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An addon that enables you to freeze any program and store it to disc. Made by [[Mirage Microcomputers Ltd]].
The device was also available for the [[ZX Spectrum]], this version was called the "Mirage Microdriver", and saved could save data on either to tape or to Sinclair's "Microdrive"; an external high-speed tape drive. The initial Spectrum version was released in 1985, the although there was a later version released in 1986 (see Crash Issue 25, link below). The CPC version was released in 1986.
The tool can backup RAM contents (including CPU registers pushed in RAM), but, unlike [[Multiface II]], it cannot backup read-only I/O ports like CRTC (vram address/size) and Gate Array (screen colors) - the included software allows to manipulate that values manually (this would be only required with programs that use nonstandard CRTC value, or that use direct I/O to modify colors).
* [http://www.stcarchiv.de/hc1986/11_mirageimager.php Review (german)] - Happy Computer, 11/1986
* [http://cpcrulez.free.fr/hardware_mirage_imager.htm CPCrulez review (french)] - Microstrad 8/Oct/1986
== References ==
*[http://www.crashonline.org.uk/25/technews.htm#mirage Crash Issue 25, Tech Niche, News, More Microdrivin']
[[Category:Copy Protection]] [[Category:Peripherals]] [[Category:Manual]][[Category:DATA Storage]]
