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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…
... 1.x be loaded from floppy disk into a 256 kB ... the stepper motor of the floppy drive clicking when no disk was ... -
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 quite ... -
Which Emulator supports Betadisk48?Hi out there and happy new year, I'm looking for an emulator to run with my vision1.7 trdos-rom in 48 mode. Unfortunately most emus only support Bet…
... image files to a real floppy disk and vice versa, so ... loading content directly from inbuilt floppy drive:
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+3 Power supplyJust a quick question: Can a the +3 power supply be used with a +2A? I always thought it could but one of the Amps is higher. I'm sure this doesn't m…
[QUOTE=kpuchatek;771359]You can use +2A power supply with +3, if you don't use floppy.[/QUOTE]
If you mean that the floppy drive's power supply is physically disconnected, then yes :)
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Creating actual floppy disks using .dsk files on the SpectrumHello ZX friends I have a +3 and diskette related question. I have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy disk drive and a divIDE+. Is there a way I can …
... one doesn't have a floppy drive.[/QUOTE]
The latest ... .DSK images to a USB floppy drive for later PC's without ... -
Creating actual floppy disks using .dsk files on the SpectrumHello ZX friends I have a +3 and diskette related question. I have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy disk drive and a divIDE+. Is there a way I can …
... .DSK images to a USB floppy drive for later PC's without ... floppy drives.[/QUOTE]
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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…
If you've got a PC as well you could always try Google!
ZXpand for the ZX81. On the Amstrad, if nothing else, you could get a floppy drive emulator that takes SD cards. -
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…
... to DivIDE, it emulates a floppy drive via SD card, you can ... -
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…
... to DivIDE, it emulates a floppy drive via SD card, you can ... -
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…
... to host my 3.5 floppy drive.
I modded it, and ... , here is the 3.5 floppy drive Sinclair never produced ! :grin:
Favourite Speccy PheripheralsWhich are your favourite Speccy pheripherals that you have owned/used? Mine were: 1) Quickshot II Turbo (with Kempston interface) Q, A, O, P and SP…
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2. 3.5' Floppy drive for drive B.
3. Technoplus Swift ...Chloe 280SEHi all, Could somebody tell me how far this project is to being complete? [url]https://github.com/cheveron/sebasic4/wiki/Chloe-280SE[/url] Im ver…
... -in Datacorder and an alternative floppy drive model aimed at SME. The ...Chloe 280SEHi all, Could somebody tell me how far this project is to being complete? [url]https://github.com/cheveron/sebasic4/wiki/Chloe-280SE[/url] Im ver…
... /> Amstrad offered a 3 inch floppy drive CPC for around ?400 in ... , full size keyboard and a floppy for around the same price ...Chloe 280SEHi all, Could somebody tell me how far this project is to being complete? [url]https://github.com/cheveron/sebasic4/wiki/Chloe-280SE[/url] Im ver…
... a decent keyboard, proper disk drive, full 68K processor and 512K ... offered a standard 3.5inch floppy drive built-in like a +3 ...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…
... early to mid 1990s, with floppy drive and printer, before moving on ...+2a/b power questionWill a power supply from a +2a/b be sufficiant to run a +3 if no other devices are connected to it? i know its not ideal but its all i can put my ha…
... if you disconnect the internal floppy drive power connector in the +3 ... wanted to use the 3" drive though.
If you don ... actually draws when running the drive motors, or what current a ...+ 3 floppy drive clicking then nowtJust picked up a split mint +3 so i expected it to work perfectly but when i switch it on or reset it the floppy clicks about 10/12 times and then no…
... little difference apart from the floppy drive power requirements.
All three ... has no provision for the floppy drive control chips on the PCB ...+ 3 floppy drive clicking then nowtJust picked up a split mint +3 so i expected it to work perfectly but when i switch it on or reset it the floppy clicks about 10/12 times and then no…
I would go as far as saying they are [I]identical[/I] in terms of 12v apart from the floppy drive.
None of the circuitry that uses 12v changed between the +2A/+3 and the +2B/+3B so they should have identical 12v power consumption.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…
... with a 720k 3.5" floppy drive instead of Microdrives, and 2 ... add-on, as could a floppy drive.
Whether the original ...Powering a Spectrum with 5v?I live in the States, but I'm originally from England. My original Spectrum is still at my mum's house in the UK, and I was thinking of asking her t…
... with a custom keyboard and floppy drive. I took the PSU board ...Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
... with uncontended RAM and a floppy drive. Both machines could conceivably have ...Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
... with a proper keyboard, a floppy drive and 40/80 characters on ... money to buy a decent floppy drive, sigh. Instead I got a ... or C64.. the keyboard and floppy thing was still a bit ...If you met Sir Clive Sinclair......what questions would you ask him? Here are some of mine: 1) Which of your inventions are you most proud of? 2) Which of your inventions are you …
"[I]In retrospect, would you have equipped the QL with a real floppy drive now that you know microdrives didn't work properly?[/I]"New Tool: HCDisk2Hi, I bring to your attention a new tool that I wrote: HCDisk2. HCDisk2 is a command line tool able to transfer files stored on several file system …
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- .DSK is used to ... image from a source image/drive.New Tool: HCDisk2Hi, I bring to your attention a new tool that I wrote: HCDisk2. HCDisk2 is a command line tool able to transfer files stored on several file system …
... /> - A: is for the physical floppy drive
- .DSK is used to ... image from a source image/drive.[/QUOTE]
I guessed ...Giving up on SpectrumsHi all... Bit of a downer post here... I'm really close to giving up on Spectrums.. My 48k has given me nothing but head aches since day one... and …
... , and a 3.5' floppy drive for drive B. Keeps my speccy enjoyment ...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's ... +3 board, but without the floppy drive components fitted to the board ... uses one which needs 2 drive belts for pinch and take ... which uses 1 belt to drive the pinch, which then drives ...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's ... +3 board, but without the floppy drive components fitted to the board ... uses one which needs 2 drive belts for pinch and take ... which uses 1 belt to drive the pinch, which then drives ...Sinclair Today...Based on your experiences and knowledge of how Sinclair Research operated back in the 1980s, if they were to announce a new Sinclair branded PC or La…
... at small businesses. A single floppy drive would have been better.
drive expansion, it makes the machine ...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 upgrade ... . not compatible with the hard drive combo ram.
floppy gubbins, parnet to the 1200
Zappo CD drive ... for IDE drives, CD drive and IDE drive added.
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