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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…
... really no point in having floppy drives these days with all ... got my wish about the floppy drive, but I'm pretty ... change to 3.5 inch floppy drive and an NMI button ... original divIDE and Guesser's flash ROM board. Put the divIDE ... -
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…
... +3 with 3.5 inch Floppy drive replaced the original, and ... and virtual disks on modern flash storage. Get an original divIDE ... -
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…
... don't even have a floppy drive header any more.
floppy drive was for SCSI drivers ... everything can boot from USB flash now anyway.
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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…
... have some need to use floppy disks, you do not need ... current motherboards that need the floppy drive to update the BIOS ... the use of a USB flash stick (which other OSs can ... -
Welcome back Spectaculator!Hmm, I have to evaluate this again. It's the first emu I've tried that actually seems to boots the PlusD. Is there any way of speeding up the disc …
... Slax Linux installed on the flash drive, together with Fuse.
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PentEvo/ZX Evolution PreviewCheck this -> [url]http://www.youtube.com/user/3ASOFT[/url] some Videos showing the PentEvo/ZXEvo ([url]http://www.nedopc.com/zxevo/zxevo.php[/url])…
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Interest for more DivIDE interfaces?I'm wondering if there is still interest in DivIDE interfaces. I can make another batch of 50 if there is. So the standard DivIDE, not the DivIDE Pl…
... ]Does it only support Compact Flash cards?[/QUOTE]
No, it ... firmwares that emulates a disciple floppy drive (reading/writing) and others ... ?[/QUOTE]
More RAM, more Flash, more possibilities. If you want ... -
Problems with a gray ZX Spectrum +2Hello. First of all, thank you for receiving me on this forum. I'll try to help everybody as well as I can Said that, I want to do two questions abo…
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[B]1. Compact Flash to replace TAPE mechanism[/B ... ) a Commodore 1541 5.25" floppy drive that uses an IEC ... -
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…
... and mouse support;
* Floppy (WDC1793) Beta-disk compatible interface ... clones. You can also flash a different ROM to the ... software. However, if you flash the Scorpion core, it will ... RAM with a 1024kb MegaFlashROMSCC+ flash card, a SunRise IDE ... -
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…
... I didn't plug my flash boards - they're all sold ... 's hard disk interfaces, external floppy drives, spectranet etc :) -
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…
... /> Only the +3 has a floppy controller, and it has an ... connecting a hard disk / compact flash card. -
MB02+IDE aliveLast weekend I finished soldering and testing my MB02+IDE. All items work perfectly on +2 grey, on +2A, on 128k heatsink and on 48k Issue2 and 3b tes…
... would be an EPROM or Flash-ROM for boot program, 512 ... clock, IDE interface including compact flash adapter or eventually SD-card ... switch regulator onboard, floppy port with 3,5" floppy drive delivered, 3 ... -
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 …
... /BackToThePlus3/]a design of a floppy interface[/url]. Yes, with that ... tapes from hard disk or flash card, or from disciple disk ... /> - Connecting a hard disk or flash card to your +2A. As ... should work as a giant floppy; using a divIDE gives you ... -
Phantom of the Floppera! ! ![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmoDLyiQYKw[/url] ahahahahaahaha, awesome!
Haha. How to increase the storage capacity of a floppy:
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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=…
... planning to use a compact flash adapter, why didn't you ... a little effort, under the floppy drive mech on the +3 -
Moving Windows XPI'm reorganising the hard drives in my computer and want to move my windows XP partition to a new drive. This will mean the XP partition will no long…
... to blind flash a laptop the odd time.. from usb floppy drive ... -
Newbie needs help ^^Hey Guys! I'm new here to the forums and I joined because of my growing interest in the ZX Spectrum computers. I'm from Germany and I was growing …
... favourite games to CF (compact flash) card and then you insert ... Sinclair didn't predict using floppy disk drives. The third party ... companies started production of different floppy disk interfaces - so now we ... -
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=…
... for use with the 3" Floppy Disk Drive.
After preparing the Compact Flash Card - it was installed it ... -
spectrum +3 replacing the fdd with DivIDE and a 2GB flash driveComplete newbie here Is it possible to remove the +3 fdd and replace it with DivIDE and a 2GB flash drive all fitted into the vacant space? All info …
... machine and modifying the floppy port for a flash card port if ... -
Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... end up with a "PCI Flash-memory" as non-functioning 'Other ... hard disk C. When a floppy drive is present then CAT ... is how my Fujitsu USB floppy drive behaves. After connecting the ... normal delay thing in the floppy days. But did it really ... -
+3 upgrades?Hi this is my first post on becoming a member of this forum and I'm hopeful and excited about some of the hardware I have found. Hi I found my old …
... A 5e to use a flash card interface?
I ... .[/QUOTE]
A compact flash card can operate in "ide ... or less the same as floppy disks. This is probably the ... -
Fixing/modding my new +3Hi, In december I won an auction for a working +3 with a dead floppy drive, + a Multiface 3, some disks and tapes, for a very low price (I think nob…
... the panel for the floppy port, build the floppy controller and hook ... ) and one of Guesser's FLASH boards so I could switch ... 't need to build the floppy controller - just the cable (which ... B: selects out to the floppy port and have 2 external ... -
Commodore Amiga HelpI've just been given an Amiga which I was told may be broken. It's without any manual and because I never had an Amiga (too expensive! That's why I'm…
... ambitious (for me) effort to flash the hardware, fit the drive ... in design to the HxC2001 floppy emulator. Such devices will boot ... -
Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …
... about EEPROM / E?PROM and Flash ROM? Are these wrong because ... / FPGA / EEPROM / E?PROM and Flash ROM? Is using the combination ... because you can emulate a floppy disk / tape / microdrive / Winchester drive ... -
Retro GamerDoes anybody know when the next issue of Retro Gamer will be out? They told me to include an article about the Spectrum30 show in the News section an…
... protect, often on the same floppy disc as another game or ... , D-Bug, etc. And the floppy discs that contained the games ... a different media, such as flash carts (old, such as the ... -
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 …
... ROM/PROM/EPROM/EEPROM/E2PROM/Flash chip stores data. Hereafter I ... computer, or on mass storage (floppy disk, hard drive, etc).
Flash chip.
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I had a go.I haven't written anything in ZX Basic since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just to put you in the picture, I am a developer and know sever…
... from Flash ROM / EEPROM (including SD or CF card), from disk (floppy ... the BIOS in "ROM" (often flash ROM these days). Until you ... time the computer accesses the floppy disk, is to run a ... -
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 …
... did not know about the floppy drives jumpers and needed a ... today's stuff (eg cheap flash drives that break on first ... . The fact that the main floppy lead is hard wired in ... -
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…
... piezo speaker which fits the floppy's central hole, a jack ... a STM32F0 microchip with 256KB flash memory as suggested by @mcleod_ideafix ... -
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 …
... and longer lasting than USB flash drives . I have given up ... to say "bring back the floppy" but there is a case ...
