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Opus Discovery issues!All happens at once when things go wrong eh? This time its the dual drive Opus, neither drive will read/write, motor spins, when formatting you can …
... time its the dual drive Opus, neither drive will read/write ... instead of OK, I get Disk I/O error (i get ... -
Replacing the +3 disk driveI've come into possession of a +3 with a none functioning disk drive. I've been doing some searching and know that the 180k floppy can be replaced wi…
... +3 with a none functioning disk drive. I've been doing ... possible to use a 3" 720k floppy as a replacement and ... -
Games on Opus DiskAfter recently aquiring an Opus Discovery 1 along with a lovely 48k speccy, I'd very much like to have a play with it. Is there a resource anywhere f…
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Opus discovery, helpBack again with a new help request. Lately I'm giving care at some old spectrum stuff I have set apart from old days, and today I've opened a boxed o…
... I've opened a boxed opus discovery last used over 20 ... .
As expected the floppy disk drive is almost gone with ... side I found a MIA disk from the archive inside the ... trans express 85.2 tape/disk to disk set of programs I ... -
Opus Discovery upgrade packagesI'm offering upgrade sets to enhance your Opus Discovery with these functionallity: - 6116 chip for support of non-standard drive (other than the ori…
... upgrade sets to enhance your Opus Discovery with these functionallity:
Opus Discovery
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Opus Discovery: ?10
... , which is needed on an Opus Discovery
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Spectrum not-so-well-known Disk Interfaces...Hello to everyone! I've been always a big fan of the Opus Discovery interface but, just recently, I got sidetracked by a couple of rather obscure p…
... a big fan of the Opus Discovery interface but, just ... pieces:
1) The Opus Spectra Disc Interface, which appears ... 1-like version of the Opus Discovery with external drives and ... essentially an Interface 1 with disk drive interface in addition to ... -
Opus ROMS for FuseHi, Does anyone know where you can get the Opus Disk Drive ROM file for Fuse? The ROMS are listed but without links on the ShadowMagic page, an…
... where you can get the Opus Disk Drive ROM file for Fuse ... just trying out all the disk systems and seeing which is ... -
Opus Discovery - a Christmas taleBack in the day, when the ZX ruled the home computer market here in the UK, it suffered from 1 obvious problem: it lacked a fast mass media save/load…
... to that point seen: The Opus Discover 1.
disk based Elite), I thought ... I would like an Opus Discover 1. Because disks ... for 1986. From the Opus Discovery 1, to the ... ), my just arrived today Opus Discovery 1 works right out ... -
+3/+3e/+2e Disk InstallersHello there Friends! First of all a very happy new year to all. and secondly... my newest idea and creation! About a year ago I had an idea about…
... . And I have put together disk installers for the WOS current ... ) or for those who have 720K 3.5" B drives.
disk 100% automagically.
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Opus Discovery - copy 170k disks to 800k disksHi guys, I'm new here, and a newbie in the spectrum world. My opus has two disk drive, a pc drive as 1, and the original one as 2. 6116 ram chip a…
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My opus has two disk drive, a pc drive ... 180k disks into one 800k disk, but everytime, I get an ... -
Opus Discovery not WorkingHello hope you can help, or if this thread goes well that you also find the answers you are looking for... I have an Opus discovery that does not …
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I have an Opus discovery that does not work ... Opus. I can confirm I get 5v in the disk ... edge connector from the Opus is supplying a good/ ... https://flic.kr/p/HtgiHy]Opus Discovery[/url] by [url ... https://flic.kr/p/25Bbhav]Opus Discovery[/url] by [url ... -
Wanted - Opus Discovery EliteHi all, I’m looking for a copy of the Opus Discovery version of Elite, which came on 3.5” floppy disk. Please message if you have one for sale. …
Hi all,
I’m looking for a copy of the Opus Discovery version of Elite, which came on 3.5” floppy disk. Please message if you have one for sale.
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Opus Discovery Floppy Disk DriveHiya all I've just bought an opus discovery. I have been informed that even though it has a picture of a 48 rubber on the cover, it is in fact the u…
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The first lot of Opus's only had 40 track ... drives giving about 180K per disk. You can still read these ... track, double sided drive giving 720K per disk.
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Why so many disk systems?Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more? As far as I can see, this did nothing but create …
... . Won't format them to 720K though, you need extra software ... work in a +3, giving 720K per disk - again, you'll need ... think Andy also supported the Opus, but don't quote me ... -
Opus Discovery 720K DriveOK, so I bought an Opus Discovery recently. Went through a whole process of fitting a second drive, which I know to be 720K. Eventually got the thin…
... modify it (thanks to the Opus ROM disassembly on WOS) ... be the same for the opus), you can format a ... 's very likely to be 720K. AFAIK 360K 3.5" ... try saving 720K worth of data on the disk and try ... somewhere :) lots of luverly opus utilities there if I remember ... -
Opus Discovery 720K DriveOK, so I bought an Opus Discovery recently. Went through a whole process of fitting a second drive, which I know to be 720K. Eventually got the thin…
... CAT of the disk reports 720K, but the disk only holds 190K of ... to work and the disk appeared to report 720K.
Also ... , when I tried that disk in the 720K drive without re-formatting ... model (as supplied with the Opus when new).
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Opus Discovery Testers NeededHi folks, I wondered if anyone on here had access to real Opus hardware ? I've made a few disk images of the disks I have with the great help of Sim…
... great. What config is your Opus drive. It'd be ... to disk compared to Simon H's who has Drive 1 720k ... OPD format. Secondly Spin Disk Manager can load these so ... we can look at the disk layout.
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Opus Discovery Testers NeededHi folks, I wondered if anyone on here had access to real Opus hardware ? I've made a few disk images of the disks I have with the great help of Sim…
... great. What config is your Opus drive. It'd be ... to disk compared to Simon H's who has Drive 1 720k ... .[/quote]
My Opus is a single drive, 720KB ... with Simon Owen about your Opus read, as I see ... menu entry in the uploaded Opus Read does not quit the ... -
Opus DiscoveryI've got an opus dicovery 1 with 2 x 3 1/2" drives. I used it many times on my 48k but it doesn't work with my 128k toastrack. It also had some sort …
Video out on Opus is just b/w and ... to put and cat a 720K-formatted disk in drive and then ... able to format an other disk with 720K. Weird workaround I know ... disk drives of cause have to be DD/DS. Some (all?) Opus ... -
Opus DiscoveryI've got an opus dicovery 1 with 2 x 3 1/2" drives. I used it many times on my 48k but it doesn't work with my 128k toastrack. It also had some sort …
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For a ... 720K in the drive2 or drive4 table.
Find a DOS-disk ... copier for 720K drive at:
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Transferring +d images to real 3.5" diskTheres probably a tool out there to do it, anyone point me in the right direction please?
... be fine with any valid Opus disk.
The only complication ... . If you already have a 720K drive on the Spectrum side ... 's dealt with them for disk preservation :) -
Transferring +d images to real 3.5" diskTheres probably a tool out there to do it, anyone point me in the right direction please?
... . If you already have a 720K drive on the Spectrum side ... 's dealt with them for disk preservation :)[/QUOTE]
That ... available.
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How to get 720KB on Opus Discovery floppy (using PC drive)I upgraded an Opus Discovery yesterday with a PC drive, but I'm looking for the way to get a floppy formatted as 720KB. If I understand other topics…
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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 …
... had a Spectrum 128k and Opus Discovery to print the invoices ... to a floppy disk. So I had access to 720k of memory ... -
Spectrum in BusinessHi, There was an article in MicroMart last week which looked at old computers still used in business around the world. They looked at old DEC and IB…
... Opus Discovery and its special commands to put data on disk ... Spectrums memory. However, still the 720k disks were soon too small ... on the Spectrum. But its Opus Discovery was broken (unfortunately they ... the company sent me the Opus Discovery back telling me 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 …
... (I always say just Opus) is buffering the data ... 'next' sector on the turning disk. Therefore, for gaining time, ... needs the sectors on disk in a normal consequetive ... , very slow on a normal Opus.
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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 …
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There are three official Opus Supplies' EPROMS and one modified ... fits a 720K drive and needs to compact a fragmented disk. 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 …
... story was, back then, that Opus had to get rid of ... of 40 Tr Single Sided disk drives. And had the Discovery ... possible and simply allows for 720k drives..... -
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 …
... previous owner of the 'lower' Opus in my collection had cut ... sob because I changed to 720K rather early and found compatibility ... use for my own (hard disk) experiments.
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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, …
... 'd love to see Opus Discovery support and have ... a few possible copy protected Opus disks which OPD can' ... of any supported disk format with the Opus interface - UDI ... with Eighty One for Opus disks a while ago.< ... trying to insert a 720k +3 disk in Fuse, but I ...
