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Sinclair +2a Why!?!One thing I've always wondered and whilst going though my collection today the question re-emerged in my mind. Why the Spectrum +2a? What I mean by …
... impression the Amstrad CPC external 3" floppy would just plug into a ... +2A or +3 "disk B" slot but I ... . :confused:
Threw my 3" drive away last year popped ... a 3.5 in instead, got a ... -
Sinclair +2a Why!?!One thing I've always wondered and whilst going though my collection today the question re-emerged in my mind. Why the Spectrum +2a? What I mean by …
... the Amstrad CPC external 3" floppy would just plug into ... 't work because the floppy controller and data separator ...
To use a floppy drive with the +2A or ... which are internal on the +3.
[1] ... [SIZE=1][3][/SIZE] of them
[3] [I]Convincing ... -
Spectaculator 8 vs REAL diskDoes Spectaculator 8 support real floppy drives? I want to use an external USB floppy drive to read/write +D and +3 floppy disks. I have Windows 7…
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I want to use an external USB floppy drive to read/write +D and +3 floppy disks. [/QUOTE]
If they're formatted to anything other than 720k you're unlikely to get anywhere with a USB floppy drive. -
External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... /O card that had a floppy interface. I don't remember if ... it was a PCI interface or a ISA card though ... -
Old homemade hardware?Hey there, I've been given a bunch of ZX Spectrum stuff, I've mostly fixed the computer, just need a membrane. But what I was wondering is that there…
I've checked the AY-3 chip itself, works perfectly. Does ... would work with that AY-3 chip interface for the speccy though ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... distribute was on +D or +3 floppy disk. But yes, I know ... -
using the raspberry pi for the zx spectrumI just saw where they are now using a Pi to emulate a floppy disk drive for the Amiga. So it got me wondering if this could be done for the ZX Spectr…
... edge connector to 'simulate' an interface.
I suspect the ... onto the address bus; the interface has to recognise that address ... a serial bus, or a floppy interface - should be fair game. -
Just brought my first ZX Spectrum+ help please!I need some help please guys! Just brought my first ZX Spectrum +, I never had one of these back in the days so I know nothing about them! All is …
... this is fairly straightforward, the +3 is more of a trick ... and output.
To build +3-to-PC tape leads you ... .no-ip.org/public/spectrum/+3%20tape%20leads.png[/img] -
Are there any custom +3 DOS file systems?I'm looking to see if there are any custom +3 DOS disk file systems available rather than the 40 track, 9 sector, 512 bytes/sector (I think that is r…
... tracks per side on a 3" floppy, so don't trust ... and write any +3DOS legal floppy. Exactly what constitutes a ... . It would scan a floppy and report sector errors, ... errors onto a blank floppy, one track at a ... ANY unprotected +3DOS legal floppy, one track at a ... -
Transferring soft from PC to +3?Hi. A friend of mine has bought the +3 after longer break in Spectrum using. Which is good. He would like, however, to use it with real 3" diskette…
... fellow with a real +3 sector-copy real discs ... mostly comprehending attachment of a 3" disc drive to the ... like CPCWiki, as the 3" Hitachi drive is actually ... %22_drive_to_a_CPC6128/664"]Link: mount 3" drive to PC[/URL ... do too, as the +3 floppy format is (afaik) the ... -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... . So it's the floppy drive that's having ' ... cable to a 3.5 inch standard PC floppy drive (I ... was going to use the 3 inch ... Yah I'm afraid the Floppy Disk Controller is soldered to ... go ahead and make that 3?" floppy cable you mentioned (or ... -
+D disc images from/to PCIn my eternal struggle with my +D discs collection, I absolutely need an affordable backup solution. Before fighting with Lotharek's FDD emulator, I …
... windows version.
To record +3 floppy I use cpdwrite tool, but ... -
We could design the LokiWouldn't it be great... if this community would develop what Sinclair himself started but was never finished: a successor of the 128K with 'cartoon l…
... I would say)
- What floppy interface to support (PlusD I would ... /> - What mouse interface?
- What keyboard interface?
- What ethernet interface (I would ... support all the other features (floppy interface, enhanced graphics, etc, Spectranet)?< ... -
Can a USB floppy emulator be used with a +3?Hi Spec-chums. Don't know if this has been discussed before but I was wondering if one of these could be used on a +3? [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/i…
I have a floppy emulator. The one I have ... "IBM" "compatible" PC with real floppy interface. It would not work with ... -
CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 with support (limited) to write for USB floppy drivesHi, I am the developer of [URL="http://www.cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is a new version of the program with su…
... /> Nothing more.
To write +3 floppy disks in this environment I ... an old PC mobo for floppy socket.[/QUOTE]
... www.amazon.com/HDE-External-Floppy-Disk-Drive/dp/B004MBI1NG/ref ... =cm_cr_pr_product_top"]a 10$ USB floppy drive[/URL] and use on ... -
The latest build of Specemu?The latest version of Specemu (a fantastic emulator, BTW) I have is SpecEmu-3.1.b150912.zip, which is a year old now, but knowing Woody he's probably…
... that yesterday appeared, new SpecEmu build 3.1 b050414?
I found ... is the same as the build 09/23/13.
Can a USB floppy emulator be used with a +3?Hi Spec-chums. Don't know if this has been discussed before but I was wondering if one of these could be used on a +3? [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/i…
... " "compatible" PC with real floppy interface. It would not work with ... versions of this "Hardware Floppy Emulators". Some have a ... settings jumpers for Master-Slave-Floppy-IDs: SFR1M44-U100K (=Black ... a Beta-Disk-Interface v4 when my Floppy Emulator arrives...
Odd versions of the Multiface One.I've been looking through the adverts for the Multiface One and it's clear that there were a number of versions available. Note the earliest advert …
About the last two additions:
Please add them to [url]http://www.indigobanquet.adsl24.co.uk/multiface/multiface.htm[/url].
How do I know which floppy interface is supported?Odd versions of the Multiface One.I've been looking through the adverts for the Multiface One and it's clear that there were a number of versions available. Note the earliest advert …
Byte Drive 500I also received a Byte Drive 500 3" floppy drive, but I don?t really know how to connect the unit to a Spectrum. From the little information on the B…
... standard disk drive and build the entire interface into the cable to ...Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…
... you a converted RAM Kempston interface, can you use it? I ... have a splitter or Kempston interface with a through-port? It ... have a genuine Kempston flat interface I could do if you ... they'll have to build their own interface to do that much ...Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…
... you'd have to build a new interface again. And it would ...How much would you pay for this FPGA clone?...given that a mint 128 goes for around ?125. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/chloe280seboxed.jpg[/img] Features: [list] [*]100%…
... PS/2 keyboard. Or build a GPIO interface. Alternatively you could choose ...48K: Half of copyright message in the middle of the screen?!Issue two. Has 74LS08 over the Z80, but the ULA is 5C112E-3 (I think this should be a 5C102E??? - I have one, but I'm not sure if it is working, at l…
... Eprom. I also have build Paul's interface and once onstalled some ...A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin[SIZE=4][COLOR=Green][U][B]A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin.[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] Please post your successes below :-) …
... hooked up my old danish floppy interface CS-DISK and it worked ...Frontend for the +3e projectHi, I have recently finished building the 8-bit simple interface and installed the +3e ROMs into my spectrum +2A (Back model) and it is working fine …
... same as on a normal +3 floppy. Just save your basic program ...Favourite Speccy PheripheralsWhich are your favourite Speccy pheripherals that you have owned/used? Mine were: 1) Quickshot II Turbo (with Kempston interface) Q, A, O, P and SP…
1. SoftROM interface
2. Multiface 128
3. Multiface 3
4. Interface 2
5. Citizen 120D+ printerFavourite Speccy PheripheralsWhich are your favourite Speccy pheripherals that you have owned/used? Mine were: 1) Quickshot II Turbo (with Kempston interface) Q, A, O, P and SP…
... /> 2 - Currah Microspeech
3 - Sinclair Interface 2 (and a good joystick ... /> 2 - FLASH ROM Cartiridge
3 - SPECTRA
Of course ...Spectrum items for saleI have many Spectrum items like Spectrum, Spectrum +, power adapters, Centronics Interface, Kempston Interface, Light Pen Interface(these are built b…
... + 1 Cart (Pssst)
3. Sinclair Interface 1 and 1 microdrive
5. Dktronics Light Pen Interface
6. 3 100 Way edge connector ...Converting a 16K speccy in +3??Yes, you heard right. A new interface to convert a 16Kb speccy into a Spectrum+3 have been developed. [IMG]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/N2eAoz5…
... a batch of the multisystem floppy interface. The interested people list was ... /> When we have finished the floppy interface batch, I'll return again ...
