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Additional 3.5" Drive for the +3Hi. I've been thinking of various ways of getting data off of my 3" discs onto a PC and have a couple ideas, one of which is to get some +3e proms bl…
Cheers, I'll check ebay out when I get home - don't have access to it whilst at work.
As for replacing the main drive... that kinda defeats the object of being able to copy stuff from the 3" onto the 3.5" :D -
Gray +3??saw this on ebay I thought the +3 only came in black?? [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-spectrum-3_W0QQitemZ290023306146QQihZ019QQcategoryZ1…
... was going to put a 3.5" one in, but never got ... , so I have a Diskless +3 knocking around as well :-)[/QUOTE ... to sell your +3 you would put the drive back in wouldn ... -
Multiface QuestionsI have a Multifdace 128 connected to my Spectrum 128. I noticed the options bar come up without me pressing the red button while I was playing a game…
... 't work with are the +3 and the +2A (not the ... a +D interface (and 3.5" disc drive) and a Multiface 128, and ... -
advice needed pleaseHi everyone, Back in the day, used to own a zx81, spectrum 48k and a +2 whilst growing up. I have tinkered around with some of the emulators (zx32 a…
... +D disc interface and a 3.5" drive (mine used to take four ... -
ZX Spectrum +3 - incompatible ?Hello :) I'm newbie here. I know WOS site since years, never checked forum before ;) , but this moment came when I have problem. I wanna buy ZX Spe…
the spectrum +3 floppy drive is an amstrad 3" type, which is obsolete, however a standard 3.5" drive can be fitted as a second drive allowing you to use 720k disks, then you can copy games to the disk from the Realspectrum emulator. -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... the use of the 3" disk drive in the +3 was a good ... the PC, Amiga, ST using 3.5" drives and controlling over half ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... use of the 3" disk drive in the +3 was a good ... PC, Amiga, ST using 3.5" drives and controlling over ... />
With hindsight, the 3.5" drive would have been the better ... , there were probably more 3" drives in use at ... off here later, and 5.25" drives were still ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... a poor choice. .../... A micro-drive would have been a much ... market loss. Even an 3.5" floppy drive would not enough to reinstate ... had 48/128+ without tape, +3's with disk, why not ... rusty wet cellar more than 5 years. So it's good ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
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5. A new 128x192 four colour ... 7 MHz Z80, with a 3.5 MHz compatibility mode - which would ... would have been sure to drive the price up beyond what ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... 7 MHz Z80, with a 3.5 MHz compatibility mode - which would ... would have been sure to drive the price up beyond what ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... 128 would have established the drive better with the Speccy, made ... of the unit. Since the drive wouldn't be bundled (except ... probably makes more money on drive sales too.
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3" drives (not 3.5" those were too expensive ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... I would have picked 3" drives (not 3.5" those were too expensive ... concerned about the 3" being replaced by the 3.5" if the ... think it was.[/quote]
3.5" drives were definately too expensive ... external Amiga drives and the drive alone was more wholesale than ... -
Which Emulator?I?m interested to know which emulator people use! Which one has the look and ?feel? of a real Spectrum and which one has the most accurate loading e…
... +, +2, +2a or +3 machine, Multiface 128, Multiface +3, Interface 2, Kempston ... , +D system, external 3.5" floppy drive for the +3 etc. Since I DO ... -
2.5" disks.....Many years ago, did somebody made a disk drive for the Spectrum that used 2.5" disks. Yes, I did say 2.5". I'm sure I heard it mentioned during my …
... did somebody made a disk drive for the Spectrum that used ... right now for 2.5" floppies, only 3 hours to go. If ... cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-5-inch-FLOPPY-DISKS-x- ... know of 2.8", 3", 3.5" and 5.25" drives for the ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... i don?t have a Drive for TS2068. Is that possible ... to modify a PC drive to work on it?
3" drives. Aside from the Ramex ... support single and double density 3.5" and 5.25" drives which are ... -
Opus Discovery 720K DriveOK, so I bought an Opus Discovery recently. Went through a whole process of fitting a second drive, which I know to be 720K. Eventually got the thin…
... visually identify if drive 1 is a 720K drive? If so, ... details of setting the drive parameters? I had to ... ), you can format a 3" drive to whatever you want ( ... />
If your drive is double sided (it'll ... to be 720K. AFAIK 360K 3.5" drives are single head, ... -
PCI TV TunerAny recommendations on PCI TV tuner cards? I'm after a dual digital/analog tuner with PVR capabilities. Digital for freeview, analog for Speccy. S…
... first time. I tried a +3 using the analogue tv and ... a game via the disc drive the screen went crazy with ... and 3.5 mm sound input, 3.5 mm fm aerial input and 3.5 mm ... -
Tranferring a game back to +3 disk?Hi, Haven't been on here for ages, but got my Spectrum down from the loft recently, due to a house move in the next few months. I'd forgotten, but so…
... got saved on my old 3" disks into dsk files on ... go about connecting an amstrad 3" drive to a PC, but assuming ... a standard PC floppy drive to the +3, the files can then ... off your disk onto a 3.5" disk, then copied onto a ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... joystick port and 3 1/2 " disk drive would not have cost ... that the 3" drive didn't do the +3 any favours. A 3.5" model ... -
+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... even wire. Fortunately, the 3.5" drive connector has them lined up ... of wire in the spare 3.5" drive connector. I used the ... to put the 3.5" drive plug into the drive upside-down, rather ... internal drive (without opening the +3) and use the 3.5" drive as drive A ... -
+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... PD library to format your 3.5" floppies - it's fast and ... [/url]
Download the +3 utils image files, then get ... to use on your new 3.5" external drive.
If you ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... so long? I stopped using 3.5" floppy disks when the iMac ... ;168843]I have a floppy drive that's quietly gathering dust ... -
+2 / +2a : What's the difference ?+2 / +2a : What's the difference ? I still haven't managed to find out this yet. Yes, I know I'm an idiot.
... a cut down +3, the 3" drive being replaced with a ... by fitting a new drive belt, available from Ebay ... is replace/supplement the 3" drive with a 3.5" unit - either ... as an external B: drive, or ... the built in A: drive. The floppies are easier ... -
+3 Drive B ConnectorI've heard some people say the pinout in the manual for the +3 is incorrect and is actually in reverse. Does this mean that pin 34 on the connector i…
... (minor ?) error, in that the drive?s connector pinout description from ... problem for connecting an external 3.5? drive."
I read that ... that Pin 1 IS Drive Ready on the +3 (which is what ... standard has pin 40 as drive ready, which explains why you ... -
What is this ?I found something named Amstrad NC 200 on Ebay. [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-AMSTRAD-NC-200-NC200-NOTEBOOK-LAPTOP-NC-200-200NC_W0QQitemZ22008088639…
... . This model also uses a 3.5" disc drive
I thought ... -
Spectrum +3 Problem & A Modification IdeaThis is a dual post. And it's also my first post, so I apologise if I get stuff wrong lol. My mate bought a Spectrum +3. I'm unsure about how many d…
... it has a hard drive, built in 3.5" floppy drive etc.
3 has a "Gate Array". Only ... source is a dead +2a/3. The PC doesn't really ... -
+3 external floppyI'd like to connect 3,5" PC floppy drive (NEC) to ZX Spectrum +3 (with diode for RDY). Here are questions: 1) It seems the PC floppy uses just +5V, …
... to connect 3,5" PC floppy drive (NEC) to ZX Spectrum +3 (with diode ... .
Not safe. Floppy drive may pull 1A or more ... -
tasword 2 to notepad converterIs there such a program that will allow me to convert the above? I have saved my original tape based tasword files from cassette to tzx.
... the frmat used by TAsword +3) - you then just need to ... />
On a +3 with an external 3.5" drive, this is dead simple. -
E-mail from Dom MorrisA few weeks ago I started a thread about a possible ethernet interface for the Speccy. This week I saw Dom Morris page about zsock for the z88 and I …
... blown +D emulator for the +3. It would read/write/format ... ) +D floppies in the external 3.5" drive FROM BASIC and would allow ... use of the drives as +3 drives too, so it was ... -
5v Transformer.I've got a 5v 3A transformer, would this be ok to use with two 3.5 inch floppy drives?
... ok to use with two 3.5 inch floppy drives?[/QUOTE]
3 Amps is being drawn from ... whilst your poor little floppy drive is sat there idle, minding ... a case for this twin drive set-up you're doing ...
