable as interval drive A for +3.
select side and drive.
So, why ... cable jumper to make the drive A: and the make
Hardware description - BETA DISK interfaceExist more versions and clones of BETA DISK interface. Beta disk 48, beta disk 128, brasilian clones of beta disk 48, russian clones of beta disk 128…
... here description of most popular BETADISK 128:
... /> [U][B]Description of Betadisk 128[/B][/U]
betadisk memory paging mechanism. Then ... bit 1 = number of floppy drive (0-3 = up to ...
bit 4 = select SIDE 0/1
...Hardware description - DivIDE interface[B][U]DIVIDE interface / DivIDE 2k11[/U][/B] [B][U]The main description[/U][/B] DIVIDE is IDE interface with own external memory. Thanks to very goo…
... can emulate other ZX devices (betadisk, tape recorder, d40/480 ... CD-ROM/DVD, ZIP drive, LS120(may be FDD), ... 3DFF[/B] (tr-dos / betadisk)
As you ... area #1FF8-#1FFF(original BETADISK disconnect memory after jump ... is active and you select ram page 3, then ...3.5" disk drive on plus 3 or HXC/GotekHello all I have a zx spectrum +3 and in the late 90s I used a teac FD-235F drive as an external 3.5 drive. It was very eay to connect as it had …
... used a teac FD-235F drive as an external 3.5 ... drive. It was very eay to ... jumpers to select D0, D1 and RY.
The teac drive now ... having an internal 3.5 drive, or a USB solution. Has ...Which Emulator supports Betadisk48?Hi out there and happy new year, I'm looking for an emulator to run with my vision1.7 trdos-rom in 48 mode. Unfortunately most emus only support Bet…
... an early ROM for Betadisk 48. It's only ...
Here are some Betadisk 48 notes I found in ... is connected to Joystick Interface Drive not working).
... . Allows access to the drive the program through
... br /> Bit 4 - SELECT SIDE of the drive. If = 1, 0 ...SPIN Public Beta 0.1b Available for downloadHi all, back again, and as just recently announced on CSS, SPIN has been updated. Here's the post to CSS (or the relevant parts): It's been a bu…
... stick
attached if you select None in the list of ... keys.
Added +3 Floopy drive emulation - full read/write support ...SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…
... the
+3e IDE hard drive functionality) from Garry Lancaster's ... bug which didn't properly select the correct hardware for
drive belt for +3 - what can I useHi Anyone know what I can use as a replacement belt for the +3 disk drive? Is it a standard size? Thanks
Hi
Anyone know what I can use as a replacement
belt for the +3 disk drive?
Is it a standard size?
ThanksHelp! +3 Disk Drive won't read disksHi there, I recently purchased a +3 from ebay. It powers up ok and can load programs from tape without problems. However when i insert a disk the dr…
... i insert a disk the drive just spins for a second ...Connecting a 3.5inch external drive to a +3 Anyone help me on this subject. I have tried connecting a DS/DD 80-track 3.5 inch disk drive to the Drive B port of my +3, but I can't get it to fo…
... 3.5 inch disk drive to the Drive B port of my ... there is a Drive B connected. The external drive has jumper connections ...Disc Drive Problem with +3I have recently change the floppy on a +3 which I though it was the actual problem for not loading from disk as I had already replaced a new drive be…
... had already replaced a new drive belt. On my surprise the ...Once again about the +3 Disk drive problemI am facing a strange problem with one +3.In the beggining I though it was the drive belt problem which I have proptly replace. The error was still t…
... I though it was the drive belt problem which I have ... have replaced the whole disk drive with another one that is ... the cable to the disk drive. Once again the same error ... memory apart from the disk drive. Shall I try to solder ...+3 Disk Drive Problem - RevisedThe initial problem is that a +3 cannot read any 3'' floppy disks. It is definetely not the floppy drive or the floppy disks I am using as they work …
... is definetely not the floppy drive or the floppy disks I ... no matter which floppy disk drive I am using. So the ... problem is not the disk drive. I was wondering what being ...+3 floppy drive commands for drive b:Hi, I successfully rigged up a 3.5" floppy drive(a chinon fz 357 w/jumpers), a modified external dc power supply *thanks to Mr. J. King for the diagr…
... up a 3.5" floppy drive(a chinon fz 357 w ... to save a program to drive B:
Using save "program ... go into detail about second drive commands) what I'm missing ...spectrum48 with Betadisk and CP/MHi out there, I'm just poking in my old Spectrum hardware again ;) Most of it is homebuilt, in the late 80s in the former GDR(east germany). I made …
... east germany). I made a Betadisk-interface and upgraded some RAM ... to time.
The Betadisk-Rom is very rare, because ... /> 1. can anyone provide the Betadisk schematics (my desolate copies are ... labeled ("Betadisk 5.03" and have been ...Spectrum Hard DriveHiya all Does anyone know where i can find a Dummies guide to building the 'internal' hard drive interface for the Spectrum +3? I've found lots of …
... to building the 'internal' hard drive interface for the Spectrum +3 ...
