I wonder if anyone was able to make some 3" drive external cases? Ideally they would come in 2 types.
1 - black with 12v PSU (for CPC 664/6128 drives)
2 - cream with 5v PSU (for 6128 plus drives) - maybe this one could just use a USB type C
Both would have cabling options for 664, 6128, Spectrum+3 and 6128Plus. And ideally an on/off switch. I imaging it would be not much larger than the actual 3" drive. You could even make a double-height variant with 3.5" drive bay below also.
And... it would let me repurpose my 3" drives taken out of my machines and still access discs once in a while.
if you have removed the drive from the computer anyway you could just attach the external floppy to the 12V of the monitor and add a 5V split cable to feed it 5V, thus eliminating the need for a built-in PSU.
A 3D model in matching design for the CPC range is available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5416818
@zhulien Don't forget That the Old Internal Drive (That you removed) is set to Device 0 (A)
you will have to modify the Drive Circuit board to Device 1 (B)
Keep Safe
Ray
Quote from: eto on 08:08, 05 May 23if you have removed the drive from the computer anyway you could just attach the external floppy to the 12V of the monitor and add a 5V split cable to feed it 5V, thus eliminating the need for a built-in PSU.
A 3D model in matching design for the CPC range is available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5416818
Sounds like a thing of beauty that Steve Jobs would create
Quote from: Audronic on 08:19, 05 May 23@zhulien
Don't forget That the Old Internal Drive (That you removed) is set to Device 0 (A)
you will have to modify the Drive Circuit board to Device 1 (B)
Keep Safe
Ray
Are you sure? I never had to do that on my 664 to swap a and b around.
Quote from: zhulien on 09:44, 05 May 23Are you sure? I never had to do that on my 664 to swap a and b around.
I thought so too, that I swapped internal and external drives without problems.
However I had to switch the jumper on a Gotek when I put it into the 6128 case. With that in mind, it could be that the wiring of the FD-1 takes care of swapping the pins for DS0/DS1.