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  • 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…

    ... sfd321 mod to have ready signal on pin 34 ... on very stable floppy drive sony on brand new ... the old Amstrad 3' drive from the computer; this ... fuse). With modern disk drive is not a problem because most ... power the Amstrad 3' drive from the Spectum (either ...
    BCH BCH December 2014 Hardware
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... 've bought a 2TB hard drive on Amazon (just under ?82 ... the drive on Saturday and then I can have everything ready to ... play when I feel like it and not have ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob January 2015 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... 've bought a 2TB hard drive on Amazon (just under ?82 ... the drive on Saturday and then I can have everything ready to ... play when I feel like it and not have ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 January 2015 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... ve bought a 2TB hard drive on Amazon (just under ... the drive on Saturday and then I can have everything ready ... to play when I feel like it and not ... br />
    My hard drive I ordered hasn't turned ... Needless to say, he's not been back and so DPD ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob January 2015 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... feel like you're not going to be able ... do after the ending (and not just collectables either - I ... great fun :-) I've not bought it yet though, but ... exploration, I just want to drive about too really, but ... when I'm good and ready, thanks UbiSoft! :lol:
    ...
    GreenCard GreenCard February 2015 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... never feel like you're not going to be able ... do after the ending (and not just collectables either - I ... exploration, I just want to drive about too really, but ... when I'm good and ready, thanks UbiSoft! :lol:
    ... the area. I've not got the hang of getting ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob February 2015 Chit chat
  • Returning zx spectrum +3 owner - a few questionsHi everyone I'm a returning +3 owner, my spectrum has been dug out of the loft, not used since 1998. My setup was a +3 with a multiface 3 and a e…

    ... of the Shugart disk drive interface. Since IBM introduced ... modifications to the PC drive interface have occurred over time ... (that is, not just reconfiguring the drive/device select signal ... to produce a "emulated" drive ready signal. But extra electronics is ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK September 2015 Hardware
  • System Shock's ownership has been sorted out, and you can now buy a copy!Finally, System Shock is available again to purchase! If you go to: https://www.gog.com/game/system_shock_enhanced_edition then you can buy one…

    ... happens in this version, but not in the formerly available System ... 't criticise GOG or Night Drive Studios (who made this game ... can criticise them for (obviously) not testing the game all the ... completion before they consider it ready for release? The game is ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2015 Chit chat
  • 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 …

    ... packed it all up again ready for the big day secure ... want to get a disc drive for it .I knew they ... got "second hand" and did not have any cardboard boxes!

    But the Opus was not an easy "beast" . It got ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio November 2015 Hardware
  • Paris attacksA full day has passed, and I couldn't find a single thread on the subject here on WoS. You guys don't watch the news anymore? :-/ No 'urge' to …

    ... will bear new ones
    Ready to join the fight against ... arms against us
    But not these bloody despots
    These ... or joining them

    Drive on sacred patriotism
    Support ...
    Vampyre Vampyre November 2015 Chit chat
  • 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 …

    ... from top to bottom but not from side to side : ... :-
    1) I am not bolting these "combos" together anymore ... 3) The +2 keyboard is not as good as the full ... one is more or less "ready to go" . I just ... removing the floppy drives and drive plate from the Opus ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio December 2015 Hardware
  • Opus DiscoveryWould anyone have any materials about programming the Opus Discovery disk? I know it overrides ROM and uses microdrive commands, but I am more into b…

    ... is the reason for it not being connecting to the through ... . the rotating speed of the drive. The 'readiness' of a byte ... , unused, side2, double density, printer ready, joystick on/off.

    drive is activated. The exact address ...
    roko roko February 2016 Development
  • 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 …

    ... easier to orient the drive to the exact position ... this respect as the Drive 1 cable is hard ... Testing will reveal whether the Drive 1 cable on this ... I just did not understand the drive set up at ...
    So it is almost ready . Luckily an old breadboard broke ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2016 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 …

    ... get an external 3.5" drive going on a +3 which ... with the manual drive ready switch. It's still not a perfect solution ... trying to access the external drive with no disk inserted, but ...
    guesser guesser March 2016 Hardware
  • Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…

    ... /2016/06/test-drive-accolade-1987.html"]TEST DRIVE[/url][/b] and ... 'm afraid the results will not be very pleasing, but I ... suspect it might not come as much of a ... point, perhaps I'll be ready to accept some requests and ...
    Skaepoy Skaepoy June 2016 Announcements
  • ZX Spectrum CartridgesI have been thinking of "cloning" ZX Cartridges for a while (case, board and silicon skirt), to be able to make new releases or replace damaged cartr…

    ... the methods described above are not practical.

    So ... switching, with the latch updating ready for the next CPU access ... we determined that we will drive it, hence becoming the master ... cartridge application, it will not allow or be compatible with ...
    RMartins RMartins August 2016 Hardware
  • Change of career/doing something different!!I've been working in IT since '97 where I got my first 'proper' IT job as a junior systems engineer for a big engineering company in Walsall. SInce …

    ... come many others, it's not your only ability.

    ready to drop to tiny wages, I'm going to drive ...
    Luny Luny September 2016 Chit chat
  • 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 …

    ... plate and drive plate ,one independent drive power supply for drive 1, the ... :then it then was all ready to go . It loaded up ... format bit for it or not . But everything appears OK apart ... a 128k game : it is not a ZX-Uno! . Still it ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio November 2016 Hardware
  • 3.5" disk drive on plus 3 or HXC/GotekHello all I have a zx spectrum +3 and in the late 90s I used a teac FD-235F drive as an external 3.5 drive. It was very eay to connect as it had …

    ... don't mind hacking the drive about it should be ... relatively easy to make any drive work by hacking into ... detect switch to derive a ready signal. It would be ... t know because I've not looked into it too ... old drive that can be jumpered to provide a ready signal ...
    guesser guesser November 2016 Hardware
  • 3.5" disk drive on plus 3 or HXC/GotekHello all I have a zx spectrum +3 and in the late 90s I used a teac FD-235F drive as an external 3.5 drive. It was very eay to connect as it had …

    ... so it's set to ready when accessed?
    Or ... ?
    Lastly which make/model drive did you use?
    [/quote ... what I remember I do not have the machine to hand ... a SM diode (except its not a diode its a short ... way I checked) , I do not think I moved it over ...
    spider spider November 2016 Hardware
  • Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…

    ... will be loosely connected and not work very well . In ... . Keeping one Speccy PCB ready "DK widened out" could ... the DK repair and not get distracted with other ... DK keyboard that has not been mucked about to ... solder in some floppy drive cable and using the ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio March 2017 Hardware
  • Amstrad equivalent of .rzx files ?Wondered what they are ? I thought they were .snp or .snr but a cursory search did not really find anything like our "rzx archive" equivalent for thi…

    ... the whole it does not seem a bad machine ... 'adjusted' the game is not far off 'ready' maybe.

    not matter too much.
    ... printed on the 6128 drive area. Having said that ... squishy and not too positive. I've not looked to ...
    spider spider October 2017 Chit chat
  • Selling stuffAgain since im now currently redundent for the second time this year my head turns to selling stuff as a business online? Is it still feasible sel…

    ... do without priced up and ready to go.
    Otherwise it ... enough stock to start lol) not just **** in the wind selling ... do bootfairs as i dont drive so cant really get a ...
    mel the bell mel the bell November 2017 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…

    ... had this feature. So why not use Dual Boot to extend ... target hard drive , elsewhere to create a "cleared and ready for ... action" bigger drive to replace the smaller ... the bigger harvested hard drive ..This was now ready to be put ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2018 Chit chat
  • Brand new 3.5 inch floppy drive with a Disciple InterfaceHi folks, I just acquired a disciple interface and have bought some brand new "pc" floppy drives to use with/on it but cant get them to work. I found…

    ... some DD drives, this is not always the case. With some ... the disk and of the drive.

    Elsewhere, one factor ... is HD disks that had not been previously formatted (or disks ... be more reliable compared to ready formatted disks.

    On ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK August 2018 Hardware
  • What's on your saucer?Thanks go out to frobush and zx1 for inspiring* this WoSser to create a yet another excellent WoS thread. Lunch 10 minutes ago. [IMG]http://i300.ph…

    [quote="zx1;947147"]Not sure if this was posted ... it on my PC hard drive.
    [IMG]http://i64.tinypic ... /2lvmog2.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
    Not suggesting it is, but that ... the picture from a frozen ready-meal packet than anything I ...
    joefish joefish November 2018 Chit chat
  • MB03 UltimateDear ZX friends, you may have heard of MB-02+, probably the best disk interface for ZX Spectrum, originated back in the 90's. Although not much sp…

    ... should have more than one drive/slot)
    - fully compatible ... DAs and General Sound)
    - ready for any modern video display ... /> - the K-mouse core has not a wheel support
    - the ... that this modern interface is NOT another FPGA-thing, which aims ...
    SMc SMc October 2019 Hardware
  • New game: SETO TAISHO VS YOKAIHello Spec-chums! At last, my new game is available for download: [img]http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/zx/Seto-art.jpg[/img] [b]Features:[/b]…

    ... is [i]not [/i]ready to be inserted in the drive. You are ... supposed to initialize the disk drive through a dedicated boot disk ... of concept because I do not own a Disciple/PlusD. More ... [i]Sophia II[/i], are not available in that format any ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu November 2019 Brand new software
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