Some of these guides will also apply to the Sinclair Spectrum +3
How to attach a 3.5″ 720kb disk drive to a Amstrad CPC6128
You can read an excellent guide on how to install a 3.5″ drive on your CPC at cpcmania.com . I referenced this guide when I wanted to add a 3.5″ drive to my CPC. Instead of using a PC PSU, I use a small power supply that came with a USB to IDE interface. These guides should also apply to the Sinclair +3 and the Tatung Einstein.
There are some pin out diagrams for the Amstrad CPC here – Pin Out Diagrams
How to write a .DSK file to a 3.5″ disk in Windows
You will need…
- A PC with a internal 3.5” floppy disk drive (A USB drive will not work)
- Windows 2000 or XP (I’ve not tried it with Vista or 7 yet)
- Some 720k DD floppy disks (The disks with just one hole)
- CPCDiskXP (Download from http://www.cpcmania.com cpcmania.com)
- A CPC6128 with a 3.5” 720k drive attached.
- Install CPCDiskXP making sure you also install the FdInstall.exe package
- Start CPCDiskXP
- Click DSK File -> Disk.
- Click the Open button, and choose the DSK file you want to write to disk.
- Choose the Drive you want to write the disk image to.
- Most games will use DSK Side 1, Floppy Head 1.
- Press Write Disk. Now wait for the image to be written to disk. Press OK when done.
You can now use the disk in your CPC!
How to write a .DSK file from a 720Kb disk attached to a CPC6128 to 3” disc
You will need…
- A Amstrad CPC6128 with a 3.5” 720kb drive attached to the “Drive B” port
- A copy of DSK-CPC on 3” or 3.5” disk.
- Run dsk-cpc.bas from drive A or B
- Select option 1 – Select DSK File
- Select the DSK file on the 720kb disk
- Follow the instructions to write the disk
How to attach a tape player to a Amstrad CPC 6128 Plus
Follow this guide on cpcwiki.eu. I’ve not tried this yet, but its on my list of things to do.
Amstrad CPC Multiface 2 Manual
Read it here : Amstrad CPC Multiface 2 Manual
Hello Andy, wow a lot of cool computers in your collection….
Back in the late 70s I entered the world of games when as an artist I was gifted with an amstrad cpc 6128, since then I created art and animation for amstrads, spectrums, commodore, PC, Atari and maney consuls and hand helps through to early 2000 when I moved more into painting and photography, however I started recreating on canvas and print some work based on my old 8 bit work
…. Now I have bought an Amstrad cpc 6128 to to create art for screen printing…. However I would like to obtain a mouse, I used to have the amx mouse, to work with, also I would appreciate some Knowledge on how to convert art file images created on rain birds amstrad art studio into files that can be loaded onto a mac osx or a PC laptop ….. If you have any advise/info about where I can purchase retro stuff for the amstrad that would be great …… Many thanks … Erik casey ( some of my games are list at moby games under erik casey artist …… All the best Andy … Erik