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In autumn 2004 the "CPC-IDE " was developed by [[Dr.Zed]] with the financial support of [[Octoate]], [[TFM]] and [[Tolkin]]. It is the first hardware solution ever that allowed connection of IDE-harddrives and CF-cards to the CPC with the maximum possible data transfer speed. Technically the CPC-IDE interface was based on the GIDE IDE interface by Tilmann Reh.

It was fully working, but still had a prototype state, so only 10 pieces have been produced. Some people should write software first, before the final version would be released. So fully IDE-support for FAT16 [[Disc_format|FAT]]16 and FAT32 harddiscs has been implemented in [[SymbOS]] until Xmas 2004.

With all thisAfter working successfully, CPC [[Dr.Zed]] and [[Prodatron]] made plans for a second version, which includes a lot of more extensions. So the '''SYMBiFACE II ''' is not only an IDE interface anymore. It merges the CPC with current PC technology.

== ROManager ==* There is a second (Pseudo-)ROM manager which alows preview of a software with the same name available for [[FutureOS]]. It allows the complete backup (and restoration) of all 32 ROMs. You can loadand loading, savesaving, testtesting, copycopying, shiftshifting, erase, park erasing and unpark (un)parking single ROMs. This "[[ROManager]] runs under [[FutureOS]]. Its language interface " supports the languages German, English, French and Spanish.