Opus Discovery
Aliases  Opus Discovery 1
Release Date  1985
Original Publisher  Opus Supplies Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  
Genre  Hardware: Disk
Max. Players  0
Required by  program Datacat
Original Price  £199.95
Martijn's WoS score  100% (4 votes)

Remarks
     SPOT: 3.5" disc drive; single & dual drive versions available

Remarks
     single/dual drive prices £199.95/£329.95

Summary
     A true disk drive system for your Spectrum. 250K floppy drive and interface. Video output port. Joystick port. Through port. Parallel printer port.

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     roms.html0OriginalRemote linkEnglish - Phil Kendall's Spectrum ROMs Collection
     OpusDiscovery_Manual-Italian.pdf133,743OriginalInstructions - Italian manual
     OpusDiscovery_Manual.pdf241,002OriginalInstructions - English manual
     OpusDiscovery_Manual.zip16,445,363OriginalScanned instructions - Scanned English manual
     OpusDiscovery.jpg120,962OriginalHardware picture
     OpusDiscovery_Back.jpg108,769OriginalHardware picture
     OpusDiscovery_Front.jpg140,940OriginalHardware picture
     OpusDiscovery_Side.jpg78,806OriginalHardware picture
     OpusDiscovery_QuickDosDisassembly.rtf100,767OriginalHardware technical documentation
     OpusDiscovery_Schematics.gif21,378OriginalHardware technical documentation
     OpusDiscovery_ShadowROMv2.2Disassembly.WP6.zip64,570OriginalHardware technical documentation
     OpusDiscovery_ShadowROMv2.2Disassembly.html258,529OriginalHardware technical documentation
     OpusDiscovery_ShadowROMv2.2Disassembly_Addendum.rtf2,858OriginalHardware technical documentation
     OpusDiscovery.jpg512,615OriginalHardware advertisement scan
     OpusDiscovery_2.jpg213,144OriginalHardware advertisement scan
     OpusDiscovery_3.jpg204,001OriginalHardware advertisement scan
     OpusDiscovery_4.jpg584,248OriginalHardware advertisement scan

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #23-1985/Decpage 108- Review
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #107-1985/Apr/9 special "week#2"page 15- Review
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #9-1985/Feb/28 special "week#4"page 15- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #38-1985/Maypage 37- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #49-1986/Aprpage 97- Review
     Your Computerissue v.5 #2-1985/Febpage 33- Review
     Your Computerissue v.5 #9-1985/Seppage 37- Review
     Your Spectrumissue #16-1985/Julpage 24- Review
     ZX Computingissue #19-1985/Junpage 18- Review
     ZX Computingissue #28-1986/Augpage 23- Review

Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #23-1985/Decpage 109- Feature - Tech Niche: The Express Gang
     Crashissue v.1 #36-1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87"page 44- Letters
     Crashissue v.1 #41-1987/Junpage 99- News/Note
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #101-1985/Feb/26 special "week#4"page 6- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #10-1986/Mar/6 special "week#1"page 5- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #50-1986/Dec/11 special "week#2"page 8- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.6 #5-1987/Jan/29 special "week#5"page 10- Letters - Alive and kicking
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #29-1988/Jul/28 special "week#4"page 6- Letters
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #31-1988/Aug/11 special "week#2"page 12- Letters
     Sinclair Programsissue #31-1985/Maypage 10- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #38-1985/Maypage 37- Feature - Mass Storage: Opus Discovery
     Sinclair Userissue #49-1986/Aprpage 97- News/Note
     Your Computerissue v.5 #2-1985/Febpage 33- News/Note
     Your Computerissue v.5 #9-1985/Seppage 37- News/Note
     Your Computerissue v.5 #11-1985/Novpage 48- Feature - Disc Drive-In
     Your Computerissue v.6 #6-1986/Junpage 50- Feature - All the hardware & software you'll need
     Your Sinclairissue #2-1986/Febpage 5- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #5-1986/Maypage 12- News/Note
     Your Spectrumissue #14-1985/Maypage 3- News/Note
     Your Spectrumissue #15-1985/Junpage 46- CompoEntry
     Your Spectrumissue #16-1985/Julpage 24- Feature - Disko Tech
     Your Spectrumissue #18-1985/Seppage 13- CompoResult
     ZX Computingissue #17-1985/Febpage 110- News/Note - Opus disk drives
     ZX Computingissue #20-1985/Augpage 10- Letters
     ZX Computingissue #20-1985/Augpage 10- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #23-1986/Febpage 43- Feature
     ZX Computingissue #29-1986/Seppage 49- Letters
     ZX Computingissue #29-1986/Seppage 52- Feature - Trans-Disc Express disc copy
     ZX Computingissue #30-1986/Octpage 68- Feature - The Discovery Column
     ZX Computingissue #31-1986/Novpage 5- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #31-1986/Novpage 80- Feature - The Discovery Column
     ZX Computingissue #32-1986/Decpage 28- Feature - The Discovery Column
     ZX Computingissue #33-1987/Janpage 70- Feature - The Discovery Column
     ZX Computingissue #34-1987/Febpage 4- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #34-1987/Febpage 24- Feature - The Discovery Column
     ZX Computingissue #35-1987/Marpage 84- Feature - The Discovery Column
     ZX Computingissue #36-1987/Aprpage 49- Feature - The Discovery Column
     ZX Computingissue #37-1987/Maypage 61- Feature - The Discovery Column
     ZX Computingissue #38-1987/Junpage 77- Feature - The Discovery Column

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