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Revision as of 07:44, 28 October 2006

The AMSSIO mounted inside a CPC464

The AMSSIO interface is a RS232 interface by the dane, Martin Zacho. As opposed to other serial interfaces the AMSSIO is meant to be installed on top of the Z80 CPU in the CPC. However the circuit can easily be built on a Lochrasterplatine (what's the english word? experimental board?) and connected to the expansion port as well.

AMSSIO exists in 3 different versions.

A new and improved version is the AMSSIO II.

Software

The software for AMSSIO can simulate a disk drive and a printer on a PC connected via RS-232. The software comes in two parts. The first part is for the CPC. It replaces relevant parts of the jump block, redirecting disc and printer access via RS-232. The second part is called CPCSHELL and runs on a PC under DOS or Linux. Part of the PC harddisk can be used as a giant CPC disk via this mechanism.

A spare PC can therefore be used as a method to add a cheap harddisk to the CPC. Although the software required on the CPC reduces compatibility somewhat it works for most well behaved applications and games that consist of a single binary (no special loader).

Other RS232 interfaces for the CPC

Commercial:

CPC Booster

Non commercial:

CPCI RS232 Interface

Weblinks

AMSSIO project lives here!