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The Spectrum Joystick Adapter – Use vintage 9 pin Joysticks

Retrogames The Spectrum 9 pin Joystick Adapter

Use classic 9 pin 1980’s Joysticks on your Retro Games The Spectrum, use your favourite classic Kempston / Atari compatible 9 pin D connector joystick’s like the Atari CX, Competition Pro, Zip Stick, Quickshot etc

Use any 9 pin Atari / Kempston standard joystick on TheSpectrum console with the RetroStick adapter, converts 9 Pin Joysticks with D connector to USB

Adapter case is black to match TheSpectrum, compact design wont black adjacent ports

 

 

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3.5″ floppy disk cleaning kit

How to clean a floppy disk drive, the easy way

Floppy cleaning disks for any 3.5″ floppy drive are now available, our cleaning disks can be used wet (with isopropyl alcohol) or dry and can clean the read write heads, recommended if you are using old floppies that have deteriorated with age

The cleaning disks are supplied on there own, if you want to use them wet just use 2 drops of 100% isopropyl alcohol to the white inner disk material, this can be purchased online or from a chemists shop in the UK, it is flammable so please read the warning label and take care when using it.

FREE Floppy Disk Cleaning software for Amiga, Atari ST and PC

Not required but you can download these free disk cleaning utilities that move the heads over the cleaning disk to ensure a thorough clean of the magnetic read/write heads

Download link below contains floppy disk head cleaning software for the Commodore Amiga, you will need to extract the archive onto a disk and run the “HeadCleaner” executable in Workbench

Amiga Floppy Drive Head Cleaning Software

Atari ST Floppy Drive Head Cleaning Utility

 

Alternatively on an Amiga, ST or Archimedes just insert the disk and wait a few seconds, eject and then repeat the drive will try to read the cleaning disk and this will clean the heads.

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Wireless Mice for Commodore Amigas

Following requests from customers to stock an affordable wireless mouse in white colour to match the popular 600 and 1200 machines, its now available for sale

The white mouse is a good match for A600, A1200 and A4000 users but can be used on ALL Amiga computer models and the CD32

No batteries, Mouse has a built in rechargeable battery and can be charged with the included USB cable

Plug and Play – No setup required – Mouse includes a compact USB to 9 pin adapter – Just plug in and use

 

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Create Amiga Disks with FluxEngine on Windows or Mac

With FluxEngine software  you can read, write and access files directly on Commodore Amiga floppy disks and is compatible with the Trumouse Greaseweazle drive kit

First download the latest version of FluxEngine from the website below, there are Windows and Apple Mac Versions

https://github.com/davidgiven/fluxengine/releases

When intstalled and run you will see the main Fluxengine menu screen shown above

 

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adb to usb adapter

ADB to USB Adapter

The TruMouse adb adapter allows you to connect an apple adb Mouse or apple adb keyboard to a a standard usb keyboard for PC, Notebook, Raspberry pi or mini pc etc

Adapter has a custom 3D printed case and has a standard USB connector and provides a 4 pin socket at the back to connect either a keyboard or mouse