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  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... with 3.5 inch Floppy drive replaced the original, and the ... a case and used as drive B (means that commercial 3 ... spectrum, but via a reliable external tape deck.
    Alien 8 Alien 8 December 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... with 3.5 inch Floppy drive replaced the original, and the ... a case and used as drive B (means that commercial 3 ... spectrum, but via a reliable external tape deck.[/QUOTE]

    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • Are Ant and Dec killing gaming?I thought Donkey Kong Country looked pretty good until I saw those 2 numpties advertising it. They've really devalued the game for me now and it's pu…

    ... (I only wanted the CD drive out of it). My 3rd ... model I have comes Netflix ready as well, so the Wii ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek December 2010 Chit chat
  • Are Ant and Dec killing gaming?I thought Donkey Kong Country looked pretty good until I saw those 2 numpties advertising it. They've really devalued the game for me now and it's pu…

    ... (I only wanted the CD drive out of it). [B]My ... model I have comes Netflix ready as well, so the Wii ...
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2010 Chit chat
  • Poll: The best spectrumIm putting this up as weve had quite a lengthy discussion discussing the highs and lows of all spectrum models so heres a poll for personal preferanc…

    ... then you add an external 3.5" drive. Better than the unsightly ... by fitting a 3.5" drive inside a +3 case.
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • Poll: The best spectrumIm putting this up as weve had quite a lengthy discussion discussing the highs and lows of all spectrum models so heres a poll for personal preferanc…

    ... then you add an external 3.5" drive. Better than the unsightly ... by fitting a 3.5" drive inside a +3 case.[/QUOTE ... have to cut out the drive connector hole in the case ...
    guesser guesser December 2010 Hardware
  • Poll: The best spectrumIm putting this up as weve had quite a lengthy discussion discussing the highs and lows of all spectrum models so heres a poll for personal preferanc…

    ... hardware compatibility.
    +3: Disk drive (but I would prefer a ... 32K you can add an external expansion to enable it to ...
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • 3.5" drive on +3I've been trying to use a 3.5" DD drive on my +3 with no success. I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 way cable with 5.25" connector a…

    Please try another floppy disk drive (e.g. an 1.44Mb ... HD drive taken from a modern PC) with the ready signal ... to use a true DD drive: of course, disks should be ...
    dg67 dg67 December 2010 Hardware
  • 3.5" drive on +3I've been trying to use a 3.5" DD drive on my +3 with no success. I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 way cable with 5.25" connector a…

    ... ]Please try another floppy disk drive (e.g. an 1.44Mb ... HD drive taken from a modern PC) with the ready signal ... to use a true DD drive: of course, disks should be ...
    Hercules Hercules December 2010 Hardware
  • What kind of joystick?Hi, I've just bought ZX Spectrum +2 (grey), my first. Near the joystick socket is caption "USE ONLY SINCLAIR JOYSTICK .....". Socket is standard DB9.…

    ... that you have floppy drive, but can also load by external tape.
    Alien 8 Alien 8 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 …

    ... connect a normal PC floppy drive as "drive B:" to the +3 ... provide the old "Ready" signal, so the ready line needs shorting to ... to the spectrum that the drive is ready (adding a switch here ... as drive B: with the above proviso, you must create a ready ...
    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 …

    ... the old "Ready" signal, so the ready line needs shorting ... the spectrum that the drive is ready (adding a switch here ... 's a disk in the drive).
    ..
    All ... hard wired to appear as drive B: (hence the "twist ... be better to modify drive, because many of them ...
    orange orange 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 …

    No modern generic floppy drive I've seen has a jumper to select a ready signal as there is no need for it on a PC. If you can enable it bu moving links, resistors etc on the PCB you can do that... but imo it's eaiser just to short the pin out :)
    guesser guesser December 2010 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…

    ... as my drive doesnt have much space left but my external has ...
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2010 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…

    ... as my drive doesnt have much space left but my external has ...
    1980-20.. 1980-20.. December 2010 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…

    ... my external then ill have plenty of space (on my H: drive ... got 152gb again on the drive i have steam on :) so ...
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2010 Chit chat
  • 3.5" drive on +3I've been trying to use a 3.5" DD drive on my +3 with no success. I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 way cable with 5.25" connector a…

    you can get an external PSU to power a disk drive.. my friend has one for a HD recovery kit.. with the 3.5 molox adapter on it instead of the bigger 1 for HD's
    fog fog 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 …

    ... way of powering the floppy drive? Am I right in saying ... transfer then? An original external 3 inch drive would also need its ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 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 …

    Just had a quick scan through ebay for an external floppy drive, nearly everything thats coming up is USB powered, a bit more thorough searching is perhaps required!
    Macc Macc 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 …

    ... />
    that drive in your picture looks like external Amiga floppy. I ... +12V and +5V on its external floppy connector (unlike ZX+3 ... connect it instead of 3" drive. newer drives probably take less ...
    orange orange 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 …

    ... />
    that drive in your picture looks like external Amiga floppy. I ... +12V and +5V on its external floppy connector (unlike ZX+3 ...
    guesser guesser December 2010 Hardware
  • Cronosoft -Still up and running?Does anybody know if Cronosoft is still up and running? I remember Chaosmongers saying stuff a while back about having difficulties maintaining it, a…

    ... .
    I've got an external one now that I'm ... 't try ballonacy, it will drive you insane. Just-one-more ...
    Graz Graz December 2010 Chit chat
  • ZXC3 Rom CartridgeI recently aquired a ZXC3 Cartridge Rom from [URL="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/"]Paul Farrow[/URL] fully populated with the latest diagnostic softw…

    ... provided a series of ROMs ready to program from your PC ... ROMs that provide Microdrive emulation (Drive #1 but configurable to another ... drive). This means that you can ... run 128K BASIC, and IF1 + Drive Emulation (uses top 16K of ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz December 2010 Hardware
  • Another stupid question about home networkingIn the house is an LG TV with inbuilt mediaplayer and an usb port for external storage. I started thinking it would be really nice having this connec…

    ... and two usb ports for external storage or that dongle. I ... is wanting to see a drive. with the network thing.. well ... the same as a drive.. also the drive to plug in may ...
    MinerWilly MinerWilly January 2011 Chit chat
  • Where to get drive compatible with the plus dhi all have been offered a plus d system and was wondering if anyone knew a place to get a cheap compatible floppy drive for it to? cheers

    use a DD disk drive from an Atari St or if you can find one get an external ST drive and case.
    works perfectly for me
    hope that helps
    reanimator reanimator January 2011 Hardware
  • Where to get drive compatible with the plus dhi all have been offered a plus d system and was wondering if anyone knew a place to get a cheap compatible floppy drive for it to? cheers

    ... ;503530]use a DD disk drive from an Atari St or ... can find one get an external ST drive and case.
    works ...
    djgarf djgarf January 2011 Hardware
  • Where to get drive compatible with the plus dhi all have been offered a plus d system and was wondering if anyone knew a place to get a cheap compatible floppy drive for it to? cheers

    ... replace the cable from disk drive to +d interface as disk ... on rear of drive
    and all the external ST drives I ...
    reanimator reanimator January 2011 Hardware
  • Where to get drive compatible with the plus dhi all have been offered a plus d system and was wondering if anyone knew a place to get a cheap compatible floppy drive for it to? cheers

    ... you could use an external amiga disk drive case,
    and building ...
    reanimator reanimator January 2011 Hardware
  • yeah - unix for zx spectrumI started a new hobby project. An operating system for ZX Spectrum. A unix clone. Talked to my friend about it and he asked me what if after I'm done…

    ... . There will be two kernels - external and internal kernel. The one ... the microdrive shall be the external kernel (only small binary and ... to 32 bit virtual hard drive.
    "

    Use existing ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2011 Development
  • PS3 now fully cracked and open?About a month back, a hacking group claimed that they'd discovered the PS3's 'key' algorithms, meaning that they can 'sign' any code. What this means…

    ... operating system, browser, USB to external hard drive and printer (yes, you ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2011 Chit chat
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