a couple of questions

[Amstradman]

hi guys great site!   do anyone know if its at all possible to somehow hook up a amstrad fd-1 disk drive to a laptop to transfer disk images from the internet to real 3" disk? i am thinking may be usb somehow? or is it possible to rip out the 3" drive from the fd-1 and fit a 3.5" pc floppy drive? would it be a straight fit (a part from the size diffrance) i have the dd-1 interface, if so what floppy should i be looking for?
also do anyone have a tidy looking 6128 for sale in the uk or a dktronics 64k ram extension for a 464, no such luck on ebay    payment by paypal of course 

[mr_lou]

hi guys great site!   do anyone know if its at all possible to somehow hook up a amstrad fd-1 disk drive to a laptop to transfer disk images from the internet to real 3" disk? i am thinking may be usb somehow? or is it possible to rip out the 3" drive from the fd-1 and fit a 3.5" pc floppy drive? would it be a straight fit (a part from the size diffrance) i have the dd-1 interface, if so what floppy should i be looking for?

Welcome to the forum.

Have a look in the Wiki for schematics on how to connect a 3.5" drive to your CPC.
http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/3%C2%BD%22_%26_5%C2%BC%22_Disk_Drives

You can also buy these cables on eBay, and other places. (I'm sure other members will post the links soon).

Personally I made my own cable for my CPC464.
http://dewfall.dk/other/diskdrive01.jpg
http://dewfall.dk/other/diskdrive02.jpg

[Amstradman]

many thnaks for quick reply, that looks like the cable i need! but i am no good with a soldering iron, so hopefully i can buy one pre made? i will check back later to see if the good people on this fourm could post  a link to somone selling them pre made
thnaks

[Gryzor]

Hello amstardman (amstard? Maybe you'd want me to change your name? ),

There used to be a guy on ebay that made serial cables for your CPC to communicate with your PC, but that was about it. I haven't seen any other ready-made cables... maybe you'd be lucky to find a 3.5" drive for your CPC, although it'd cost a pretty penny (upwards of €50 probably...). Sorry!

[Amstradman]

hi if u could change my name that would be great i was in a hurry when i joined the other day, i dont spouse u got the sellers ebay user id? so i could email him and ask if he could do a one off cable? its a shame there is no real easy way to get connected, all through i like the ideal of writing my own 3" disk better.
y is it everytime i come up to this site my avg anti virus detects a threat??

[Gryzor]

Unfortunately I haven't seen the seller for a while, and I don't remember his name... He was from eastern Europe, but that's about it

Changed your name alright

As for the virus... you mean this here site? CPCWiki.com??!!! What exactly does it say??

[tony]

I purchased a PC<-->CPC cable from a Polish guy a couple of years ago... he was always selling them on eBay (although I haven't seen his offerings online for quite some time).  The PC side connected to a parallel port and the CPC to the printer port.  It works rather well and has been in use for a couple of years now 
I still have the packaging, here's the details from it:
jurek@rembertow.netmob: +48 5-7 754 91-    (replace - with 0's)
Drop him an email and see if it bounces, if not, you never know, he might have a cable on the shelf ready to send to you! 

[Gryzor]

Yup - that's him alright...

[ukmarkh]

How about a 464 Plus with 20 games and colour monitor for £40... fully tested and working. Great little machine and a good selection of games. Postage would be around £20 but I'd have to check on the weight. If you're local to Birmingham, you could pick it up.

hi guys great site!   do anyone know if its at all possible to somehow hook up a amstrad fd-1 disk drive to a laptop to transfer disk images from the internet to real 3" disk? i am thinking may be usb somehow? or is it possible to rip out the 3" drive from the fd-1 and fit a 3.5" pc floppy drive? would it be a straight fit (a part from the size diffrance) i have the dd-1 interface, if so what floppy should i be looking for?
also do anyone have a tidy looking 6128 for sale in the uk or a dktronics 64k ram extension for a 464, no such luck on ebay    payment by paypal of course 

[Gryzor]

Now that's a bargain...

Should I open an ads sub-forum?

[ukmarkh]

It'd be much better to buy and sell within the forum... it's no secret how much I hate ebay these days. And I don't wanna sell to people that'll just buy it to sell it on for even more cash, ripping off the buyer with ridiculous prices. Needs to go to a proper home. It'd be also great if people could upload pics from their PC... showing the items in detail.

Now that's a bargain...

Should I open an ads sub-forum?

[Gryzor]

Well you can always upload pics here as attachments anyway...

But I don't know if there are that many items that could go on trade/sale here? Maybe if more asked for it...