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Screws for a +3Hi, Occasional lurker, resident of comp.sys.sinclair back in the 90's (not under this name). I've got a +3 here, but the only thing is that it has …
... into the side of the floppy drive with two washer head machine ... -
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…
... plugs into the Spectrum's Drive B port - you have ... slightly, then replace the floppy cable... but it works ... for connecting a 3.5" floppy drive to the +3's ... drive port to get the details for the correct floppy ... +3's internal 3" drive and an external 3.5 ... -
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…
... slightly, then replace the floppy cable... but it works ... connecting a 3.5" floppy drive to the +3's ... drive port to get the details for the correct floppy ... more standardized 3.5" drive with it's higher double ... with an external 3" drive to bring things over ... -
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…
... of the drive and into the disk drive port on ... make any modifications inside the drive then?
... that when connecting the drive to my PC not ... it just a standard pc floppy drive cable that I will ... use to connect the drive (internally) to my pc ... -
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…
... of the drive and into the disk drive port on ... make any modifications inside the drive then?
... that when connecting the drive to my PC not ... it just a standard pc floppy drive cable that I will ... use to connect the drive (internally) to my pc ... -
fitting an internall driveI just bought a kit that will allow me to use a 3.5 inch floppy drive on my +3. I was wondering could I fit it internally instead as the inbuilt drive
... 26 way cable and the floppy drive.
The third issue ... either:
a) make the drive be always READY by shorting ...
c) either modify the floppy drive to provide a ready signal ... or find an ancient drive that still provides this signal ... -
fitting an internall driveI just bought a kit that will allow me to use a 3.5 inch floppy drive on my +3. I was wondering could I fit it internally instead as the inbuilt drive
[QUOTE=John Elliott;751332]Well, it will, but you'll only get 173k rather than 706k per disc.[/QUOTE]
It does? oh, I thought it threw up one of those retry/abort messages. It's been a while since I had the floppy drive plugged in :) -
fitting an internall driveI just bought a kit that will allow me to use a 3.5 inch floppy drive on my +3. I was wondering could I fit it internally instead as the inbuilt drive
... while since I had the floppy drive plugged in :)[/QUOTE]
drive) and then tried to use ... -
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…
... the ready signal. Has the floppy drive board been modified instead?
drive is detected rather than just ... -
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…
... been using and old PC floppy connector cable which can be ... of the cable at the floppy drive should be connected also reversed ... READY signal, without that the drive will not work. I didn ... description, how to modify the floppy drive is described here:
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+D disc images from/to PCIn my eternal struggle with my +D discs collection, I absolutely need an affordable backup solution. Before fighting with Lotharek's FDD emulator, I …
samdisk is what you need but you will need a older pc that has a floppy disk controller chip on the motherboard as a usb floppy drive is no good -
Software to transfer tapes to PlusD discThe CPC had dedicated software to transfer Speedlock games to disc... Are there any programs to do this for the faithful Speccy? Thanks.
No, I can't transfer to real discs using my laptop's USB floppy drive unless an internal one will work (would have to borrow my niece's one which does have an internal drive). -
Back in the day when schools had 'a' computer.I stumbled uppon this photo when looking for something completely different on-line. It got me thinking and reminiscing. Do you remember when schools…
... , a lonesome BBC with floppy disc drive for Martin Harris to use ... 480z with a huge twin floppy drive on a trolly so that ... numbered (the green screen with floppy on the side monitor) appeared ... -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
I think it's more likely that there's an issue with the floppy drive or it's cable.
Try disconnecting the drive and see if the menu appears then.
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My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... it gets to testing the Floppy Drive, where it just freezes. I ... tried a blank floppy I bought but it can ... , and access to a disk drive. So I can finish the ... -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... floppies, perhaps it's the floppy controller that's failed?[/QUOTE ... there. So it's the floppy drive that's having 'issues'. If ... 3.5 inch standard PC floppy drive (I was going to use ... like one end of the floppy cable. I only tried to ... -
My new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
... there. So it's the floppy drive that's having 'issues'. ... 3.5 inch standard PC floppy drive (I was going to ... Yah I'm afraid the Floppy Disk Controller is soldered to ... and make that 3?" floppy cable you mentioned (or ... like one end of the floppy cable. I only tried ... -
+D disc images from/to PCIn my eternal struggle with my +D discs collection, I absolutely need an affordable backup solution. Before fighting with Lotharek's FDD emulator, I …
... internal fdd connected to mb floppy disk controller.
Download ... old PC with an integrated floppy drive, you can very easily do ... manually copying Spectrum games on floppy disks.
btw, on ... must install low-level access floppy driver:
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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…
There is a thread on this on CPC forums.
[url]http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/%273-5-inch-usb-ssd-floppy-drive-emulator-1-44mb%27-could-this-be-a-poor-man%27s-hxc/[/url] -
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…
... 's a standard 3.5' floppy drive on PC's. It has ... plug-in a USB pen drive which then acts as the ... 'm using a 3.5' floppy drive on my +3, I was ... also aware of the HXC floppy emulators. But was wondering if ... -
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…
... /%273-5-inch-usb-ssd-floppy-drive-emulator-1-44mb%27-could ... -
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…
... /%273-5-inch-usb-ssd-floppy-drive-emulator-1-44mb%27-could ... -
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…
... /%273-5-inch-usb-ssd-floppy-drive-emulator-1-44mb%27-could ... -
CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 with support (limited) to write for USB floppy drivesHi, I am the developer of [URL="http://www.cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is a new version of the program with su…
... -External-Floppy-Disk-Drive/dp/B004MBI1NG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"]a 10$ USB floppy drive[/URL ... -
CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 with support (limited) to write for USB floppy drivesHi, I am the developer of [URL="http://www.cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is a new version of the program with su…
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To write +3 floppy disks in this environment I ... an old PC mobo for floppy socket.[/QUOTE]
I ... -External-Floppy-Disk-Drive/dp/B004MBI1NG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"]a 10$ USB floppy drive[/URL ... -
Two disk systems together on one SpectrumHello, does anybody had experience with connection two disk systems together on one Spectrum (48k or 128k) ? e.g. Can a Betadisk operate together …
... a Windows PC with a floppy drive?
There are various programs ... -
Two disk systems together on one SpectrumHello, does anybody had experience with connection two disk systems together on one Spectrum (48k or 128k) ? e.g. Can a Betadisk operate together …
... a Windows PC with a floppy drive?
There are various programs ... pc and tried some different drive but was not that successfull ... over buying a double-diskette-drive from Ben.
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Two disk systems together on one SpectrumHello, does anybody had experience with connection two disk systems together on one Spectrum (48k or 128k) ? e.g. Can a Betadisk operate together …
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Getting a second drive might be a good option ... to use any 3.5" floppy drive from a PC, as long ... as you can set the drive select signal (pair of jumpers ... -
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…
... adding an external 3,5 floppy (I already have it, and ... and the external 3,5" floppy drive directly, maybe using an USB ... -
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…
... 1.x be loaded from floppy disk into a 256 kB ... the stepper motor of the floppy drive clicking when no disk was ...
