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Vortex Disc Drives

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== Z-Drives (180K/side) ==
These are basic and less expensive ''low-capacity'' drives from Vortex, for use on and were meant to be directly connected to a CPC 664/6128 or CPC 464 with DDI-1 (ie. on computers that already have provide a FDC and AMSDOSfloppy controller). There doesn't seem to be anything Since these drives do not ship with a special about this productcontroller, just an off-the-shelf disk drive, shipped with a CPC-specific connection cable. Since this drive they do rely fully relies on AMSDOS, and thus only 40 tracks can be accessed.
==== Variants ====
See [[VDOS]]
 
The Vortex -Z drives do not seem to include any [[VDOS]] ROM (so they do support only normal 40-Track AMSDOS Formats, but NOT the 80-Track Vortex format).
== Pictures ==
<gallery caption="Vortex Disc Drive Interfaces">
Image:vortex controler 1.jpg|A An anonymous box houses housing the controllerboardImage:vortex controler 2.jpg|Look inside the controller, with a NEC 765 chip, connection for F1 disc drive, and [[VDOS]] (upgraded to v2.0)Image:vortex controler 3.jpg|Controller with mounted [[VDOS]] mountedchipImage:F1DCONT.jpg|F1-D Interface Board board (CPC 6128), showing NEC 765 and [[VDOS]]
Image:Vortex fd-1 interface 664.jpg|F1-D Interface (CPC 664)
Image:Fd1 interface 664 platine front.jpg|F1-D Interface Board (CPC 664) Front
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