If you want to ask questions about how the machine works, peculiar details, the differences between models, here it is !
How to program the oric hardware (VIA, FDC, ...) is also welcome.
Yeah, I have opened it. One pin of the connector is connected to a 7812 and one to a LM323K and then one ground. So I guess it needs minimum 2 volts more, meaning 14V for the 7812 and 7V for the LM323K.
Igotafro wrote:Yeah, I have opened it. One pin of the connector is connected to a 7812 and one to a LM323K and then one ground. So I guess it needs minimum 2 volts more, meaning 14V for the 7812 and 7V for the LM323K.
So you don't have the same as mine, I can't help you
(mine do both 12 and 5v inside the PSU, not inside the microdisk)
Well, since it's probably impossible to find a connector that fits, I think I'll remove the plate in the back and just put in a new one with two connectors for 12 and 5 volts and just use external PSUs for both.
Igotafro wrote:Well, since it's probably impossible to find a connector that fits, I think I'll remove the plate in the back and just put in a new one with two connectors for 12 and 5 volts and just use external PSUs for both.
Hm, come to think of it, I've got a ATA/SATA to USB interface which comes with a nice PSU with 12V/5V molex connector, I think I'm going to use that one.
Since I got my Oric to work, I have now tried it with my Microdrive and it seems to work!
Happy, happy
I get a screen that says: insert system disc
How can I get hold of a system disc? I got some empty discs which I bought for my Amstrad PCW8256.