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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…
... needed a single 3.5" floppy drive in place of the Microdrives ... from an optional 3.5" floppy.
The Psion busness packages ... -
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 …
... /> 2) I wanted the small floppy "drive securing" bolt heads separated from ... "2 plate" approach is a floppy drive storage solution . I had envisaged ... interplay with different types of floppy drive so this is something I ... -
Gotek floppy on the +3I just managed to get a Gotek floppy emulator flashed with the latest HxC firmware, but I cannot get it to work as drive "B:" on one of my +3 Spectru…
... from pin 1 on the floppy drive). This paragraph means: do your ... cable work with standard floppy drives?
Is your ... -
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 …
... of hours making up some Drive Plates (as described above) ... of Sinclair Spectrum and Disc drive resources
The ... itself and by protecting the floppy drives whilst in storage Also ... the interaction of EPROM and floppy drive . There is still some ... -
48k Speccy died, resistors getting too hot to touchHi folks, With 2 days to go till an exhibition my trusty dual-boot 48K issue 3b that I made last year has given up the ghost and I'm not sure I ha…
...and just in case everyone was wondering it all went swimmingly and the only hardware that let me down was the floppy drive on my Enterprise128 *\o/* -
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 …
... 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 ... -
48k Speccy died, resistors getting too hot to touchHi folks, With 2 days to go till an exhibition my trusty dual-boot 48K issue 3b that I made last year has given up the ghost and I'm not sure I ha…
[quote="witchy;866073"]...and just in case everyone was wondering it all went swimmingly and the only hardware that let me down was the floppy drive on my Enterprise128 *\o/*[/quote]
Any more info on the exhibition? Sounds interesting. -
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 broken NEC floppy drive[URL=http://s827.photobucket.com/user/harriusherbartio/media/broken%20drive%20001_zps9zmyivjh.jpg.html][IMG]http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz200/harriusherbartio/broken%20drive%20001_zps9zmyivjh.jpg[/IMG][/URL] -
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 Clean time.
It ... project and Interestingly Mark suggested floppy drive maintenance as follows:- "Disk drives ... able to contemplate a "mass floppy clean" So I thought I ... "cleanable side" of an NEC floppy drive , to see if I could ... -
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 …
Re Floppy Drive Head Cleaning
The ... a specific tool for cleaning floppy drive heads -
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 …
This link refers to it[url="http://www.retro-kit.co.uk/page.cfm/content/A3000-floppy-drive-cleaning/"]retro-kit.co.uk/page.cfm/content/A3000-floppy-drive-cleaning/[/url] -
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 "no no" in the floppy drive head cleaning world .
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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 …
A link to a good description of floppy drive basics http://www.accurite.com/FloppyPrimer.html -
DivMMC and +3 BASIC questionHi everyone, sorry if I'm about to tread a well-worn path here but I looked and looked, and I found something in the DivMMC manual but I'm not sure i…
... /> If you have a USB floppy drive it is possible to write ... decide to make an external floppy drive cable I have a hopefully ... -
DivMMC and +3 BASIC questionHi everyone, sorry if I'm about to tread a well-worn path here but I looked and looked, and I found something in the DivMMC manual but I'm not sure i…
I got a 3.5" drive working with the +3 in ... use in my Mac (USB drive floppy) to transfer files across with ... /loading saved games via the floppy drive, I've even got a ... -
Laptop helpRight, mate at work just gave me his old laptop cos the screens broken (i think) i'm not that up on laptops tbh as ive only really had a second hand …
... working XP laptop with a floppy drive is worth keeping hold off ... -
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 …
... sides not just three.The floppy drive "solution" for the Opus ... Discovery ,with easily removable floppy drives , also took account ... a moment in time" of floppy drive development . Although they are ... the protective case enclosing floppy drives got better as ... -
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 …
... was not stored in plastic floppy bags (these small polythene disc ... as they only had a floppy drive box to protect them .
floppy drives with independent power supplies ... -
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 …
... not that cabling inside the floppy drive itself..
Roko ... bringing "5v" signals from the drive to the board , which ... private "ground" at the drive , via the drive signal cables. This is ... game from an ancient 80T floppy with no problems with a ... -
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 …
... spec ie just one 40T floppy drive:- if the ROMs can cope ... -
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)
For ... " base model", the one floppy drive Opus Discovery 1. (Was ... the floppy drive
3) The EPROM type
4) The floppy drive ... jumper link position on the floppy drive
6) The method ... -
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 …
... does it on Drive 2 with a Drive 2 drive ; it loads ... " "TRANS_EXPRESS" . But why is Drive 2 the only "side" that ... 48k Speccy and just one drive : so the move to ... and the same 40T drive set to drive 2 . So I ... to power up a 40T floppy drive on their own . Could ... -
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 the floppy drive). Roko has pointed out ... underside looking from front of drive ). . So it ... found that having the floppy drives the right way ... />
The 40T drive test ended with me getting ... 40T drives working as drive 2 . Further testing ... -
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 …
... there any previous threads on floppy drive servicing?
Re lubricants ... -
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 …
link about what cab be done to repair floppies[url="http://www.techrepublic.com/article/quick-steps-to-service-a-broken-floppy-drive/"]techrepublic.com/article/quick-steps-to-service-a-broken-floppy-drive/[/url] -
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 …
... long . The pic shows the "drive 2" cable (the one that ... into the back of the drive with the RED line ... cable . Independent power to the floppy drive is being used . The idea ... I failed to get the Drive 1 cable working so ... I had to use the Drive 2 cable .A partial ... -
+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…
... black +2 PSU because the floppy drive can draw more current on ... -
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 …
This link is pretty good on floppy drive basics but really I need info in lube points[url="http://info-coach.fr/atari/hardware/FD-Hard.php"]info-coach.fr/atari/hardware/FD-Hard.php[/url] -
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
