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=== Floppy Drives === | === Floppy Drives === | ||
* [[ABBA switch]] | * [[ABBA switch]] (swap drive A: and B:) | ||
* [[Guide on how to connect a 3.5|Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664]] | * [[Guide on how to connect a 3.5|Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664]] | ||
* [[Guide on how to connect a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664|Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664 (with photos)]] | * [[Guide on how to connect a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664|Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664 (with photos)]] | ||
* [[Modify PC floppy drives|Modify PC floppy drives to work on a CPC]] | * [[Modify PC floppy drives|Modify PC floppy drives to work on a CPC]] | ||
* [[Side Select Switch]] (force AMSDOS to use Side B) | |||
=== HID === | === HID === | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 26 January 2010
DIY Hardware Projects
Do-it-yourself (DIY) projects...
Communication - RS232 / PC Connection
Floppy Drives
- ABBA switch (swap drive A: and B:)
- Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664
- Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664 (with photos)
- Modify PC floppy drives to work on a CPC
- Side Select Switch (force AMSDOS to use Side B)
HID
Joysticks
Mass Storage
Power Supply
Printer
Real Time Clocks
- ACU Realtime Clock (without year counter)
- CPCI Real Time Clock
ROM / RAM Expansions
- ACU Romboard
- CPC4MB - 4 MB memory expansion
- Inicron RAM-Box
- Inicron ROM-RAM-Box
- Practical Electronics ROMBoard Project
Sound
- Digiblaster Sound Card (8bit DAC on printer port)
- SP0256 Speech Synthesizer for Printer Port
TV / Monitors
- Converting an MP1 into an MP2
- Getting a CPC to work with an LCD or plasma TV
- PCAI Video Modulator
- TV SCART cables
Others
Hardware Repair
How to's / Tutorials
- A Guide to running software on a real CPC!
- Transfering Alkatraz protected tapes and most games!
- Willem Programmer - how to program eproms using the Willem eprom programmer.