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Note that the drive also powered the DDI-1 interface when used together with it. Certain pins documented as N/C in the CPC664/CPC6128 manual in fact carry +5V from the drive to the controller. | Note that the drive also powered the DDI-1 interface when used together with it. Certain pins documented as N/C in the CPC664/CPC6128 manual in fact carry +5V from the drive to the controller. | ||
The main reason for this was that you couldn't connect a standard drive with a more common format (5¼" in the beginning, 3½" later and today) and thus cheaper disks as drive A: without modifications, as the DDI-1 wouldn't work without the power fed from the FD-1. | The main reason for this was that you couldn't connect a standard drive with a more common format (5¼" in the beginning, 3½" later and today) and thus cheaper disks as drive A: without modifications, as the DDI-1 wouldn't work without the power fed from the FD-1. | ||
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| + | Details on [[AMSDOS]], Amstrad's implementation of [[CP/M]] can be found in [[Soft158A:_DDI-1_Firmware_-_The_Complete_CPC_464_DOS_ROM_Specification|DDI-1 Firmware SOFT158A]]. | ||
== Pictures == | == Pictures == | ||
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Image:ACU850102 -012.jpg|Advert (ACU Jan 1985) | Image:ACU850102 -012.jpg|Advert (ACU Jan 1985) | ||
Image:Amstrad Computer User8504 044.jpg|Advert (ACU Apr 1985) | Image:Amstrad Computer User8504 044.jpg|Advert (ACU Apr 1985) | ||
| + | Image:DDI-1_cable.jpg| DDI-1 cable pinout | ||
| + | Image:DDI-1.jpg|DDI-1 - complete with manual, interface, FD-1 drive & CF-2 discs | ||
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* [[Media:DDI Schematic.png]] - DDI-1 Schematic (disc interface for CPC464) | * [[Media:DDI Schematic.png]] - DDI-1 Schematic (disc interface for CPC464) | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:30, 6 May 2018
Amstrad made two different disk drives for the Amstrad/Schneider CPC range:
- DDI-1: a set consisting of the real DDI-1 (= Disk Drive Interface) and a FD-1 3" disk drive, as well as the CP/M 2.2 license and disk.
This set was for the CPC464 which didn't have a built-in 765 FDC disk controller.
- FD-1: a 3" disk drive as secondary disk drive unit for the CPC664, CPC6128, and for the CPC464 with DDI-1
All drives are for use with CF2 Compact Floppy Disc 3" discs.
There was no official external disk drive for the 6128Plus or even the 464Plus. The difference between a CPC664/CPC6128 and a 6128Plus was simply a changed pin-out which can easily be solved by a new plug on the disk drive's cable.
The 464Plus was harder to equip with a disk drive. Although the pin-out of the expansion port was left unchanged, the DDI-1 cannot be used on the 464Plus without modifications (see Connecting a Disc Interface to CPC464+).
Technical Details
The two disk drives were identical. The only difference was that the DDI-1 shipped with controller, manual and CP/M 2.2 on one disk.
The disk drives were jumpered (more accurately, soldered) to react on both drive select lines, A: and B:.
The cable decided which drive became A: and which one became B: :
- On the CPC664 and CPC6128 computers, DRIVE SELECT 0 was not connected on the external connector, so the drive could only become drive B: on these systems.
- For the DDI-1, DRIVE SELECT 0 was only wired to the outermost connector of the attached cable, while the inner connector was wired to DRIVE SELECT 1 only, thus the drive at the cable's end always became A: while the other one became drive B: accordingly.
Note that the drive also powered the DDI-1 interface when used together with it. Certain pins documented as N/C in the CPC664/CPC6128 manual in fact carry +5V from the drive to the controller. The main reason for this was that you couldn't connect a standard drive with a more common format (5¼" in the beginning, 3½" later and today) and thus cheaper disks as drive A: without modifications, as the DDI-1 wouldn't work without the power fed from the FD-1.
Details on AMSDOS, Amstrad's implementation of CP/M can be found in DDI-1 Firmware SOFT158A.
Pictures
FD-1 (disc drive)
DDI-1 (disc interface)
DDI-1 (pcb)
DDI-1 (schematic)
DDI-1 (top)
DDI-1 (bottom)
MF0004B Models 9,5,3 and 1 PCB (top)
MF0004B Models 9,5,3 and 1 PCB (bottom)
Advert (ACU Jan 1985)
Advert (ACU Apr 1985)
DDI-1 cable pinout
DDI-1 - complete with manual, interface, FD-1 drive & CF-2 discs
Covers
- Manuals
(English) User Manual
(German) User Manual
(Spanish) User Manual
Service Manual
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Manuals
- Amstrad DDI-1 (English) Manual
- Amstrad DDI-1 (Spanish) Manual
- Media:DDI-1_Handbuch.pdf (German) Manual
Service Manual
Datasheets
- Media:UPD765 Datasheet OCRed.pdf - uPD765 disc controller
- Media:FDC9229BT Datasheet.pdf - FDC9229BT data separator (that usually assists the uPD765 chip)
- Media:DDI Schematic.png - DDI-1 Schematic (disc interface for CPC464)
