Also, the bit which i find a bit unclear is which wire goes to what (the ac adapter and floppy power cable).
From what i understand... the red (5V) goes to the pin striped AC wire (5V)... but what about the rest? No ground?
Also, the bit which i find a bit unclear is which wire goes to what (the ac adapter and floppy power cable).
From what i understand... the red (5V) goes to the pin striped AC wire (5V)... but what about the rest? No ground?
could someone answer this please?
I think the drive only needs 5v to work on Low Density mode and the ground goes from the psu to the correspondent ground on the connector of the floppy.
At least thats what i can figure out of the pics... (correct me if wrong please).
Ahh thanks, cant wait to try this out nowThe AC adapter as +5v and Ground, witch connect to the +5v (Red) on the floppy and on the adjacent Ground (Black next to Red) on the Floppy.
Hope that helps.
Just made myself one of these using a Samsung 321B, only need to finish the external casing and external power supply .
Tested on my CPC6128 and works flawlessly writing disks with CPCdiskXP (http://www.cpcmania.com/), on the +3 only able to use side A, I'm using SAMdisk (http://simonowen.com/samdisk/) to write +3 .dsk files using --fix command, i can write both files using both Head 0 and 1 but the Speccy +3 doesn't read the file write with Head 1.
<b>Does anyone knows a better way to write +3 floppy images? :help:<b/>
When finished will post some fotos .
Thanks Jasey!!!
I managed to pick up the exact same floppy drive like the one in the o/p's guide. But I need to clarify a few small things.
1. What pins do the 3 wires go to on the toggle switches? Finding it hard to see them on the pictures properly...
2. Do you have to use the switches or could I just stick to side 1 only? Somebody else stated +3 disk images didnt work right on side b?
3. Putting a jumper wire on HD detect switch, the circuit board holding this is upside down and only one layer. I assume the whole metal plate and motor has to come off so I can get to it?
Hopefully you guys will know what im babbling on about
Thanx.
Just made myself one of these using a Samsung 321B, only need to finish the external casing and external power supply .
Tested on my CPC6128 and works flawlessly writing disks with CPCdiskXP (http://www.cpcmania.com/), on the +3 only able to use side A, I'm using SAMdisk (http://simonowen.com/samdisk/) to write +3 .dsk files using --fix command, i can write both files using both Head 0 and 1 but the Speccy +3 doesn't read the file write with Head 1.
<b>Does anyone knows a better way to write +3 floppy images? :help:<b/>
When finished will post some fotos .
Thanks Jasey!!!
Thats what I'm looking for too...
Also, does anyone know where to buy premade enclosures?