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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 …
There have been various different floppy drive types made over the years.< ... -
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 speculative thought!
The holes in the top of the stainless steel shroud could be there specifically for servicing or lubrication purposes : only a real "floppy drive expert" would know the answer to that question though -
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 …
... to the back of the floppy drive . Ideally this is an aspect ... into the back of the drive . So it is difficult to ... -
Did anybody have a QL?When I was at school in the mid 80's our computer department decided to buy a QL. I remember using one of those 'Turtle' type programmes where you w…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKqqEJ07F5k
Voyage of the Beano was a great adventure too.
Your best bet with a QL is getting a floppy drive set up or SD card 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 …
... into the back of a floppy drive.The obvious solution is to ... (plugged into theback of the floppy drive) with a Molex on the ... Molex to Berg into the floppy drive . This extension cable is to ... 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 ... the 2 Opuses involved . Drive 1 floppy cable IS ALWAYS hard fixed ... 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 …
... OK" .also I found that floppy drives don't work well ... different cable orientations for the floppy drive.
So that is ... another Opus Discovery variation : the floppy drive cable red stripe "hard wire ... -
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 …
... at the back of the floppy drive . It all depends on what ... -
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 options for the Opus
floppy drives are mostly defective ... have just taken a floppy off an old enhanced ... has the said "twisted" floppy drive cable still attached . So ... be for original Opus Discovery floppy drives. 2) Test ... -
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 …
... work". (the FDC being the "floppy drive controller" chip which I believe ... -
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 Red Stripe on the floppy drive cable ( ie left or right ... ,hard soldered to the PCB, floppy drive 1 cable).
2) 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 …
Storing the later "PC style" floppy drives.
On ... in those plastic hard drive storage boxes that are ... that the later PC floppy drives were a bit ... tried these with the floppy drive I extracted from an ... these later "PC style" floppy drives I do not ... -
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 noticed that the drive light on the floppy drive, when still powered ... independent power supply to the floppy drive still switched on and only ... Opus off even when the floppy drive itself is still powered up ... -
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 …
... style floppies with the twisted floppy drive cable as shown on the ... some of these PC style floppy drives. But as the Shugharts ... for non original drives , ( ie drive types not fitted to 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 …
... the original 40T single sided floppy drive : showing the position of 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 …
... ,the PIA chip and the floppy drive controller chip and course 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 …
... is an original ( I think) floppy drive controller chip (FDC) in this ... -
Things you hated about the speccyFor me it would be the Kempston interface coming loose and the machine crashing after a good session of waggling my joystick.
... so much more with a floppy drive instead but the disparate third ... -
Things you hated about the speccyFor me it would be the Kempston interface coming loose and the machine crashing after a good session of waggling my joystick.
... so much more with a floppy drive instead but the disparate third ... /> Yep, 3.5 inch disk drive would have been far more ... -
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 …
... inside the case without the floppy drive plate and the drives . At ... as an Opus with 2 floppy drives in it . In other ... -
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 …
... ) Independent power supply 4) Floppy drive with associated drive plates .And 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 …
... the old grease off the floppy drives' moving parts : well it ... floppy drives I tried out one of the 80T disks in drive ... the PIA chip and the floppy drive controller chip . The heat sink ... -
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 …
Here is the link to Opus Discovery Issue E Board "Big Brother (Floppy drive service) Nov 2106[url="https://photos.google.com/"]https://photos.google.com/[/url] -
ZX Speccy +2A - B&W & snowy RF output + other issuesHi All, I am new to this forum and I am back to the Spectrum world after 25 years. Recently I've bought a second hand +2A (+2B board - Z70833 Issu…
... +3 model with a broken floppy drive.[/quote]
I remember ... -
How feasible is it to add a second CPU to the ZX Spectrum?Today with IDE, and USB, and TCP/IP and other wonderful technologies arriving on the ZX Spectrum, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll run out of CPU tim…
... computer.. could you imagine your floppy drive including a core-i7? =) -
What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
... produce a series of external floppy drive solutions at an additional cost ... at the time for a drive, it was still necessary to ... microdrives for a 3.5" floppy drive (similar to Amstrad +3) with ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... some "new" cable from old floppy drive cables or from other similar ... -
Just picked this up...I'm rather happy, just picked this up... [img]https://s19.postimg.org/p0a5dtw1f/2017_01_27_16_48_19.jpg[/img] Comes with 2 boxed sticks, origin…
... , added 3.5 external floppy drive and still works quite well.< ... -
Just picked this up...I'm rather happy, just picked this up... [img]https://s19.postimg.org/p0a5dtw1f/2017_01_27_16_48_19.jpg[/img] Comes with 2 boxed sticks, origin…
... , added 3.5 external floppy drive and still works quite well.< ... was not working as the drive belt was gone as expected ... no joy from the disk drive, it's because it's ...
