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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 …
... STFM, I just had the drives sat on the desk next ... both an external 3.5" floppy drive and a 3.5 ... -
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 …
... my experiences with adding external drives, and writing disks for ... 't have the right floppy drive settings in it' ... who supplied me with a floppy cable to connect an ... to a PC via the floppy connector. For my first ... bios to the correct floppy drive as it's ... -
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 …
... lower ram gone and the floppy upgrade is from http://www ... -pack-3 with duel 720k drives, ram and rom
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 …
... the drives and controller board like the ram upgrade and extra floppy ... site that describes the 4 floppy mod and 4K upgrade to ... 's rgb or for external floppy drive but once I have ...SpectaculatorHi, Does Spectaculator support Opus Discovery. I can see search results for Opus when I use the help system which gives credits to the Fuse team, …
... no longer auto-switched the floppy disk drives being emulated as it ...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 …
One "flexibility" limitation of the floppy drive plating system
... protect the bottom of the drives whilst in storage ) is that ... "j link" jumpers underneath the drives whilst the floppies are still ...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 …
Floppy Drive Clean time.
... Interestingly Mark suggested floppy drive maintenance as follows:- "Disk drives in theory ... able to contemplate a "mass floppy clean" So I thought I ... "cleanable side" of an NEC floppy drive , to see if I ...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 …
... on a single sided 40T floppy disk drive . By now it ... drive . Later double sided 80T drives had HEADS put here for ...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 …
... start.with 2 NEC 80T drives
I tried out ... settings on these drives !
The NEC drives were also difficult ... need to find some actual floppy discs.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 …
... consistent between the 40 T drives I have and are exactly ... an "I/O error"; the drives are a bit "buzzy" ; I ... it is possible that the drives are faulty but I have ... to power up a 40T floppy drive on their own . Could ...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 …
... longer lasting than USB flash drives . I have given up buying ... to say "bring back the floppy" but there is a case ...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 …
... the problems is that the floppy drive types are all different ... day" . However as the older drives become scarcer attitudes are beginning ...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 …
There have been various different floppy drive types made over the ... were available as 3.5" drives)
[*]80 track double sided ...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 …
... to the back of the floppy drive . Ideally this is an ... did not power up the drives to a standard that worked ...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 …
... .1 Rom was for 2 drives only and not for the ... /> 4-7 example configurations , eg floppy 128
8 load me ... "can only support 2 physical drives DOS can keep track of ... 4 logical drives , prompting for the correct disc ...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 …
... obvious ones like number of drives and type of EPROM what ... the Red Stripe on the floppy drive cable ( ie left or ... ,hard soldered to the PCB, floppy drive 1 cable).
2 ...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 …
... incorrect setting for these original drives (I was using extreme right ... am hoping with this the drives will work OK .But why ... also confirms that these 40t drives were the standard Opus issue ... 1 (for this type of floppy)!
My "excuse" for my ...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 …
... all of the 3 drives have worked at some ... labelled these original style 3 drives as , A , B ... records for these specific drives.Here are the results ... I like the way the floppy "snapped" into position on ... for the "non original" Shugart drives I have.
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 …
... the drive light on the floppy drive, when still powered on ... independent power supply to the floppy drive still switched on and ... concept works properly for these drives as they are still electrically ... Opus off even when the floppy drive itself is still powered ...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 …
... the original 40T single sided floppy drive : showing the position of ... position that worked on both drives for me with independent power ...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 with 2 NEC 80T drives on it and then this ... further ado. So my 80T floppy disks appear to be OK ... power using non Opus original drives.Things you hated about the speccyFor me it would be the Kempston interface coming loose and the machine crashing after a good session of waggling my joystick.
... so much more with a floppy drive instead but the disparate ... then went with the 3" drives)Things you hated about the speccyFor me it would be the Kempston interface coming loose and the machine crashing after a good session of waggling my joystick.
... so much more with a floppy drive instead but the disparate ... then went with the 3" drives)
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Yep ...Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... I'm talking about disc drives, as well as having no ... /itm/4-x-CF-2-Floppy-Discs-Disks-with-Cases-Amstrad ...Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... I'm talking about disc drives, as well as having no ... /itm/4-x-CF-2-Floppy-Discs-Disks-with-Cases-Amstrad ... were no high density 3" drives. The only difference is the ...Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…
... , 2 built-in Microdrive cartridge drives, 2 RS-232 ports, 2 ... CGA output video for TV, floppy drive bay, 2 ISA slots ...The ZX Spectrum as a Business MachineMaybe it is time to treat this"business" side of the Spectrum more seriously . What spurred me int action was the arrival in the post today (from Eb…
... "hooks" to communicate with disk drives or Microdrives.
As ... a text based system), a floppy disk system (choice of 5 ...The ZX Spectrum as a Business MachineMaybe it is time to treat this"business" side of the Spectrum more seriously . What spurred me int action was the arrival in the post today (from Eb…
... and with a 3.5" floppy rather than Microdrives this could ... the Spectrum had 3.5" drives instead of 3 ...ZX Nuvo 128..Hi There, I have built the ZX Nuvo 128 by Superfo, but it has a problem. The machine is working, but the video signal is completely bonkers. I've …
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