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= History =
The SYMBiFACE expansion cards were developed and evolved as follows: [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/symbiface-iii-in-development/msg249979/#msg249979 Source]
*The [[CPC-IDE]] ("SF1") was developed by Dr.Zed in 2004.
*The [[SYMBiFACE II]] was developed by Dr.Zed in 2005.
*The [[Symbiface 3|SYMBiFACE III]] was developed by TMTLogic in 2018.
*The RSF3 was developed by TMTLogic around 2023.
[[Dr.Zed]] and [[TMTLogic]] are two different persons. We simply call both cards SYMBiFACE, since the first one was a [[SymbiosiS]] production.
The SF3 was, in a way, the successor to the SF2, as it's again multifunctional hardware, offering many components that are also particularly useful under [[SymbOS]]. However, they're not compatible and were built by two different hardware developers ([[Prodatron]] simply supported both projects and helped with shipping).
The RSF3 reunites the lineage as it is compatible with both the SYMBiFACE 3 '''and''' the SYMBiFACE II (and also with the M4 Board and many other CPC hardware expansions).
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= RSF3 Lite =
TMTLOGIC discontinued the RSF3, but continues with . They are now offering the RSF3 Lite, which offers with almost the same features (the ones removed from the original RSF3 were ultimately little used). [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/symbiface-iii-in-development/msg249062/#msg249062 Source]
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Characteristics, in comparaison comparison with the RSF3:
*No MX4 slots
*Topic on [https://cpcrulez.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6886 CPCRulez forum (FR)] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/symbiface-iii-in-development/ CPCWiki forum]
*[http://www.tmtlogic.com TMTLOGIC] The development team behind the Symbiface 3 / RSF3/ RSF3 Lite
*[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Suf5DXEM_dXEkFTT_A8dazax2HOKKqdo?usp=sharing TMTLOGIC gdrive repo]
*[[Media:Manual SF3 RSF3.pdf|RSF3 Symbiface3 manual]]
