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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 …
... , you CAN'T unplug the floppy data cable from the PCB ... /> Turning to the fault finding/repair, I'd start with the ... -
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 …
... can handle up to 4 drives (just 2 on some modified ... to use any 3.5" floppy drive from a PC, as ... (pair of jumpers on older drives, solder bridges on most or ... few modern ones). 5.25" drives can be a pain to ... -
Is it possible to have a Single Drive on Betadisk as Drive Letter B (other than A)Hello, I?ve problems with getting two drives to work on my Betadisk v4 Interface: I?ve tried a second drive as slave drive but can?t get it to work…
... Shugart compatible.
A PC floppy cable with twist will NOT ... PC floppy cable)
2. Use a straight cable for two drives ... -
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 ... 't need to build the floppy controller - just the cable (which ... B: selects out to the floppy port and have 2 external drives) -
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…
... out to the floppy port and have 2 external drives)[/QUOTE]
floppy edge connector. -
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…
Sounds like the floppy drive is goosed. It's ... />
If memory serves the drives in the amiga are either ... -
Spectrum as a business machineI was just looking through an issue of Crash from 1987 and found the Tech Niche section rather interesting. They reviewed a Videoface video capture …
... of course is not the drives but the carts having a ... life (but then so do floppy disks).
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IDE for other computersAs an avid retro gamer in possession of several systems, I am always delighted and sad at the same time at how well the spectrum world in served by n…
... disk interfaces can use disk drives, but AFAIK none of them ... no differences between using the floppy or the hard disk).
floppy emulator (beware: the Gotek still ... -
Spectrum items for saleI have many Spectrum items like Spectrum, Spectrum +, power adapters, Centronics Interface, Kempston Interface, Light Pen Interface(these are built b…
... , Spectrum Interface I, Micro drives etc. for repair or scavenge totalling about ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... happy with a 3.5" floppy disk drive.
I ... lock-up full of 3" drives from over purchasing for the ... -
Did you know.. Disciple edge connectorDid you know the edge connector used on the Disciple is actually identical to that from the Interface 1? [IMG]http://www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby/v…
... 2 disk drives (although I later bought the excellent HxC Floppy Emulator ... -
PlusDlite v2014.1 - problems with floppy power supplyI received a small batch of boards of the new PlusDlite design, which is similar to the original PlusD, with GAL etc. The main differences with the o…
... a sanity check, do these drives work okay with your older ... black wire from edge to floppy connector, but that didn't ... -
Were +2A tape decks badly made?I remember as a kid in the early 90s(must of been as I started Secondary School in 1994 and this was before that) maybe even 88 or 89 I used to play …
... away with the not needed floppy drive hardware. Some early +2A ... +3 board, but without the floppy drive components fitted to the ... drive the pinch, which then drives the take-up spools via ... -
Were +2A tape decks badly made?I remember as a kid in the early 90s(must of been as I started Secondary School in 1994 and this was before that) maybe even 88 or 89 I used to play …
... away with the not needed floppy drive hardware. Some early +2A ... +3 board, but without the floppy drive components fitted to the ... drive the pinch, which then drives the take-up spools via ... -
Which did you own - Atari ST or Amiga?[I meant to make this a poll, but I clicked the wrong button (my own fault, I'm supposed to be writing a report for work, and it's so boring, so I ma…
... /> Half meg trapdoor upgrade
Floppy drive
1 meg trapdoor ... with all the keyboard/mouse/floppy gubbins, parnet to the 1200 ... /80/240/520 gig hard drives for the 1200.
drives, CD drive and IDE drive ... -
Modern PSUHello everyone, I'm looking for a modern PSU for my Spectrums and my dual set of 3.5'' floppy drive+HxC floppy emulator. The one for Spectrum should …
... regulated one for the disk drives...
As I understood ... reading/writings of HxC floppy emulator? Or the floppy disks?
drives or should I prefer two ... -
Help getting SAMdisk running on WinXP please.Hello speccy-chums. I was wondering if you clever folks out there could help me with my poor PC skills:lol:. Basically I want to run SAMdisk but it n…
... protection was on on the floppy and all connections to my ... , improving reliability on some older drives.
This maybe why ... -
New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…
... the input about supporting both drives. There are some unused gates ... the SEL0 and INDEX (some floppy adapter for Amiga does that ... -
New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…
... on the floppy connector. I thought this will enable both drives but ... some further testing with two drives
Anyway, I'll ... -
New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…
... on the floppy connector. I thought this will enable both drives but ... some further testing with two drives
Anyway, I' ... course when you get both drives working with an appropriate cable ... standard PC twist floppy cable and two standard PC drives (i.e ... -
New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…
... standard PC twist floppy cable and two standard PC drives (i.e ... used this pinout to build floppy ribbon cables...
But ... -
New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…
... of course, on very stable floppy drive sony on brand new ... ' drive from the computer; this drives use also the 12v line ... -
Wanted: Sam Original Stuff and Sam Drive too!I'm collecting ALL for the Sam Coupe. I've buyed all online but I miss: Prince Of Persia Lemmings Oh no more Lemmings Klax And some others. I …
... www.samcoupe.com for a floppy drive interface. SAM drivesare hard ... IDE interface on the second floppy drive port. Regards
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Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
I'd like to see +3 external floppy and +D emulation for USB floppy disk drives. Most modern PC's don't have a floppy disk controller -
Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
... +3 external floppy and +D emulation for USB floppy disk drives. Most modern ... PC's don't have a floppy ... />
Support for any physical floppy drive would be a start ... -
Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
... +3 external floppy and +D emulation for USB floppy disk drives. Most modern ... PC's don't have a floppy ... />
Support for any physical floppy drive would be a start ... my computers even have a floppy drive! -
Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
... my computers even have a floppy drive!
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floppy disc drives back in the 80's ... -
Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
[quote="karingal;828435"]How many Spectrums had 3.5" floppy disc drives back in the 80's?
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Some of them... like lots of other obscure things which are emulated... :p -
Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…
... Spectrums had 3.5" floppy disc drives back in the 80's ... of emulating a 3.5" floppy disc drive (wouldn't know ...
