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Happy 30th birthday Amiga!A few days late but never mind. The first computer I could call my own, I have fond memories of the Amiga500 with Batman pack. For some reason I …
... and then another 1mb internally. Floppy drive, hand scanner (crap!), sound ... was upgraded with many hard drives and memory expansions - 4mb, 4mb ... -
Broken images in games databaseSorry for starting a new thread, this has probably been mentioned countless times already. From trying to read between the flame wars, is it the CGI …
[quote="1024MAK;832128"]Of course that was when a back-up would be transported on real media (floppy diskettes or computer data tapes was the examples IIRC).[/quote]
Off-site backups on tape drives is still common practice today. -
Was there a POKE that broke the SpectrumHi Everyone I've been recalling myths and rumours from back in the day. You know "Lunar Jetmans" trailer and that sort of thing. But one rumour …
... poke for the C64's floppy drive too:
[quote ... optional external 5-1/4" floppy drive. The Commodore 1541 contained ... manage the drive mechanism. The drives stored data on 40 tracks ... -
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 …
... stands is :- To discuss the repair of the
Opus Discovery ... only to the number of drives and not to any variant ... -
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 …
... members for providing helpful hardware repair advice (which is good!) but ... computer, or on mass storage (floppy disk, hard drive, etc).
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 …
... members for providing helpful hardware repair advice (which is good!) but ... ]preservation first[/i], and [i]repair second[/i].
[quote ... having written a bit of floppy emulation code about a decade ...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 …
... right track with regards to repair of your Opus Discoveries, so ... (ROM, PCB, number of disk drives, age of the device, whatever ...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 …
... having one or two disk drives was a difference of great ... system irrespective of other variations .Drives were expensive (I don't ... solely on the number of drives and not on other production ... drive is in need of repair, and it’s no longer ...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 …
... writes and reads to real floppy in DS with no problems ... in a system with two drives)????
for restart the system ...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 …
... " variant has a big disadvantage "repair wise" and was included on ... of and the disk drives cleaned . Cleaning the drives is something that ...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 Flying Opus repair continued : See the picture ... light came (so the drives are the wrong way round ... the project is concerned , the repair is done : the aim ... is possible to mount the drives on the top of ... of a specific case type repair for this Opus type ...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 …
... " adds ease and flexibility of repair. But it also diminishes air ... previously used by the disc drives and massively improving air flow ... "prove the concept" the disk drives have to be swapped over ... had burned up a previous repair that had been done with ...Interface 1 - RS232 question.I am thinking about doing some Spectrum stuff based around the RS232 port used on the Interface 1. Has anyone had any joy doing this with an emulator…
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 …
... assumed that all Opus drives were "BBC style" ... They are talking about 800KB drives that , of course , ... as double sided double density drives) and which I always ... But why are these PC drives different?
... have never compared a floppy drive in a PC ...Squeaky tapesSqueaky tapes... Throw away ? Or fixable ? Out of my collection I have three or four squeaky non-loading annoyance inducing cassettes... I can't …
... . Sinclair should have developed floppy disc drives as early as 1984. Period ...Squeaky tapesSqueaky tapes... Throw away ? Or fixable ? Out of my collection I have three or four squeaky non-loading annoyance inducing cassettes... I can't …
... . Sinclair should have developed floppy disc drives as early as 1984. Period ...Squeaky tapesSqueaky tapes... Throw away ? Or fixable ? Out of my collection I have three or four squeaky non-loading annoyance inducing cassettes... I can't …
... . Sinclair should have developed floppy disc drives as early as 1984. Period ...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 …
... more obsolescent , I suppose Shughart drives are becoming rarer and harder ... be linking up the the drives on the Opus driveplate ... old a fanless Yesico) with floppy drive connectors . I think the ... power wires on the floppy connectors may need swapping round ...Squeaky tapesSqueaky tapes... Throw away ? Or fixable ? Out of my collection I have three or four squeaky non-loading annoyance inducing cassettes... I can't …
... robust and reliable than floppy disks, hard disk drives and optical media ... />
How many here have floppy or hard disks that are ...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 …
... pic : At the back , the floppy cables reached fine , especially after ... set up will need : monitor ,drives and additional power supplyOpus 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 …
... pic : At the back , the floppy cables reached fine , especially after ... set up will need : monitor ,drives and additional power supplyOpus 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 …
... further look at the PC floppy power connection plug
drives to power up on the ...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 …
... connection on the connector. With floppy drive connectors, the middle two ... GND connections. In all the drives that I have come across ...Opus DiscoveryWould anyone have any materials about programming the Opus Discovery disk? I know it overrides ROM and uses microdrive commands, but I am more into b…
... that.
Many Floppy Controller Chips can handle ... , as these were the original drives.
2. ... hxc2001.com/download/datasheet/floppy/thirdparty/FDC/WesternDigital/WD1772 ... hxc2001.com/download/datasheet/floppy/thirdparty/FDC/WesternDigital/WD1772 ...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 …
... an approach that involves removing drives from the Opus because of ... to do some WEIGHING of floppy drive ( I will not be ... the benefits of removing the drives and powering them up separately ...
Two 40T JU-312s drives and mounted on drive plate ...Squeaky tapesSqueaky tapes... Throw away ? Or fixable ? Out of my collection I have three or four squeaky non-loading annoyance inducing cassettes... I can't …
... . Sinclair should have developed floppy disc drives as early as 1984. Period ...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 …
... a standard Spectrum and 2 drives. The components that are stretched ... drives using a 12V+5v AC adapter to power up the floppy ...Grey +2 tape motorAnyone know where to get a tape motor for a grey +2? Mine is on its last legs. When I got this +2 I serviced the deck and put new belts in but the…
... I have never needed to repair or service a +2 motor ... .
If the motor drives a gearbox, or other item ...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 …
... always much info on the floppy drive though the NEC 80T ... the big grey floppy connector on the PC drives I think .
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 ...
