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  • ZX Spectrum Power Cable on +2AHi, Today I bought a +2A, but it is lacking a power cable. I rooted around and found one, but it is for an ordinary ZX Spectrum. Will it work? This…

    ... but later models need more power, especially the +2 because ... that +3 power sources have more power in the - ... floppy disk, so +2A and B don't need much power). A +3 power ... br />
    Amiga power supplies are ok for running ... use a 3.5" floppy). If you use RS232 ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2007 Hardware
  • I've got a divIDE. Now what?I've purchased a divIDE and after a month it's at home. What can I do now with that? I've got a 48k+, a +2B and a +3. The +2B has the original ROMs,…

    ... the current draw of the floppy disk drive (I presume the +D ... , rather than from a separate power brick). So any dirt, and ... big voltage drop on the power rail because the dirty or ... 't suck down nearly the power of a drive motor :-)
    Winston Winston September 2007 Hardware
  • I've got a divIDE. Now what?I've purchased a divIDE and after a month it's at home. What can I do now with that? I've got a 48k+, a +2B and a +3. The +2B has the original ROMs,…

    ... the current draw of the floppy disk drive (I presume the +D ... , rather than from a separate power brick). So any dirt, and ... big voltage drop on the power rail because the dirty or ... 't suck down nearly the power of a drive motor :-)
    DEATH DEATH September 2007 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... need is a 3.5" floppy disk drive, and a ribbon cable ... />
    You also need a power source for it.
    Andyt31 Andyt31 February 2008 Hardware
  • Fuse for Mac OS X beta releasesA beta version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/[/u…

    ... support (Stuart Brady).
    [*] New floppy disk controller emulation for +D and ... Beta (aka TR-DOS) disk interface emulation (Gergely Szasz and ... ) and "hard" resets (pulling the power) (Stuart Brady).
    [*] Fixes for ...
    Fred Fred February 2008 Emulators
  • updated Fatware - keyboard patchHi! I work with Fatware code and already prepare keyboard patch for original version 0.12. Now it's possible to operate disk browser with keys: 1) c…

    ... buton it hungs. Only cut power helps.

    Anyway, I ... remember when I was using Disk Editor from Norton package (DOS ... to boot computer even from floppy :)

    p.s. do ...
    micky micky January 2009 Development
  • Transferring +3 Disk Image from PC to real +3Is there a way to do this without physically connecting the +3 disk drive to the PC? Something like a Speccy version of the "Xfer in C" utility for…

    ... util appears to be called "Disk Dump" by someone called Eurico ... the olden days to transfer disk images to PC from spectrum ... fit and then a floppy adaptor and the power (5v and 12v ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker June 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The point of fixing a QLHi All Recently picked up an old QL that was in pieces, all the screws are missing and the keyboard membrane is shot, but it does work. Gave the me…

    ... provide a working copy on disk or microdrive. Unlike the Spectrum ... power of a QL, you need either an emulator or a floppy disk ...
    rwap rwap June 2009 Hardware
  • Divide+ QuestionHi, I have a Divide+ with both CF and IDE ports. I've connected a CF-IDE adapter to the IDE port, and put two CFs: one on the main port and one on t…

    ... :

    2) It a power problem. Some CF cards are ... more greedy on power than others, in which case ... to ensure their
    is power going to the CF card ... a floppy disk connector on it where you can connect an external power ...
    Hercules Hercules June 2009 Hardware
  • Divide+ QuestionHi, I have a Divide+ with both CF and IDE ports. I've connected a CF-IDE adapter to the IDE port, and put two CFs: one on the main port and one on t…

    ... :

    2) It a power problem. Some CF cards are ... more greedy on power than others, in which case ... to ensure their
    is power going to the CF card ... a floppy disk connector on it where you can connect an external power ...
    MrCheese MrCheese June 2009 Hardware
  • Tools for +3 Disk PreservationHello, I have used CPCDISKXP in the past for reading and writing from my Amstrad FD-1 drive hooked up to my PC. This program is alot easier than bo…

    ... br />
    1) Disconnected floppy style power connector inside the FD-1 ... />
    You recommended SamDisk for disk preservation, but it doesn't ... :-

    [B]Source disk is not standard MGT/DOS ... scan the Spectrum +3 disk for any protected tracks as ...
    Hercules Hercules August 2009 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Some help needed, pretty please! :-)Hi there WOSsers! Long time no see! :-) I'm going through a process to get all my tape games (some real, some downloaded from here) onto +3 disk. I'…

    ... I can copy EFSC to disk using the conv utility, but ... when I play it from disk. Oddly enough, I get ... drive (unplug the white power connector within the drive though ... up the drive to your floppy connector on your PC ... drive first via the power switch on the back ...
    Hercules Hercules March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Alternative speccy power supplysI know all us would have our speccys with the original power supply,but often i would see a distress call from people who got speccy from ebay but on…

    ... a little careful when usin power sources. Some reasons might be ... 2 have regulators inside). Some power sources NES / SNES are only ... 2.1A (gray +2). Original power sources were rated between 1 ... have enough power to connect a CD, hard disk, external floppy or any ...
    Zup Zup May 2010 Hardware
  • PC trouble!First my flash disk suffered a spectacular crash and now my PC refuses to boot up. I mean, all I get is the powered on LED light, and the internal fa…

    ... thread. I removed the hard disk, memory cards, display card, attached ... drive, floppy drive etc. All I had connected to the power supply ... the LED lights indicating Hard Disk and DVD drive status light ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2010 Chit chat
  • Spectrum +3 doesn't workMy recently ebay purchased +3 arrived today, so I was quite excited to have one again. I plugged it in and all was well, except for a slightly worry…

    ... you need to remove the floppy drive, this should be ... ease the ribbon cable and power cable off the back of ... times... it's getting the floppy ribbon in the right place ... disk (if there is such a thing) to see if the floppy ... cable back on the floppy drive then?
    Alien 8 Alien 8 November 2010 Hardware
  • +2 Grey external tape modIve had a search through previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt find anything pertaining to the grey, only reason im posting is…

    ... /> make cable, plug in floppy drive, enjoy floppy drive goodness :)[/QUOTE]
    power plug. Also stuff about th eright sort of disk to ... running with 3.5 inch floppy drive.
    Alien 8 Alien 8 December 2010 Hardware
  • +2 Grey external tape modIve had a search through previous posts and besides mclouds mod for the +2a I couldnt find anything pertaining to the grey, only reason im posting is…

    ... the power plug. Also stuff about th eright sort of disk to ... running with 3.5 inch floppy drive.[/QUOTE]

    that ...
    guesser guesser December 2010 Hardware
  • The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …

    ... I missed something, but the power is from an external source ... !

    Not every game disk can be written on the ... , despite being almost the same floppy controller as the PC. Some ... the PC by disabling the floppy controller. On the +3 I ...
    obo obo December 2010 Hardware
  • The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …

    ... my main PC won't power up, so I'm on ... the floppy drive? Am I right in saying that the Disk B ... would also need its own power source?
    Alien 8 Alien 8 December 2010 Hardware
  • Amiga 1200 death (1996-2011)I'm off work this week so i thought i'd dig out my old Amiga 1200 and play some old games. My Amiga is in a cupboard next to the front door, to my …

    ... running on it with a power pc card-
    [youtube]Ao7haFa2iQk ... the A1200 and running a floppy disk cleaner through it.
    JACK98 JACK98 January 2011 Chit chat
  • MF3Z80 without +3e (like M3Unlock)Recently I've had a pop again at putting the copy protected Rainbow Islands onto real +3 disk. Some people may remember I tried to do this some time …

    ... to Maplin today, bought a floppy cable, plugged in a ... hook up a 3.5 disk drive to the +3 ... to the PC on the floppy drive connector of your ... BIOS, and disconnected the power connector inside the FD-1 ... using Samdisk to image the disk.

    The second ...
    Hercules Hercules March 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Building a puter.Im putting some bits together into a new case and was just wondering if there was any need to add a floppy disk drive. Now that may seem like an odd…

    ... some circumstances, will poll the floppy disk drive once a second looking ... between a removable USB disk and a removable floppy disk.[/QUOTE]


    However, the floppy drive didnt work very well ... annoying, so i disconnected the power to it.
    spodula spodula April 2011 Chit chat
  • Building a puter.Im putting some bits together into a new case and was just wondering if there was any need to add a floppy disk drive. Now that may seem like an odd…

    ... any need to add a floppy disk drive.

    ... they always included a floppy drive in there ... ve never seen a power supply where different leads ... end connectors offered different power outputs, so don't ... worry about power-wise is that the power supply can ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2011 Chit chat
  • The New Commode 64I'm sure this will get all commode lovers all excited: [url]http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx[/url] It's basically a PC in a c64 bin. Wish …

    ... he didn't have a disk drive for it, and aparently ... you needed a disk drive to play the best ... ]"and a 5.25-inch floppy drive. There were hundreds of ... ]"It had precious little horse power, though that was de rigueur ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2011 Chit chat
  • BETA-DISC (TR-DOS) support in ZX emulatorsBETADISC 128 is original device designed for external use with ZX Spectrum 128/+2(grey). Russians ZX clones (Pentagon, Scorpion, ZX profi, Quorum, ZX…

    ... , are emulators emulating the Beta-disk system when emulating Pentagon or ... mixture of both and Beta-disk emulation doesn't exist by ... usually needs +9V and +12V power lines. All Didaktik's have ... versions needs +12V (for WD1793 floppy controller, i have in all ...
    cygnus cygnus September 2011 Emulators
  • Gauging interest: ZX EvolutionHi everyone. First of all I would like to introduce myself, since this is my first post. My name is Conrad, I'm from Vancouver, BC, Canada, and I hav…

    ... /> * MicroITX board, 2 ZXBUS slots, power ATX or +5,+12V;
    * Floppy (WDC1793) Beta-disk compatible interface, IDE (one ... software, to mount TRD disk images to virtual floppy drives. You can ...
    TheRogue TheRogue September 2011 Announcements
  • Using an external 3" drive in PCI have an Amstrad FD1 drive (minus the DDI-1 interface sadly), and on another thread, fog alluded to the idea that I might be able to connect it to m…

    ... can transfer disk images straight to 3" disk to use ... disconnect the power connector that supplies power to the floppy cable, this ... this connector, power will be supplied through the floppy cable and ... you PC's FDC (Floppy Disk Controller), or even killing ...
    TomD TomD October 2011 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3, Issue 2...I have just had plonked on my desk a nice issue 2 Spectrum +3. I'm not sure if its 100% working yet, as I have not plumbed it into a telly. So, assu…

    ... leaks interference onto all the power and ground lines.


    Then there's hard disk interfaces, external floppy drives, spectranet etc :)
    guesser guesser December 2011 Hardware
  • What spectrum?I am going to have a gent send me some Spectrum hardware in the future. Me being a american and knowing nothing of the sort, what would be the best o…

    ... be the best for a disk system (+3?).

    power supply which provides 5v, ... the appropriate cable and power the spectrum from that ... Only the +3 has a floppy controller, and it has an ... connecting a hard disk / compact flash card.
    guesser guesser December 2011 Hardware
  • Where to find (black) external 3.5" floppy drivesI'm searching like a maniac, but I can't seem to find 3.5" external drives of external drive enclosures anywhere. What I need: some single or dual e…

    ... and put a drive with power supply in it.
    Looks ... need for a good looking floppy solution, so maybe I will ... cannot be used on old disk systems! Read the reply for ...
    bverstee bverstee January 2012 Hardware
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