Dual floppy drive set

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Description

The Dual Floppy Drive Set

A great nostalgic add-on for any retro-computer*

  • For Shugart compatible floppy interfaces
  • Manually crafted!
  • E.g. for:
    • ZX Spectrum with PlusD, PlusDlite, Disciple or Betadisk floppy disk interface
    • Sinclair QL with Cumana, Trump or Gold card floppy disk interface
    • other machines like BBC etc, with Shugart-pinout compatible floppy disk interface
  • Including EU / UK / US / Australian power supply (the type that is needed in your country is included)

*Connects to any Shugart compatible floppy disk interface – many retrocomputers need a separate interface for that.

Read the included printed manual here.

We offer the PlusDlite floppy disk interface for the ZX Spectrum in this webshop.

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Pinout is according to the Shugart standard:

– Pin 10: Drive select 0
– Pin 12: Drive select 1
– Pin 14: Drive select 2
– Pin 16: Motor on

The enclosure is not intenteded to be opened or changed.

 

Example: ZX Spectrum 128K with Disciple disk interface:

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We have some new photos from August 2020!

Additional information

Weight 1.5 kg
Dimensions 12 × 18 × 6 cm
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6 thoughts on “Dual floppy drive set

    • It is configured to be Shugart compatible, which is not 100% compatible to IBM/PC floppy disk interfaces: there are some minor differences with drive select and motor on signals.
      However, two solutions are coming up:
      1) I’m working on a Shugart to IBM/PC adapter, which is almost finished (need to test and see if modifications are needed). This will make it possible to connect a Shugart configured drive set, to a DOS machine, or another machine with IBM/PC interface (pinout).
      2) The other solution is the new version of this drive set, which is also about to be available: this one has a new case (it took years to find this new version – only 2 case types are known to fit), which makes assembling a set way easier, and can be easily disassembled when needed. This also makes it very easy to swap out the ribbon cable with one that works with IBM/PC (pinout) interfaces.

    • The set is Shugart pinout compatible, I’m not sure if the Amiga has the same interface signals.
      I think it does: I remember people assembling a PC drive into their Amigas.
      The Dual Floppy Drive set has a 34 (2×17) pin IDC connector, so to use it as external drive for e.g. Amiga 500, you probably need an adapter.

      If there is more demand for such, I may dig into it.

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