5'25" vs 3'5" (c)PLAYGEAR COMPANY/BD Author: Bazhenov Alexander/The Pagan Hello, dear readers! To be honest, I did not intend to write this article at all, nor focus on this topic. Sit down at the keyboard for me awakened the letters of some hitherto irresponsible (just kidding, to the point of a long time ago I was like that myself!) ZX Spectrum users and your personal bitter experience. In short, we will talk about 5.25" drives. and 3.5"... I undertook to discuss this topic because I myself have with two 5.25" and one 3.5" drives, so it was possible comparison of the operation of the above devices. But before stupid to present all the pros and cons, I would like to express Many thanks to SF Group Tikhvin, namely Alexey *RAS* and Crazy Hacker for advising me and giving me detailed instructions for connecting drive 3.5". At the same time, use- Taking this opportunity, I would like to express on my own behalf and on behalf of all the authors of DEJA VU express extreme gratitude to all those who send us magazine materials and its own programs. Without them the magazine would died before he was born! Well... Now let's finish with the slightly lengthy introduction and move on directly to the topic. So, what exactly are we talking about? letters: - unprofitable, because 3.5" wheels are (much) more expensive than 5.25";- the better drive 3.5", if only it makes less noise; - and how to “add him on?”; - why is it needed if the vast majority get “A” grades? are using. Here are the main points that, as I understand it, prevent "three rubles". I will answer in order. Statement that discs for a “three ruble” it’s more expensive than a “five” seems to me quite relatable tel. I suppose it's no secret that Kuzbacc is one of the most "expensive" regions of Russia. However, buy "three rubles" of decent quality can be purchased for 3500-3700 rubles. per piece. K For example, the same TDK double density 5.25" costs 3,400 rubles. per piece. Agree, not much more expensive. This is what concerns the Shego Kemerovo. And take, for example, the same city of Tikhvin, where SF Gro- up you can purchase "3" disks from such well-known companies as NHD; V; Verbatim; RAD; SONY; BASF priced from RUB 20,650. up to 35400 rub. per box (10 pieces). Well, it’s already cheaper, isn’t it? This firstly, and secondly, at all times it was necessary for quality pay. When asked what is better than drive 3.5", you can be sure say after reading the article to the end, but it makes “noise” not less, but incomparably less! So, rest assured, your neighbors will not wake up. Now about how to “add” this very drive. Okazy- It takes half an hour. Personally, I have Samsung, so I will have in view of him. Absolutely the same as the “five”, even simpler. Connectors they are identical (notsizes, of coz). +5v total +12v │ │ │ │ ╔═══════╗ │ │ I think that everyone knows where +5v is on their computer and where is the common one and +12v. Don't get confused! As it turned out, my drive was enough for 5v and general work. All connections are made by soldering two wires. Possibly on earlier disc converter models You will also need +12v. In general, much has been written on this topic in various electronic publications, so there should be no problems. Now let’s talk about how to set the switch from “A” to “B” and back. The button switch option is undoubtedly the most convenient! Press the button - 3.5"d will become "A", and 5.25" - "B", press it and change - in some places. After installing “three”, it turned out to be “B”, which told me didn't suit me at all, because many prog's only work with "A", by the way, which is very bad! Climb inside and blur something there - I also didn’t really want to jump and jump, especially since drive was under warranty. Due to the fact that none of our there was no “three ruble”, I had to turn to SF Group for help, after which this modification was immediately made and which I I advise everyone to do it. Disk drives have a DS signal, which, depending on the installation new jumpers, tells the disk drive to access which disk water(A, B, C, D) to respond and that this appeal goes to this disk drive. Inside the drive there is one signal simply by jumpers connect to different sampling signals on the loop: signal output drive DSO 10 A DS1 12 B DS2 14 C DSЗ 16 D These signals come from the controller, and in order for the disk drive 3.5"d. became "A", make 5.25"d. "A" drive and then wires 10 and 12 on the cable are swapped (you can, as I said, through switch, just don’t click it while handling!) and so Thus, drive "A" becomes 3.5"d., and "B" becomes 5.25"d. In general, you can make any drive anything you want if it is hard-coded, for this purpose the signal to which it responds is switch to the desired one. Well, why is it needed, then you can answer this way. As is known, progress does not stand still. It sounds corny, but it's true. Early or later the “fives” will be discontinued as obsolete, There is already an acute shortage of 5.25" double-density drives. ness. And whatever one may say, more and more spektrumists are re- goes for three rubles, appreciating all the advantages of this drive. Yes let's stop at them: - drive compactness and operational reliability; - 100% compatibility, which cannot be said about"fives"; - forget about unreadable and bad sectors; - strength and durability of the discs, which ensures their high degree of reliability; - ease of transportation; - etc. etc. Here are the main and most important points when working with a three-inch camera: mi. And what do we have when working with 5.25"? Nothing good! This is from- Those who have done swapp at least a little know personally. In general and In general, all the negative aspects of the above advantages! How much effort and nerves were spent on just restoring poorly readable disks, especially if they contain something worthwhile! In short, so that not to be considered verbose, I suggest it to everyone who has not tried it yet "three rubles" to try and accept it as a universal standard. This is not agitation is an elementary necessity caused by the inevitable development of Speccy. And finally, as they say: Spectrum RULEZ & FOREVER! And so be it! Amen... Comment, do not forget to seal the hole on the floppy disk, which is opposite the hole from the recording. And you don't need to supply 12V. MAX SNAKE Did you know that...? 1.In the magazineVOYAGER #1,there is a cheat mode for the game Black Raven, which allows you to set any level for any of sides, and so incompleteinvulnerability. If you wish, you can immediately watch the final video. 2. To use the packer normallyHRUM v3.5i, It is enough to correct the unpacker address to 23296 (#5B00). 3.InMSD #2.5 I deceived everyone when I wrote that it was enough destroy two mines on the third level of the game Black Raven. I completely forgot to mention the third mine in top right corner. That's the kind of bummer I am. 4. In ZX ASM v3.0 enables search and replace mode. If you really used, do not answer “All” or “Quit” under any circumstances, Use "Yes" and "No" until the text runs out. And it's not The only glitch in this program. 5. ".trd" format is not a format at all. This is the disk image in file, the length of which is fixed and equal to 655360 bytes. That is 160 tracks of the disc. This means that the disk tracks are larger than 160, are missing there. The ".trd" image is needed for emulators on PC, so that How to store software on your writing screws. These images and Spectrum software is distributed on PC (Internet).Hence all the problems if software is dragged from PC to Speccy. That's it, what was behind track 159 flies out the window. Usually this applications in magazines (Faultless #9 for example), and what's in the game Black Raven? Thank God everything is fine in our version of the game. It is 99% original. 6. "Speccy" is read as speccy, not speccy - the sound "ts" in there is no English language. The word "Chic" reads chic, by the way it is similar to French. By the way, play "Translate the words" is a cool thing. 7. At the moment it is known that Black Raven 2 has not yet been released, and not expected until the fall. Read "Open Letters" - there there's a lot of stuff lying around. 8. I have released a whole series of help descriptions and am distributing them for free, for everyone. Descriptions currently available: ZXZIP & UNZIP, FUT v2.01, RC v1.6 & v1.7, CC v4.23. They are decorated in this viewer, with IRONMAN's techno music. 9. Global mouseiness and screwiness will begin soon, save up money. 10. Nowmy favorite music is playing. With numbers of our newspaper It's pretty easy to figure out. If it is a fractional number, it is means that changes have been made (usually to the directory), and the next the release was not yet ready. Hello everyone fromMAX SNAKE8/20/1999
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