TheDash Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Hi Not really sure if this is the right place to ask such a question .. but, here goes Does anyone know if the floppy disk drive unit fitted into an Amstrad CPC6128 and Spectrum+3 are fully compatible, i.e. interchangable with each other? I've had a look and the pinout connectors are the same, as is the power lead. And obviously the floppy disks themselves are the same size (3 inch) The scenario is I have a working Spectrum+3, and a CPC with faulty drive. So I wondered could I just swap them around? I have some Amstrad games on disk and no other way of loading them.. short of buying a replacement drive or computer. But if the drives are one and the same, then I could just swap temporarily. Thanks for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDash Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Just to answer my own question, and in case anyone else is interested - yes they are interchangeable. An Amstrad 6128 drive will work in a Spectrum+3, as will one of the DDI or FD1 model external drives, and vice versa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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