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  • All going well with the 3.5" driveFolks, all going well thanks to you lot on here... I now have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy and can write .dsk images using samdisk - all very e…

    ... the controller (uPD765A) does not know the density of the disk. It ... just says: format that disk with XX tracks to the ... make XX tracks on this disk. Why does it matter if ...
    ArtemKuchin ArtemKuchin July 2012 Hardware
  • All going well with the 3.5" driveFolks, all going well thanks to you lot on here... I now have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy and can write .dsk images using samdisk - all very e…

    ... the controller (uPD765A) does not know the density of the disk. It ... just says: format that disk with XX tracks to the ... make XX tracks on this disk. Why does it matter if ... the disk is HD or DD?[/QUOTE ...
    XorA XorA July 2012 Hardware
  • All going well with the 3.5" driveFolks, all going well thanks to you lot on here... I now have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy and can write .dsk images using samdisk - all very e…

    ... a DD disk but the diskette controller will report ... a HD disk.

    disk).

    This ... read different disk formats even on 3" disk (for example ... different formats to a disk, so no need to ...
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2012 Hardware
  • Desktop Vs. Enterprise Hard Disks for NAS useHello all I'm in the process of putting my NAS together... The plan is 2 x 3TB 3.5" hard disks configured as Raid 1 - contents of drive 1 to be mir…

    ... disks. If a desktop hard disk "fails" a command, it ... RAID controller expects. In this case, the controller will drop the disk from ... 10000 or 15000 rpms (faster disk access), although some entry level ... not really a hotplug hard disk (it surprised me mostly ...
    Zup Zup July 2012 Chit chat
  • Something that just occured to me (Windows 8 related)Even though personally I probably won't be putting Windows 8 on any of my PCs, as it offers no real advantage for me, I have to keep my hand in with …

    ... it on my HP install disk, when I used XP. The ... decrease the lifespan of the disk. I see their is now ... hugely significant. Get a 360 Controller for a PC and multi ...
    Hercules Hercules August 2012 Chit chat
  • A chip from disk controler of SAM Coupe?Hi guys. I recently bought a SAM 512K and wanted to put inside the HxC SD (the model in shape of 3,5" FDD diskdrive). Then we found that seems li…

    Would it be "WD1772 (or VL1772) Disk Drive Controller IC"?
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey August 2012 Hardware
  • Spectaculator 8 is out!By the looks of it, Jonathon has just release Spectaculator 8. No write up on new features yet. Will have to wait. [url]http://www.spectaculator.co…

    ... such as the Xbox 360 controller.
    Enter key can now ... when writing to TRD/SCL disk images under certain situations (thanks ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz December 2012 Emulators
  • Spectaculator 8 is out!By the looks of it, Jonathon has just release Spectaculator 8. No write up on new features yet. Will have to wait. [url]http://www.spectaculator.co…

    ... such as the Xbox 360 controller.
    Enter key can now ... when writing to TRD/SCL disk images under certain situations (thanks ... -us/p/xbox-360-wireless-controller-for-windows/JR9-00011[/url ...
    Uros Zupan Uros Zupan December 2012 Emulators
  • Messenger interfaceHave anyone photos, schematic, rom images, documentation, or software for Messenger interface ? [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?i…

    ... MIDI OUT of a MIDI controller, the interface will receive data ... is written to the file disk, it is patched. The startup ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix January 2013 Hardware
  • Messenger interfaceHave anyone photos, schematic, rom images, documentation, or software for Messenger interface ? [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?i…

    ... MIDI OUT of a MIDI controller, the interface will receive data ... is written to the file disk, it is patched.[/QUOTE]
    zub zub January 2013 Hardware
  • Gifts from Russia (again)Hey there, zorel from zx-pk.ru is manufacturing PCBs again. Keep in mind you'll have to be good with soldering, as I don't intended to offer assembly…

    ... a large ramdisk, with the disk copied to ram at start ... offered. A Pentagon 1024SL + Z-Controller does exactly what you're ...
    Shockwav3 Shockwav3 January 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…

    ... pcb was for the diskette controller. If this could be done ...
    psu used for the disk drives (2) will give 5v ... order to make the system disk for the rom, you need ...
    Severino Severino February 2013 Hardware
  • The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…

    ... "very lite", only the diskette controller, but still is very big ... to ram, to a mgt disk or anything, this will simplify ...
    Severino Severino February 2013 Hardware
  • Multiface +3 AdviceHi, New to the forum after resurrecting my +3 and looking for a bit of advice on the Multiface 3 please. Quite simply is it worth investing in for…

    ... -COMPLETE-KIT-3-5-DISK-DRIVE-RIBBON-CABLE-POWER- ... -COMPLETE-KIT-3-5-DISK-DRIVE-RIBBON-CABLE-POWER- ... old enough to have floppy controller on board (it must ... diskettes then simply copy DSK disk image to 3.5" ... ability to create +3 disk image with custom ROM ( ...
    ikci ikci March 2013 Hardware
  • How to use +3 disks with other Spectrums?Or, in other words, was there ever an external +3DOS interface or complete drive kit, or is having actual Spectrum +3 the only way to run those disks?

    ... address decoding for the floppy controller is done within the Amstrad ... have had to implement the disk operating system yourself to do ...
    guesser guesser April 2013 Hardware
  • Wanted: Original Beta disc 128Could be untested/broken too, but complete.

    ... ROMs finally.

    2793 controller do I have.

    disk?

    greets Ingo ...
    ingo ingo April 2013 Wanted
  • Rocky Gush Floppy Drive InterfaceI have a Rocky Gush Floppy Drive Interface which I would like to post the details under the Hardware section of the website. What is correct procedur…

    ... /> 10. Each side of the disk is seen as a separate ... recognise every side of the disk drive as a separate drive ... .

    11. The floppy controller chip does not recognise the ... the front of the drive controller board.

    12. The ...
    Pierre Pierre May 2013 Hardware
  • The new xbox...I hope the launch of the new xbox (6pm BST today!!) blows the dismal PS4 launch into orbit!! I'm not sure if I'm getting excited or not. I still rem…

    ... />
    [QUOTE=joefish;701914]The disk-installing and accounting system is ... no matter how the original disk is traded, they still control ... to pay to use the disk?

    It's a ... I prefer the 360's controller and the ability to install ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2013 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... time. ;)

    About real disk, I'm not sure that ... USB floppy can support real disk option at all.
    This ... with communication via real fd controller.
    I've also tried ...
    Pegaz Pegaz July 2013 Emulators
  • 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…

    You need to read disk image from real disk into file. I think ... /> You need normal PC FDD controller to do that... But with ... normal controller this is no so simple ... may be needed because PC controller may skip some data at ...
    ZXMAK ZXMAK July 2013 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... floppy drives connected through the disk drive connector on +3.
    disk copy utility would transfer the ... to use both sides of disk or use the drive as ... your PC has a floppy controller, you could use it to ...
    Zup Zup July 2013 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... need to read disk image from real disk into file. I ... You need normal PC FDD controller to do that... But with ... normal controller this is no so ... be needed because PC controller may skip some data ... to buy a floppy controller board for the PC ...
    morcar morcar July 2013 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... floppy drives connected through the disk drive connector on +3.< ... formatted to 180k. Any disk copy utility would transfer the ... that. Format the floppy disk in a 3.5" ... use both sides of disk or use the drive ... your PC has a floppy controller, you could use it ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2013 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... up like a normal floppy controller by the system, even if ... can both read literally any disk format, but need software to ... into a more usable disk image. However, disk write support is currently ...
    obo obo July 2013 Emulators
  • Hardware description - MB-02+ interfaceOn this thread will soon released info about MB-02+ idisk interface ( memory paging mechanism, list of ports, addressing, MB IDE, schematics, etc... …

    ... -02+ interface use floppy drive controller(FDC) WD2797A. This FDC can ... 0 = /DRQ
    bit 1 = /disk change
    bit 2 = /INTRQ ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2013 Hardware
  • New multi-interface for ZXI have in development new interface for ZX Spectrum. PCB size is similar as K-MOUSE interface and on board is CPLD (programmable logic), up to 1MB st…

    ... IDE disk, would be doable?[/QUOTE]

    Connect FDC controller on ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2013 Hardware
  • [NEW] Speccy for Android ReleasedHello, All! A while ago, I have released the Android version of [i]Speccy[/i], my ZX Spectrum emulator. It emulates Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A…

    ... as Coupe's keyboard. Disk drives do not work yet ... B]ability to reassign Moga controller buttons[/B], something many Moga ... keyboard.
    * Sam Coupe disk drives are not yet functional ... Settings.
    * Added Moga controller navigation to the tabbed Settings ...
    fms fms February 2014 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... -1 / DDI-1 external 3" disk drive, disconnected one plug inside ... line to read and write disk images to/from real 3 ... pc though where the floppy controller has the option of 5 ...
    Speccy_James Speccy_James February 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Beta Disk v4 resets Spectrum while inserting DisketteHi, has anyone discovered the following himself ? I have some old disks which should be in Beta-Disk format. Most of them I?m able to view the cat…

    ... controller can read 128/256/512/1024.
    if you formatted disk ... user routine and make autoboot disk (cat/list)
    goodboy goodboy August 2014 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... ROM-IC and the Floppy-Controller-IC
    are non-socketed ... a little more research on Disk-Selector-Lines with a multimeter ...
    Luzie Luzie September 2014 Hardware
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