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Vortex Disc Drives

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== S- and D-Drives (720K/disk) ==
 
These are the first generation of disc drives from Vortex. The interface supports either a single ("S" variant) or two ("D" variant) drives having 80 tracks. Additionally, a 3" [[Amstrad Disk Drive|FD-1]] can be connected as third drive, ie. unlike most other CPC disk interfaces it supports more than 2 drives. With [[VDOS]] only two drives are accessible at one time. These drives interface with their own FDC can be used with the CPC 6128 to use different I/O ports (see below).
 
TO BE CONFIRMED: Does the interface fully decode US0/US1 from NEC765 and if you select unit 3 which drive is accessed.
* '''F1 - S''' Single 5.25" drive with power supply connected via ribbon cable to interface with [[FDC|NEC765]] and [[VDOS]] 1.0 or 2.11
* '''M1 - D''' Double 3.5" drive with power supply connected via ribbon cable to interface with [[FDC|NEC765]] and [[VDOS]] 1.0 or 2.11
These are the original drives from <gallery caption="Vortex, for use on CPC 464F1-D">Image:FD1. The interface supports one or two 80 track drives, additionally a 3" [[Amstrad Disk Drivejpg|FDF1-1]] can be D Disc Drive connected as third drive, ie. unlike most other CPC disk interfaces it supports more than 2 drives. With [[VDOS]] only two drives are accessible at one time. TO BE CONFIRMED: Does the to interface fully decode US0/US1 from NEC765 and if you select unit 3 which drive is accessed. These Vortex interfaces with their own FDC can be used with the CPC6128 and use different I</O ports.See below.gallery>
== Z-Drives (180K/side) ==
== Pictures ==
 
<gallery caption="Vortex F1-D">
Image:FD1.jpg|F1-D Disc Drive connected to interface
</gallery>
<gallery caption="Vortex F1-Z">
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