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Does a spectrum +2 power supply work on a +3?tiny question, does a spectrum +2 power supply work for a +3?
The black +2 power supply has all the same ... so it might struggle to power the floppy drive.
That ... that were used in +3 power supplies so who knows really ... , just might struggle with the disk motor. -
Amiga / Spectrum & Floppy to SD ConverterI'm 34 years old and grew up like many of you on the C20, Spectrums and Amigas. I'm looking at revisiting my childhood memorys and purchasing one of …
... standard floppy disk interface to connect it to the Spectrum (and a power ... supply) - the PlusD and +3 (built in) disk interfaces ... with a built in floppy disk drive (or disk controller), then you ... you only have a USB floppy disk drive attached to your ... -
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…
... /> 1. Bought a cable and power supply for a 3.5 ... />
2. Using an ordinary floppy drive connected all up - took ... a PC with an INTERNAL floppy, USB is no use.
9. Disk in and choose loader
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…
... for several 3.5 internal disk drives. Best of them have ... cellphone can provide enough power for a floppy disk drive. Maybe it'll ... . The operation which take most power is seek. Reading is usually ...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…
... with old type EDGE floppy connectir +5V power supply. Seems very easy ... write to
HD disk (as already stated) can be ...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…
... spectrum +3, disk drive, external power supply, floppy cable and TIME ... floppy ribbon
2) I switch on external power ... supply
3) Already strange - the floppy ... />
Without external floppy connected internal driver initializes fine ...zx spectrum 128+2a/b questionsIv just purchased a 128+2 and have only one game for it lol (Super stunt man). A few question if anyone can help.. 1)I'd like to run games through …
... the +3, only with the Floppy Disk components omitted*, but later models ... the board that holds the power LED uses r327 for the ...Adding IDE to your Spectrum +2 A/B (or +3)Hello my fellow [B]WoS'ers[/B] [B]This is a shared thread with [url]www.amibay.com[/url] which you can [URL="http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=…
... do is add a POWER RAIL for the IDE ... power header has been populated for use with the 3" Floppy Disk ... the +3 has a solid power supply on the +12v ... we gently route the power rail Molex wire around the ... reveals the position of the Power Molex wires, although with ...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…
... toggle the inhibit switch on power-up to get it to ... sure whether any of the floppy disk interface peripherals for the Spectrum ... , and divide the 1600 KiB disk (20 sectors/track, 80 tracks ...Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... Spectrum (it should see 1 floppy, 1 IDE)
Now go ... hangs the system, you should power off the Spectrum, swap the ... includes DOS syntax for common disk operations and how to use ...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…
... purchase external 3.5 inch floppy drive.
It is cheap ... -KIT-3-5-DISK-DRIVE-RIBBON-CABLE-POWER-SUPPLY-/121075507228"]http ... computer old enough to have floppy controller on board (it ... internal build-in floppy controler, not USB connected floppy drive) and ...720K Amstrad PCW8512 drive B: as drive A: on a Spectrum +3 ?Hi Spec-chums. I happen to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i got off ebay, and i was wondering if it is possible to use it as drive …
... brought a few 3" disk drive's from the Amstrad ... and then connected the power and floppy cable to the PCW ... or write to a disk, the disk would spin fine, but ... weren't connected to any power.
As the ... the head/side of the disk.
Hope that ...720K Amstrad PCW8512 drive B: as drive A: on a Spectrum +3 ?Hi Spec-chums. I happen to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i got off ebay, and i was wondering if it is possible to use it as drive …
... least it proves that the power connector is wired the same ... weren't connected to any power.[/QUOTE]
Bummer!:( But ... schematics for both types of Floppy Disk Drives.
First off ... enough to fit under the floppy disk drive yay. Also arriving very ...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…
... floppy drives, which was in an external case with a power ... Each side of the disk is seen as a separate ... every side of the disk drive as a separate ... />
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... Commodore 64 C64 1541 Mk1 floppy disk drive - Boxed, Mint...[/URL ... .l2649"]Genuine Sinclair ZX Spectrum Power Supply[/URL]
... l2649"]Sinclair Spectrum 48k+ Style Power Supply (PSU) 9 volt ... m1555.l2649"]Original Atari 2600 power supply unit (PSU) also ...PlusDlite prototype/first batch is here![IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/20130605_143221.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/20130605_153930.jpg[/IMG] …
... parallel close to the floppydrive power connector, but there was no ... start the 'AUTOLOAD' file on disk, that sequence is not always ... and SIDE signals on the floppy connector.
Could it be ...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…
... tried with a mixture of floppy drives (from Pentium era ... do that. Format the floppy disk in a 3.5" ... read and write the floppy without problems, so long ... I'm using an old floppy cable, that support TWO ... still need a floppy cable and some kind of power source.+3 with dead expansion portI bought a +3 from a WoS user. So far, the computer works as expected, but when an interface (e.g. DivIDE (configured correctly) or Multiface3) is co…
... recorder or floppy disk? Some CF cards drain too much power and can ...+3 with dead expansion portI bought a +3 from a WoS user. So far, the computer works as expected, but when an interface (e.g. DivIDE (configured correctly) or Multiface3) is co…
... recorder or floppy disk? Some CF cards drain too much power and can ... remove any diskette from the disk drive, as these tests will ... to write some data to disk.Toasted +3Oops.. I shorted one of my +3 (being clumsy with multimeter, doh) when measuring PSU connector pins :D Any immediate guesses what exactly died on thi…
... were probing around by the power input DIN right?
On ... at the base of the floppy wires, or on the solder ... wires soldered in to feed power to disk drive etc). No smoke ... .
Holding break key during power on gives no visible or ...Amstrad FD-1 Disc DrivesA quick question: With the Amstrad FD-1 external disc drives, I've seen DDI-1 interface cards mentioned. Are the DDI-1 interfaces just for the Amstr…
... it slightly, then replace the floppy cable... but it works fine ... to a PC to write disk images back to +3 ... cable which tries to pass power back to the DD1 ( ... for connecting a 3.5" floppy drive to the +3' ... the details for the correct floppy cable (or look on ...Amstrad FD-1 Disc DrivesA quick question: With the Amstrad FD-1 external disc drives, I've seen DDI-1 interface cards mentioned. Are the DDI-1 interfaces just for the Amstr…
... it slightly, then replace the floppy cable... but it works fine ... to a PC to write disk images back to +3 ... cable which tries to pass power back to the DD1 ( ... old pc to read/write disk images. I considered the ... likely wouldn't use the disk drive at all and ...Amstrad FD-1 Disc DrivesA quick question: With the Amstrad FD-1 external disc drives, I've seen DDI-1 interface cards mentioned. Are the DDI-1 interfaces just for the Amstr…
... the drive and into the disk drive port on the back ... safe to leave that internal power connector connected when I use ... +3? The one that sends power down the ribbon cable I ... it just a standard pc floppy drive cable that I will ...Amstrad FD-1 Disc DrivesA quick question: With the Amstrad FD-1 external disc drives, I've seen DDI-1 interface cards mentioned. Are the DDI-1 interfaces just for the Amstr…
... the drive and into the disk drive port on the back ... safe to leave that internal power connector connected when I use ... +3? The one that sends power down the ribbon cable I ... it just a standard pc floppy drive cable that I will ...Amstrad FD-1 Disc DrivesA quick question: With the Amstrad FD-1 external disc drives, I've seen DDI-1 interface cards mentioned. Are the DDI-1 interfaces just for the Amstr…
... cable unplugged that sends power down the floppy cable). If I reconnect ... the floppy cable unless you are using a CPC with the disk ... drive is a standard pc floppy connector.[/QUOTE]
It ... is a 34 pin floppy edge connector yes. As I ...external drive +3I recently bought an external drive kit for my +3 [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111267120287?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649[/ur…
... using and old PC floppy connector cable which can ... the cable at the floppy drive should be connected ... />
I use the power supply of an old external ... only one side of the disk, so a head selector ... , how to modify the floppy drive is described here:
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…
... disk drive, disconnected one plug inside the FD-1 that sends power ... down the floppy cable and then ... with a standard pc floppy cable into the pc ... to read and write disk images to/from real ... pc though where the floppy controller has the option ...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…
... ' floppy drive on PC's. It has the standard 4 pin power ... 'm using a 3.5' floppy drive on my +3, I ... +3 disk images. I'm also aware of the HXC floppy emulators ...Modern PSUHello everyone, I'm looking for a modern PSU for my Spectrums and my dual set of 3.5'' floppy drive+HxC floppy emulator. The one for Spectrum should …
... with a floppy disk drive interface. I have one standard power 12V supply ... V Regulator which feeds the floppy drive. Sometimes my drive ... disk interface which gets powered a few milli seconds before the floppy ... . In my case the floppy drives should be powered on ...Modern PSUHello everyone, I'm looking for a modern PSU for my Spectrums and my dual set of 3.5'' floppy drive+HxC floppy emulator. The one for Spectrum should …
... reading/writings of HxC floppy emulator? Or the floppy disks?
disk drives or should I prefer ... /> A well designed switch mode power supply unit (SMPSU) should not ... using modern 3.5 inch floppy drives, 2A should be enough ...
