On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 at 01:57:39, wrote:
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>Oddly, given the problems that we have all experienced over the years
>with QL mdvs, using cartridges in the Spectrum drives on a Spectrum are
>very reliable, formatting to around 90Kb. I have hardly ever
>experienced the
Tony Firshman wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 at 09:17:48, wrote:
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>>Here's a little oddity...
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>>I have got 3 ZX microdrives which supposedly work with the Spectrum
>>(and Interface 1). However, I have tested them by adding them to the
>>QL's microdrive expansion po
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 at 09:17:48, wrote:
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>Here's a little oddity...
>
>I have got 3 ZX microdrives which supposedly work with the Spectrum
>(and Interface 1). However, I have tested them by adding them to the
>QL's microdrive expansion port and using FORMAT ram1_mdv3
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>Here's a little oddity...
>
>I have got 3 ZX microdrives which supposedly work with the Spectrum (and
>Interface 1). However, I have tested them by adding them to the QL's
>microdrive expansion port and using FORMAT ram1_mdv3 (thanks Mir
I seem to recall the following information from many years ago:
1) cabling has to be reversed, i.e. using standard leads, the
microdrives end up facing away from you. (you probably knew this
already if you've actually got 2 of them working)
2) there is a slight speed difference between QL and ZX
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 14:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hmm - is there a loss of signal when using more than one add-on ZX Microdrive
> ?? I seem to recall that these units were not up to the same standard as the
> built -in QL microdrives - am I correct??
I'm sure that I've used two ZX microd
Here's a little oddity...
I have got 3 ZX microdrives which supposedly work with the Spectrum (and Interface 1). However, I have tested them by adding them to the QL's microdrive expansion port and using FORMAT ram1_mdv3 (thanks Miracle) with the following results:
1) All 3 plugged in together,
