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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 ... from the beginning. Right after 2.04 came out Relokick software ... -
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 …
... ]http://www.crumblenet.co.uk/spectrum/[/url]
It transfers ... disk utilities for the Spectrum and all this time ... DSK images to a USB floppy drive for later PC's without ... floppy drives.[/QUOTE]
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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…
... 3.5 floppy drive.
I modded it, and added 2 switches (side ... , 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…
... worked in 48K mode)
2. Magnum light phaser.
3 ... . Multiface 3.
2. 3.5' Floppy drive for drive B.
3. Technoplus ... owned an interface 1 and 2, aswell as the ram turbo ...What systems do you regret buying/not buying?I've never had a non-mainstream console or computer really, I've owned (in order of my buying them*): ZX Spectrum (48K, 128K, +2) Atari ST (STFM/STe…
... kept the controllers for my Spectrum.
We also had ... was selling the James Bond, Spectrum +2 outfits for ?50, and also ... retired my Spectrum then due to having the Mega Drive. I thought ...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…
... integrated hardware and the Spectrum's ULA to easily ... and Sinclair looked at making Spectrum-compatible machines with it such ... components. Given that the Spectrum got where it was primarily ... in Datacorder and an alternative floppy drive model aimed at SME. ...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…
... fact that Amstrad bought the Spectrum and made a profit ... established computer such as a Spectrum couldn't have been successful ... /> Amstrad offered a 3 inch floppy drive CPC for around ?400 in ... have been a Z80 Super Spectrum with 128K (expandable), faster ...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…
... sense for any future Super Spectrum to be backwards compatible. ... Ideally, the home and office Spectrum would have been completely compatible ... identical to the Amstrad Spectrum with a DataCorder built- ... offered a standard 3.5inch floppy drive built-in like a + ...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…
... bought a decent, 16-bit Spectrum at the time, definitely. And ... 16-bit machines after the Spectrum. I briefly owned a C64 ... early to mid 1990s, with floppy drive and printer, before moving on ... was possible, I was emulating Spectrum games in DOS, and I ...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…
... and -5V to the ZX Spectrum, with obvious advantages in respect ... few years ago with a Spectrum that I have in a ... with a custom keyboard and floppy drive. I took the PSU board ... the picture quality of the Spectrum. At the end I took ...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 ... that made me stick with Spectrum. Most probably economics but something ... if I had Spectrum or C64.. the keyboard and floppy thing was ... out of C64, Spectrum, CPC etc. Some Spectrum stuff is just ...Your Spectrum RegretsSpeccy things that you have done (or haven't done) and have regretted them since. Here's mine... (in no particular order). 1) Sold my Spectrum 128K…
... fried my first 48K spectrum :(.
2. Not keeping my "Ultimate ... though. PJPP was my first spectrum emulator. I bought the 100 ... it was sent on a floppy. Another regret is losing that ...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 ... dump).
Because there are 2 related but different disk image ... 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 ... dump).
Because there are 2 related but different disk image ... image from a source image/drive.[/QUOTE]
I guessed ...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 …
... of parts for the Speccy +2 decks.
... there are 2 different versions of the +2. There is ... board, but without the floppy drive components fitted to the board ... . Both grey +2 and black +2 look like they ... The +2 grey uses one which needs 2 drive belts for ...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 ... chip inside, gave 2 meg total.
2 meg external on side ... /> Sold 2 meg external. not compatible with the hard drive combo ram ...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 …
... a Spectrum Issue two board with a floppy disk drive interface. ... Spectrum and a 5V and 12 V Regulator which feeds the floppy drive ... . Sometimes my drive does not initialise, ... milli seconds before the floppy drive is initialised. It is ...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…
... surprisingly have several options for floppy drive types. I choose the ... 5.25" 380K drive option. I did have ... to fit an hard drive and install Windows XP ... Buggy Boy and the floppy drive came to life after ... I might have 1 or 2 others that need fixing ...spectrum +2A loading problemHi new here ! I have recently purchased a 2A thinking it would be more reliable than my old rubber key machine and external tape drive. Problem i…
... used the motherboard for the Spectrum 128k plus3 and added tape ... and did away with the floppy drive connector.
The Ram locations ... by other functions to access floppy disk controller and Plus3 related ...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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Many ... into a Spectrum. How many Spectrums had 3.5" floppy disc drives ...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 sampler ... Vidi12. Then followed a 120mb drive + 4mb to the external port ... of these systems.
Spectrum emulation was great!
Grey +2 - DOA and no power lightTook a punt on a grey +2 at the weekend to be a spare. It was "untested" although so were all my other +2's which are all fine. Tried to power th…
... were all my other +2's which are all fine ... translations are usually correct for Spectrum hardware:
* "Untested" : ... no discs to test the drive" (+3) - Drive belt snapped
* ... to test the tape deck" (+2) - Tape drive not working
* "R ...GamepadI have a kempston interface and would love to convert a NES or other game pad to connect to it. Does anyone have schematics of the inside of a kemps…
... be only used with the Spectrum +2/+3 models.
BITD ... 1 was for fire, button 2 was not connected/used. I ... , either Master System or Mega Drive, is wired as the Atari ... . Button B on a Mega Drive controller is fire, button 1 ...Returning zx spectrum +3 owner - a few questionsHi everyone I'm a returning +3 owner, my spectrum has been dug out of the loft, not used since 1998. My setup was a +3 with a multiface 3 and a e…
... logic gate to ground ( answer 2 in Guesser's post above ... know, using a normal HD floppy drive on the +3 requires major ... machines. An old 720K DSDD floppy drive from an old PC is ...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 …
Floppy Drive Cable Protection
I ... off from existing cables and 2 layers of this sheathing were ...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 problem with the main floppy drive lead . So I connected ... it did not snag the floppy drive cables . One limitation of this ... did , but of course the Drive 2 "light on at power up ... off the case with this floppy drive light problem persisting .
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 …
... , getting the power/drive module working , putting ... 2 and other minor peripheral matters like learning more about the floppy drive ... lot more accessible
2) "Molexing modularity" : ... floppy drives to a totally separate pod or proposed new "power drive ...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 BRIEF NOTE ABOUT FLOPPY JUMPERS
Over the ... start work on a power/drive pod for the Opus Discovery ... . It was written on a floppy disk drive and it said:
floppy drive)
SO1 Drive 1
S1 Drive 2
SH ...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 …
... is that the Opus drive plate (and the 2 floppy drives on it ... and therefore nearer the Opuses drive cables , the shelf should ... unscrewing the floppies from the drive plate (well that is the ... be adjusted for Shughart type floppy drives
I still ...PSP game recommendationsGot hold of a second (or possibly even third) hand PSP a while back, thought it would be a nice addition to bus/train journeys. Unfortunately I'm …
... draining UMD drive, you can install Spectrum/C64/Mega Drive emulators to play ... /> Echochrome
Exit
Exit 2
Mercury
Puzzle Quest ...
