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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 …
The 4 pin Male Molex to dual 4 Pin Floppy Drive Power Splitter Cables arrived today about one day after ordering so some things come quickly . I got 2 for a total of £4.98. Pretty good -
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 …
... do some WEIGHING of floppy drive ( I will not ... 1 NEC 80 T drive 588
Another ... in weight between the 2 NEC drives is interesting ... mounted on a Drive plate 2 drives " weigh ... -
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 …
... Shughart was the standard floppy drive and the PC floppy drive was the non ... ) the weight 2) the height or thickness of the drive 3) the ... ) one oven preferably electric
2) a plastic IDE case
2 pieces (height wise) then do ... -
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 …
... be removed on floppy drive change when a new floppy needed to be ... tested and when the drive cage ... was required to house this new floppy. The ... slider cage unit or 2) Just the floppy itself . To answer this ... -
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 …
... both an external 3.5" floppy drive and a 3.5" hard ... disk drive. You can see my extremely ... /> [img]http://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/spectranet.jpg[/img]
drive assembly". It's held steady ... -
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 …
Ambiguous Grounds on the Floppy power supplies
One ... cables that different types of floppy drive have in the rear power ... ordered from Germany definitely has 2 GND cable connectors 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 …
... have?
The Opus floppy drive power connector is a "3 ... do with the +3 Spectrum?. Was the drive connector a 3 or ... is another aspect :- Did the floppy drives themselves become more fragile ... -
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 on the external floppy drive power supplies.
These ... I am currently working on 2 types of power supply the ... blown fuses etc!
2) The SY-002-4-12 ... -
The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …
... 2 jumpers, 1 can switch it from being the external(B) drive ... built-in 3.5 inch floppy drive. I used to use ... didn't have the right floppy drive settings in it's ... 3 inch drive, to a PC via the floppy connector. For ... s bios to the correct floppy drive as it's best ... -
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 …
... my Opuses there are really 2 stages to remembering how it ... blanking plate connects to the floppy drive . I had long forgotten ... the unmodified state of the floppy drive plate . This owner apparently had ... reason to saw off the drive plate to gain access to ... -
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 Opus case 2) And a new "floppy drive mounting plate" which ... The 2 floppies are secured to the (2nd plate) new floppy "drive" ... plate then this drive plate is bolted ... floppy "drive" plate can be easily unbolted using the the 2 ... -
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 ram upgrade and extra floppy drive, I found an article in ... site that describes the 4 floppy mod and 4K upgrade ... s rgb or for external floppy drive but once I have ... used the drive for a bit I ... with the 128 and +2 better without the problems we ... -
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 …
... normal range with 128K and 2 floppy drives. "Opeless" they might ... br />
The 2 plate "floppy on top" method (as ... each of the 2 floppy drives . The bottom 2 supplies will remain ... other sitting astride a new floppy drive case top enclosure . 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 …
... on a stand alone 48k Spectrum but did not work here ... managed to block up the "floppy drive" gaps with black "doorstop plastic ... -
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 one of my "secondary" Spectrum usage modes.So this year ... on the top end Opus floppy drive plates . At the moment the ... stand can be used for drive testing so there is no ... -
Sinclair Research Limited - An Alternate Reality.So, we all know that Sinclair Research went down the tubes because of a lack of focus on the core product, computers. We know that Clive wasted it on…
... br /> Now if the Sinclair Spectrum+ 128k had been given the ... a single 3.5" floppy drive in place of the ... that line up: a Spectrum with 128k RAM and ... an optional 3.5" floppy.
The Psion busness ... better than the released Spectrum 128k and QL did). ... -
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 …
... cases.
2) I wanted the small floppy "drive securing" bolt heads ... of the drive) , so partly this "2 plate" approach is a floppy drive storage ... interplay with different types of floppy drive so this is something I ... -
Suggestion for ZX Uno improvementsI really enjoy my ZX Uno, however, I do see some improvements that I think could be made to the Uno. 1) When you press CTRL-ALT-Backspace or when …
... implemented in the core ZX Spectrum and Master System.
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The pentagon and Spectrum +2 are included in the latest ... is about, nor Rooted ZX Spectrum, we could use some elaboration ... format. Is here:
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A focus on old TVs for 48k spectrums The old 48k Spectrum is becoming harder to use "display wise" in its original state. This thread is about retaining originality and not going down …
... enough to enable the 48K Spectrum to be tuned in . I ... with 48k "combo" Opus Discovery floppy drive testing in a restricted space ... -
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 …
One "flexibility" limitation of the floppy drive plating system
One " ... say to change a drive from drive 1 to drive 2 ). Well I suppose ... -
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 back on track (the floppy drive track)
... " base model", the one floppy drive Opus Discovery 1. (Was ... br /> 2) Cable orientation at the back of the floppy drive
... 3) The EPROM type
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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 …
... power does it on Drive 2 with a Drive 2 drive ; it loads that old ... with the Drive 2 lead and the same 40T drive set to drive 2 . So ... to power up a 40T floppy drive on their own . Could this ... -
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 …
... from the back of the floppy drive). Roko has pointed out to ... and another 40T drive works . So that is 2 out of 4 ... variables? After all there are 2 drive cables So. I decide to ... 4 40T drives working as drive 2 . Further testing is needed to ... -
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 pic shows the "drive 2" cable (the one that can ... the back of the drive with the RED line ... cable . Independent power to the floppy drive is being used . The ... failed to get the Drive 1 cable working so ... I had to use the Drive 2 cable .A partial success ... -
+2A PSU ResurrectionHi all. I have a couple of +2A machines and a +3 with PSUs for each but I'm having a problem with one of them. I've replaced the internal glass…
... from a black +2 PSU because the floppy drive can draw more current ... -
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 problems is that the floppy drive types are all different so ... specifically on the Opus 40T drive types. This is not so ... easy as the drive types are quite different
2) Different types of lubricants 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 …
... Spectrum a 2.2 ROM is needed."
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ROM 2.2 ... version 2.2 of the Discovery ROM (or 2.22). Drive 6 ... -
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 back of a floppy drive.The obvious solution ... into theback of the floppy drive) with a Molex on ... ends
2) The middle section has a ... to Berg into the floppy drive . This extension cable ... section is unplugged when the drive is removed.
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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 …
... sometimes Blue) stripe on a floppy drive connector is meant to be ... aligned to floppy drive track zero (I think) . Roko ... to check on the 2 Opuses involved . Drive 1 floppy cable IS ALWAYS ... into the back of the floppy drive . Yes it does make it ... -
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 …
... it has the said "twisted" floppy drive cable still attached . So that ... for original Opus Discovery floppy drives. 2) Test 2 would be for other ... course would only work as drive 2 but still could be useful ...
