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Disc drives from Vortex_Computersysteme.

F1

A 5.25" disc drive. 80 tracks and 708Kb.

• F1 - S Single 5.25" drive with controller.
• F1 - Z Single 5.25" drive without controller.
• F1 - D Double 5.25" drive with controller.

The disc drive also was available as an extended versions :

• F1 - XRS which also contains a RS232 interface.
• F1 - X which can be updated with a RS232 interface.

On the F1-S/D Controllers the Disc operation system VDOS 1.0 on ROM was included.

On the F1-X/XRS Controllers the Disc operation system VDOS 2.0 on ROM was included.

M1

A 3.5" disc drive. 80 tracks and 708KB Formatted per Disk.

• M1 - S Single 3.5" drive with controller.
• M1 - Z Single 3.5" drive without controller.
• M1 - D Double 3.5" drive with controller.

The disc drive also was available as an extended version:

• M1-XRS which also contains a RS232 interface.
• M1-X which can be updated with a RS232 interface.

On the M1-S/D Controllers the Disc operation system VDOS 1.0 on ROM was included.

On the M1-X/XRS Controllers the Disc operation system VDOS 2.0 on ROM was included.

The Vortex disc drive controller

The Vortex disc drive controler was similar to Amstrads own controller.

It used the same controler chip, the NEC765.

Pictures

• The Vortex F1 Drives
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  F1-Z Disc Drive

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  F1-D Disc Drive

• The Vortex Disc Drive Controller
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  A anonymous box houses the controller

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  Look inside the controller

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  Controller with VDOS mounted

Manual

Vortex Floppy Disk Station F1 Manual