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Vortex Computersysteme

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Vortex was a German hardware and software manufacturer for the Amstrad CPC. They produced different disc drives It was founded in 1984 by Mr. Michel and disc operating systemshis brother, Mr. Majer and Mrs. Armbruster.
== F1 ==
[[Image:F1-x.jpg|thumb|F1-X disc drive]]
[[Image:FD1.jpg|thumb|F1/D disc drive]]
A 5.25" disc drive. 80 tracks and 708KiB. Sold as '''F1/S''' with controller, '''F1-Z''' without controller as second drive and '''F1/D''' with controller and two drives. The disc drive also was available as an extended version, called '''F1-XXRS''', which also contains a RS232 interface, and '''F1-X''', which can be updated with a RS232 interface. Disc operation system VDOS 2.0 on ROM included.
== FD-1 M1 ==[[Image:FD1A 3.jpg|thumb|FD-1 5" disc drive]]The FD-. 80 tracks and 1 disc system contains .4MB. Sold as '''M1/S''' with controller, '''M1-Z''' without controller as second drive and '''M1/D''' with controller and two 5drives.25" The disc drivesdrive also was available as an extended version, called '''M1-XRS''', which also contains a RS232 interface, and '''M1-X''', which can be updated with a RS232 interface. Technically it is Disc operation system VDOS 2.0 on ROM included. == SP ==RAM expansion card. Not compatible to the same like [[dk'tronics]] memory expansion. Sold in different sizes of RAM as '''SP 64''', '''SP 128''', '''SP 256''', '''SP 320''' and '''SP 512''' (resulting in a maximum RAM size of the F1 computer of 576KiB). Usable under [[BASIC]] and [[CP/M]] and offering a RAM disc drive. == Vector ==A maths program to print functions or to find a function which follows given points. Released 1986.
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