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  • 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 …

    ... have the connection for a floppy drive (the older ones anyway), would ...
    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 …

    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 …

    ... through ebay for an external floppy drive, nearly everything thats coming ... .co.uk/external-amiga-floppy-drive-/280602475315?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL& ... ebay.co.uk/External-floppy-disk-drive-Amiga-500-600-1200 ... using my Atari ST external drive, if I can find ...
    Glenn Glenn December 2010 Hardware
  • Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …

    ... exit.

    - Real pc floppy drive support at least for +3 ...
    Pegaz Pegaz January 2011 Emulators
  • Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…

    ... no space between keyboard and floppy drive. Not only it looks awful ... should have gotten a disk drive or simply no tape no ...
    maiki maiki February 2011 Hardware
  • Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…

    ... no space between keyboard and floppy drive. Not only it looks awful ... should have gotten a disk drive or simply no tape no ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman February 2011 Hardware
  • Multiface 1 (Romantic Robot) RepairHello there my fellow ZX'ers! recently I got an Interface 1 + MicroDrive from a friend and since then I have been having awesome geeky moments in fr…

    ... through reams of schematics for Floppy Disk controllers / 8bit/16bit HDD ... would love a slim-line Floppy Drive for a spectrum - I was ... one of those IBM USB Floppy Drives, as these could easly ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 March 2011 Hardware
  • my rather spiffing +2Thanks to Macc I have an immculate +2, only problem is I daren't use it!! [IMG]http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/190658_206803459336782…

    ... in a similar condition. The floppy drive belt had disintegrated, so I ...
    popegleng popegleng March 2011 Hardware
  • heatsink on the grey+2anyone ever modded one to run without the heatsink? I know some have on the 48k's but I wouldn't mind removing it from one of mine. If so, any tips …

    [QUOTE=Zetr0;518671]However if you really wanted to you could power up your +2A/B and +3 with a slightly modified AT/ATX PC power supply.[/QUOTE]

    like me :)
    It also means you have power for an external floppy drive and hard drives
    guesser guesser March 2011 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +3 Query...Hi all, As common, I brought down my Spectrum from the attic the other day to have another stab at getting it running. I knew from the past it was a…

    ... />
    Before I changed the floppy drive belt, out of interest I ... plugged the floppy drive onto my PC PSU 4V ... the 12V supply), but the drive light did come on and ... stay on! So the drive I guess is fine.
    Crimbo Crimbo March 2011 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +3 Query...Hi all, As common, I brought down my Spectrum from the attic the other day to have another stab at getting it running. I knew from the past it was a…

    ... br /> Before I changed the floppy drive belt, out of interest I ... plugged the floppy drive onto my PC PSU ... /> how did you plug the floppy drive in...

    because ... pinout reversed from the standard floppy connector... :-?

    If ...
    guesser guesser March 2011 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +3 Query...Hi all, As common, I brought down my Spectrum from the attic the other day to have another stab at getting it running. I knew from the past it was a…

    ... ]how did you plug the floppy drive in...

    because it ... pinout reversed from the standard floppy connector... :-?[/QUOTE]

    Haha ... plugged it in using the floppy connector from the PC PSU ...
    Crimbo Crimbo March 2011 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +3 Query...Hi all, As common, I brought down my Spectrum from the attic the other day to have another stab at getting it running. I knew from the past it was a…

    ... that you completely disconnect the Floppy Drive, I suspect when you plumbed ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 March 2011 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +3 Query...Hi all, As common, I brought down my Spectrum from the attic the other day to have another stab at getting it running. I knew from the past it was a…

    ... , I think most of my floppy disks are corrupt (I think ... computer or attachable 3.5" floppy drive? Google doesn't seem to ...
    Crimbo Crimbo March 2011 Hardware
  • 48k game to 128 DSK ?Yes exist a good way to convert a 48k game from emulator (z80, .sna, etc), to a dsk format to be used by emulators or the real Spectrum +3 ? thx in…

    ... an 3.5" drive, you can use pc floppy drive to write them ...
    Arda Arda March 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spectrum +3 Query...Hi all, As common, I brought down my Spectrum from the attic the other day to have another stab at getting it running. I knew from the past it was a…

    ... , I think most of my floppy disks are corrupt (I think ... computer or attachable 3.5" floppy drive? Google doesn't seem to ...
    guesser guesser March 2011 Hardware
  • What happened to ZX Spin?I've been absent from the forums until recently. What happened to ZX Spin?

    ... 't seem to boot the floppy image properly, it seems to ... ignore there is a floppy mounted when you type RUN ... diskette in your floppy drive, press F6 and select Drive 1.
    Then ...
    Pegaz Pegaz March 2011 Emulators
  • What happened to ZX Spin?I've been absent from the forums until recently. What happened to ZX Spin?

    ... diskette in your floppy drive, press F6 and select Drive 1.
    Then ... and inserted it in the floppy drive on a real Spectrum/PlusD ... . The system files on the floppy are mounted into the PlusD ...
    dekh dekh March 2011 Emulators
  • What happened to ZX Spin?I've been absent from the forums until recently. What happened to ZX Spin?

    ... is current situation with real drive support on emulators:
    [url ... and inserted it in the floppy drive on a real Spectrum/PlusD ... . The system files on the floppy are mounted into the PlusD ... didnt even need a system floppy.
    Thats why you see ...
    Pegaz Pegaz March 2011 Emulators
  • MF3Z80 without +3e (like M3Unlock)Recently I've had a pop again at putting the copy protected Rainbow Islands onto real +3 disk. Some people may remember I tried to do this some time …

    ... to Maplin today, bought a floppy cable, plugged in a ... internal floppy and I now have a 3'5 drive B ... that the 3.5 drive (configured as drive B) is not ... to the PC on the floppy drive connector of your PC ... connector inside the FD-1 drive to avoid frying your ...
    Hercules Hercules March 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Was there ever an 8" Floppy Drive for the SpectrumThis has been bugging me for a while now... I seem to remember adverts in the early eighties for an [URL="http://oldcomputers.net/floppydisks.html"]…

    ... ://oldcomputers.net/floppydisks.html"]8" Floppy Drive [/URL]and associated interface.[/QUOTE ... there [I]were[/I] 8" floppy disks! I thought 5.25 ...
    Mousey Mousey March 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... point myself. I had a floppy drive put into my current dev ... on a PC with a floppy (the most recent one I ... circumstances, will poll the floppy disk drive once a second looking for ... USB disk and a removable floppy disk.
    ccowley ccowley March 2011 Chit chat
  • 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 or ...
    guesser guesser March 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... point myself. I had a floppy drive put into my current dev ... on a PC with a floppy (the most recent one I ... circumstances, will poll the floppy disk drive once a second looking for ... USB disk and a removable floppy disk.[/B][/QUOTE]

    ZnorXman ZnorXman March 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... 1-sec clicks from the floppy drive are a reminder of my ...
    ccowley ccowley March 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... use floppy disks, you do not need to have a drive in ... current motherboards that need the floppy drive to update the BIOS, they ...
    The Starglider The Starglider April 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    As for floppy drive you can get a usb floppy drive. If you need to ... SATA drivers then the usb floppy drive will do. I built a ... on a floppy, and it happily used the usb drive as drive a ...
    MrCheese MrCheese April 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... SATA drivers then the usb floppy drive will do.
    [/QUOTE]
    floppy drive at all these days, unless ...
    AndyC AndyC April 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... myself. I had a floppy drive put into my current dev ... i've ever used the floppy drive in my current computer ... useful.

    However, the floppy drive didnt work very well under ... yet, On my computer, the floppy drive regularly clicks, similar to the ...
    spodula spodula April 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... 1-sec clicks from the floppy drive are a reminder of my ...
    polomint polomint April 2011 Chit chat
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