zx spectrum +3 with IDE CF

[ben76]

Hi all,

At Revival yesterday I bought a CF jobby for the +3 I've got... So here's how it went

+3 with the kit on top of it...



After
opening it up I connected the power lead (4 wires to solder) to the
underneath as per the instructions as the +3 has the disk drive soldered
in on the top and lined the bits up that you swap, and where I was
putting the CF card bit, etc...



So after that I put the chips in, added the ribbon cable to the CF bit and glued the wires and CF bit down with my glue gun.



Then fired it up to test....

Couple
of problems with it... As mentioned in the video it seems to be
overriding the disk drive (its meant to check for a disk then boot the
CF card if no disk) and also the power light connection on the pcb is
right at the edge of the z80 bit so the ribbon connector is pretty much
above it (the plug is in but its not the best)

Anyway overall it gets a big

from me.

What do you guys think?

- Ben

 

[Milky]

I think that is cool and I wish I had paid more attention to the stuff that was on sale yesterday! Kept getting sidetracked but just assumed it was all old carts and cables

Can I ask how much that was?

 

[ben76]

£32.99 all in. The CF card was already full of games too

I had a good look round the stuff for sale, looked at this thing a few times before 'trying to not spend any money' went out of the window

Looks like I'm not selling my +3 now

A lot of the stalls has games and stuff at good prices, except one that wanted £15 for a Super Mario Bros. 3 cart only no box

- Ben

 

[Milky]

Yeah - i had a few WTF moments with some of the prices too

I did kick myself for not getting the Amstrad 464 and mint monitor for £35. but, i am supposed to be downsizing i suppose

 

[ben76]

Yeah - i had a few WTF moments with some of the prices too

I did kick myself for not getting the Amstrad 464 and mint monitor for £35. but, i am supposed to be downsizing i suppose

I also looked at that a fair few times

but I'm also trying to clear some room so thought keeping the +3 and buying the CF thingy was a compromise with myself

- Ben

 

[guddler]

I bought one for an Amiga. They were on sale for £20 (Amiga doesn't need the extra pcb). All I need now is an Amiga