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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 …

    ... was one of the cheap floppy power supplies I ordered and which ... misplaced. Nevertheless the "soldered on" floppy cable is a bit restrictive ... to and removal of the floppy drives : I have ordered ... hand tightness.This will make floppy drive removal a lot easier ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2016 Hardware
  • 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 …

    Ambiguous Grounds on the Floppy power supplies

    One of ... different types of floppy drive have in the rear power connector :-some ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2016 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... looking product. ( re .the the floppy power supplies: see above)

    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2016 Hardware
  • 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 …

    Re above pic: floppy power supply

    I ... from an old PC power supply has been "push ... case as a replacement power supply Roko (see well ... In the photo referred to power supply is set up , totally ... the Opus. (I call this power Option 4) . A variation ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio March 2016 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... is that more metal floppy drive plates will need ... Variations on Power "Option 3" (additional power for the floppies):- Power Option 3 ... the leads for the 3 floppy power supplies I have "made ... be correctly oriented for the floppy drives .The idea is ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio April 2016 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... whole kiboodle with the independent floppy power supplies
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio July 2016 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... last to go was the floppy drive which I took out ... 128mb Ram (same case, keyboard, floppy drive and PSU as original ... only original part is the floppy disk, floppy disk cable and one hard drive ... with me. Removed faithful old floppy. Now no original parts.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk February 2018 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... last to go was the floppy drive which I took out ... 128mb Ram (same case, keyboard, floppy drive and PSU as original ... only original part is the floppy disk, floppy disk cable and one hard drive ... with me. Removed faithful old floppy. Now no original parts.
    1024MAK 1024MAK February 2018 Chit chat
  • How can I modify a modern floppy disk drive to work with +D, Disciple, etc.So I've got a +D, a Disciple, and this MicroPeripherals QL Disk interface. For all these I use a single cumana 3.5'' disk unit with its own power sup…

    ... cumana 3.5'' disk unit with its own power supply.

    floppy disk drive, and what modifications should ... hole, and that the disk needs is own power supply.

    I've read through posts about HD disk ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix July 2010 Hardware
  • New dual floppy disk drives sets offered on eBayI just offered my new dual floppy sets on eBay: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180850230689[/url] Included is the dual fl…

    ... is the dual floppy drive set, power supply, floppy cable and 10 ... />
    1. For retro floppy disk systems

    Drives ... />
    2. For modern floppy disk systems

    Drives ...
    Check out your disk system specifications and send me ...
    bverstee bverstee March 2012 Sales
  • Brand new dual floppy disk drives setsI am offering brand new boxed dual floppy sets: [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/ebay/IMG_3517.JPG[/IMG] Included in a set are: - A boxed dual flopp…

    ... set with 34 pin floppy cable
    - Power supply (EU / UK ... / US)
    - 10 DD or HD floppy disks ... />
    1. For retro floppy disk systems

    Drives are ... />
    2. For modern floppy disk systems

    Drives are ...
    bverstee bverstee April 2012 Sales
  • +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 …

    ... cannot read any 3'' floppy disks. It is definetely ... not the floppy drive or the floppy disks I ... system no matter which floppy disk drive I am using. ... not on the disk drives or the floppy's. Does ... is possible to be a power supply problem?

    Anestis Anestis March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +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…

    ... rigged up a 3.5" floppy drive(a chinon fz 357 ... /jumpers), a modified external dc power supply *thanks to Mr. J ... to format the 3.5" disk in B: (format "b:") so ...
    thomas3120 thomas3120 October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Opus Discovery Floppy Disk DriveHiya all I've just bought an opus discovery. I have been informed that even though it has a picture of a 48 rubber on the cover, it is in fact the u…

    ... something to do with the power supply )

    Anyways, while ... is to put games onto floppy with this>? I know ... let you copy games onto floppy?

    Any help, hints ...
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 3" floppy in pcI'm in need of some assistance. I have attached a 3" floppy to my pc using a cable as described at [url="http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~specfreak/F…

    ... . I have attached a 3" floppy to my pc using a ... sure that the power is correct (a standard pc floppy has the ... , I tried to access the floppy from windows explorer. When I ... about 30 seconds of frantic disk spinning.

    Can anyone ...
    jagman5994 jagman5994 September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 3.5'' Amstrad floppy on a +3 ?Hi guys, i bought a 3.5'' drive for an Amstrad 6128, from a guy here in Greece (he makes them) [url]http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5594/amaffvrgs…

    ... the 5V cable to get power from the monitor and give ... power to the computer, it works ... +3 has an identical "external floppy drive" slot and it uses ... 3'' floppy drive as the amstrad.
    Even the same disk image ...
    gtsamour gtsamour February 2008 Hardware
  • Can a floppy disk wreck a disk drive?I'd been re-installing some old Apple Mac games so that I could back them up before the disks become unreadable (too late in some cases). After doing…

    ... the first disk for Citadel, the floppy disk drive made ... manual rotation of the disk, checking both surfaces, ... condition. So did this disk wreck the drive, even ... 10 years old. The floppy drive hadn't given ... dubious about putting that disk into another drive, ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2009 Chit chat
  • Floppy disk driveWANTED: Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum 3" working floppy disk drive. If the seller is interested, I could send him my non-functional disk drive. Someone …

    ... CPC / ZX Spectrum 3" working floppy disk drive.

    If the ... send him my non-functional disk drive. Someone attempted to repair ...
    Zup Zup May 2010 Wanted
  • Would there be interest in new powered dual-floppy setups?I can make some of these dual diskdrive sets: [img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/IMG_3046.JPG[/img] [img]http://benophetinternet.nl/ho…

    ... DS1)
    - Compatible with DD floppy disks or HD floppies with ...
    - External 5V wall socket power supply included

    This ... the PlusD, Disciple and other disk systems that can handle 80 ...
    bverstee bverstee February 2012 Hardware
  • +3 Floppy drive helpHi guys, I recently found my old spectrum gear and started to see if it all still works, now i had/still have a floppy disk system - Thurnall disk d…

    ... had/still have a floppy disk system - Thurnall disk drive from around 1985 ... and running but the 3" floppy drive (Hitachi hfd305s) is toast ... managed to obtain a 3" floppy drive from a speccy +3 ... the pin outs for the power connector on the +3 drive ...
    Jonb_uk Jonb_uk November 2012 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... clones of BETA DISK interface. Beta disk 48, beta disk 128, brasilian clones ... paging mechanism.

    After power on or after ZX reset ... paging mechanism. Then after reset/power on start ZX automatically to ... 0 + bit 1 = number of floppy drive (0-3 = up to ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2013 Hardware
  • Z80 onto floppy diskGoing to install a 720k disk drive onto my +3 and I was wondering is there any program out there that I could use to read snapshots from floppy disks…

    Going to install a 720k disk drive onto my +3 and ... use to read snapshots from floppy disks and play them onto ... transfer the .dsk images to disk ?

    thanks
    morcar morcar February 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • + 3 floppy drive clicking then nowtJust picked up a split mint +3 so i expected it to work perfectly but when i switch it on or reset it the floppy clicks about 10/12 times and then no…

    ... on or reset it the floppy clicks about 10/12 times ... difference if there is a disk in the drive or not ... works but there is no power supply for it AND (big ...
    zedexspectrum zedexspectrum July 2014 Hardware
  • What is this disk interface (and how to use it)?Anybody seen this floppy disk drive interface before? It uses an MB8877A and the rest is 74XX-logic, no GALs/PALs. And an EPROM. [IMG]http://i1373.p…

    Anybody seen this floppy disk drive interface before? It uses ... fix this.

    The power supply was somewhat complicated, with ... also fed through 2 high power diodes in order to convert ... , how to talk to the disk drive interface? I guess the ...
    georgedb georgedb August 2014 Hardware
  • New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…

    ... working with 3.5” floppy disk drives (DD mode only), ... disk sides)

    Also has a standard 4 pin power ... do not recommend to power floppy drives that uses the ... you have a +3 power supply. Most modern ... interface support only one disk drive connected at a ...
    BCH BCH November 2014 Hardware
  • New multisystem floppy interface (spectrum 16Kb/+2A/CPC464)Dear all, I would like to show you my new extern floppy interface. Same interface can be used for both, CPC and Spectrum systems. CHARACTERISTICS …

    ... br /> - Supports until two floppy drives (without modifications) with a ... PC standard floppy drive cable.
    - ... computer.
    - One floppy drive power connector (not valid for ... signal coming from de floppy disk, /MOTORON signal and a ...
    wilco2009 wilco2009 December 2014 Hardware
  • Sam Coupè ULTRA JOBLOT: 95 Floppy Disk with Games and Utils!!!https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sam-Coupe-ULTRA-JOBLOT-95-Floppy-Disk-with-Games-and-Utils/173174055179 Have a nice bid ;)

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sam-Coupe-ULTRA-JOBLOT-95-Floppy-Disk-with-Games-and-Utils/173174055179

    Have a nice bid ;)
    ranma_simon ranma_simon February 2018 Sales
  • 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…

    What floppy disk drive system do you own ... /> Also, if you have a disk drive system that you own ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK June 2018 Hardware
  • 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]…

    ... an [b]external 3.5 floppy disk[/b] to +3.

    floppy disk.
    Now that i've ... game to a original 3' floppy disk.

    Whats the syntax ... it didn't boot the disk, what i'm missing here ...
    RetromaniaPT RetromaniaPT April 2022 Hardware
  • Real Disk Utility On RealSpectrumI have been trying to create an MGT(Plus D) image file using Real disk without success. I created a blank MGT image file and formatted it. I then …

    ... )
    image file using Real disk without success.

    I ... write the file to a floppy I always get errors and ...
    dodgy geezer dodgy geezer November 2002 Emulators
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