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<p>84.151.226.82: </p> <hr /> <div>A harddisc solution for the CPC (The first for the CPC) by the German company [[Vortex]]<br /> <br /> The Harddisc was build about 1986. It have the same cases like the F1-S and the F1-D. A big Power Supply which have about 1,5 Kilograms gives the power to the Harddrive. The Harddrive was shipped with the Powersupply The Harddrive itself, a built in 5,25&quot; DD Diskdrive with 720KB and a Controller which was used for being the MFM Controller with two ports for two MFM Harddiscs, two DD Floppys and a ROM board which give place for 2 Roms, which held the VDOS 2.0<br /> The Contoller get the Power from the Harddisc.<br /> You can connect up to two 60MB MFM Drives which are supported by the VDOS 2.0.<br /> But the normal setup was with a 20 MB MFM Drive.<br /> A Software Package consists of a few helpful tools: LowLevel Format<br /> Partition tools<br /> Format partitions<br /> Patch for CPM 2.2 and 3.0 (Plus) to support the Drive<br /> File/Disccopy Tools<br /> Diskformat<br /> Hexeditor<br /> and a few more...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Hardware]] [[Category:Peripherals]]</div>

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