-
Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…
... the C64 had an official floppy drive available from the beginning ... an amazingly cheap alternative to floppy disk systems for end users ... increasingly difficult to obtain or repair the original hardware but I ... -
The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... to connect the newer PC drives to the disciple, but on ... still haven't used two drives but I will.
Another ... electrolytic, the one below the floppy connector and is axial, the ... -
Multiface +3 AdviceHi, New to the forum after resurrecting my +3 and looking for a bit of advice on the Multiface 3 please. Quite simply is it worth investing in for…
... images so use the Hxc Floppy Emulator as internal drive which ... microdrive and hopefully for + 3 drives later.
MinnaMicroZ80 v0.21 -
Transferring ZX Spectrum software from tape to digital formatAs the title says, can anyone tell me the simplest way of doing this using a normal, modern desktop PC and maybe some string? Ta.
... PC using the stupid old floppy disk.
However, you ... mostly the problems that disk drives are not anymore included. However ... -
720K Amstrad PCW8512 drive B: as drive A: on a Spectrum +3 ?Hi Spec-chums. I happen to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i got off ebay, and i was wondering if it is possible to use it as drive …
... way as the single-sided drives :)
[QUOTE=Your ... :confused:
After all, these drives are close to.. what? 25 ... schematics for both types of Floppy Disk Drives.
First ... enough to fit under the floppy disk drive yay. Also arriving ... -
Getting a few errors in CPCDiskXPHello, I found some pretty cool compilations someone did (13 or so). They added about 14 games in one .DSK file per compilation. I gues I'll start o…
... faulty?
3.5" drives are generally pretty reliable, so ... a game/file from a floppy by pressing the Loader option ... -
Sinclair +2a Why!?!One thing I've always wondered and whilst going though my collection today the question re-emerged in my mind. Why the Spectrum +2a? What I mean by …
... the Amstrad CPC external 3" floppy would just plug into a ... two kinds of external CPC drives. One of them allowed "tape ... , you've got no external floppy connector and you won't ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/BackToThePlus3/]a floppy interface[/url] (really a copy ... -
What models are repairable these days?I've followed a few threads which are trying to repair the mainboard components of the older 48K models, but it got me wondering - is it possible to …
... easier most times to just repair whatever is wrong with that ... which are easy, the TEA2000, floppy controller and data separator (expensive ... -
External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... 't just use any old floppy drive although I suppose it ... .4Mb PC floppy drive into a 720K type. The drives I used ... use were either 720K PC drives (ripped from old 386 powered ... +D Lifetime type drives and Shugart type drives all had this, a ... -
Spectaculator 8 vs REAL diskDoes Spectaculator 8 support real floppy drives? I want to use an external USB floppy drive to read/write +D and +3 floppy disks. I have Windows 7…
... the PCI bus and drives a proper floppy drive! Would be great ... Amiga disks!
Last floppy controller I saw was on ... -
Spectaculator 8 vs REAL diskDoes Spectaculator 8 support real floppy drives? I want to use an external USB floppy drive to read/write +D and +3 floppy disks. I have Windows 7…
... the PCI bus and drives a proper floppy drive! Would be great ... 't look like a normal floppy drive to the system, and ... picked up like a normal floppy controller by the system, even ... -
External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... using one of these external drives, custom made ofcourse [url]http ... (it uses a low level floppy driver) and tha disk is ... -
Hardware description - MB-02+ interfaceOn this thread will soon released info about MB-02+ idisk interface ( memory paging mechanism, list of ports, addressing, MB IDE, schematics, etc... …
... />
MB-02+ interface use floppy drive controller(FDC) WD2797A. This ... (840kB) and HD (1.8MB) drives. In HD mode is data ... -
Hardware description - MB-02+ interfaceOn this thread will soon released info about MB-02+ idisk interface ( memory paging mechanism, list of ports, addressing, MB IDE, schematics, etc... …
... to be lowered for modern drives:
R26 ==> 330 ... /> from HDIN (pin 2 of floppy connector or pin 8 of ... -
Hardware description - MB-02+ interfaceOn this thread will soon released info about MB-02+ idisk interface ( memory paging mechanism, list of ports, addressing, MB IDE, schematics, etc... …
... to be lowered for modern drives:
R26 ==> 330 ... /> from HDIN (pin 2 of floppy connector or pin 8 of ... -
Barn find #4I think this is some sort of backup device. Its got "007" on the motherboard and the mice have chewed the buttons. Will do a little research later in…
... =Pierre;718710]My Rocky Gush Floppy Disk Drive interface has this ... with my Multiface and Opus drives.
Found a working ... -
Hardware description - MB-02+ interfaceOn this thread will soon released info about MB-02+ idisk interface ( memory paging mechanism, list of ports, addressing, MB IDE, schematics, etc... …
... ?
Modifications for modern floppy disc drives, but what do you mean ... -
Has there ever been a virus or malware on a console?Just something I was wondering - owing to the (to me inexplicable) behaviour of virus/malware writers* we have to waste PC (and our own) time and res…
... corrupting data or wiping hard drives - a PC is no good ... table or otherwise corrupt the floppy discs (I never had a ... overwrote the boot sector of floppy discs which could stop some ... -
+3 in my handsAfter so many attempts, I managed to buy a +3 in good working order and almost mint condition. I have yet to check floppy drive, but I hope that he i…
... also for worm gears in floppy disk drives, just don't over ... />
If you take that floppy drive apart, the write protect ... -
Spectrum CP/MHello.. Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually used +3 CP/M for any practical purpose? I remember booting it up a couple of times years ago, jus…
... had little utility on small floppy disks, but it was useful ... files on machines with hard drives." -
SamDisk and +3 disksFew days ago I tried to write some +3 dsk files on 3.5 inch floppy with SamDisk on old Toshiba laptop (P3 800 mhz) and his integrated fdd, but he cou…
... (like with cpcdiskxp) and that floppy is completely unreadable.[/quote]
drives, which makes SAMdisk use a ... 's optimised for 3.5" drives, which benefit from the faster ... tuned for CPC disks and drives.
[quote]Also ... -
ZX Spectrum +2A and +2B - finding the true factsI'm confused. Some told me that a +2A has a +3 board, and the +2B got the simplified board. But I think that is not true. I have had over a dozen b…
... an external disk drive (or drives) to the +2A, you should ... up to two FD-1 drives.
[/quote]
This ... Service Manual titled "Spectrum +3B Floppy Disk Interface"
It ... a small error in the floppy interface data separator circuit on ... -
What CF Card For your DIVideI recently purchased a DIVide with a 4gb CF Card [IMG]https://www.bechtle.co.uk/medias/200x200/200x200-EcsHUb93uHc6x9N9CBYV58-30.jpg[/IMG] and have…
... like memory cards and USB drives outside of "normal" formatting.
floppy and make it hard if ... -
Opus Discovery 1I guess this has been asked before, I have an opus discvery 1, it seems to be working but I would like to fit 2 double sided 3.5" 80 track drives, oh…
No. Opus uses two 'hard' drive select signals, for drives 1 and 2. Drives 3 and 4 are 'alternatives' when files or disks are copied to another floppy using one and the same drive. -
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…
... ?
I thought these drives were sold to be used ... it just a standard pc floppy drive cable that I will ... -
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…
... ?
I thought these drives were sold to be used ... it just a standard pc floppy drive cable that I will ... -
+3 disc issueQuickie question. I can't load from tape on my +3 as whenever I select the loader option the disc drive starts spinning and doesn't stop (obviously …
... something to do with the floppy cable - maybe the READY signal ... want to ruin it to repair my main one. So guess ... I'll need to repair or replace the drive. I ... -
Transferring soft from PC to +3?Hi. A friend of mine has bought the +3 after longer break in Spectrum using. Which is good. He would like, however, to use it with real 3" diskette…
... that sends power down the floppy cable and then connected the ... PC with a standard pc floppy cable into the pc's ... floppy port where I use SAMDISK ... where the floppy controller has the option of 5 1/4" drives. -
+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 …
... upgrade is external 3,5" floppy. those diskettes are dirt cheap ... like the sound of 'real' drives. :)
btw, ULA+ is ... -
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 …
... work out how many disc drives there are.
It ... floppies, perhaps it's the floppy controller that's failed?
