Vortex Disc Drives

Disc drives from Vortex.

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.

Tape

Image:Vortex Tape.jpg|Software

The Vortex disc drive controller

The Vortex disc drive controler was similar to Amstrads own controller on DDI-1.

It used the same controler chip, the NEC765.

It has VDOS on ROM.

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