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A series of external 3,5" and 5,25" floppy disc drives from [[Vortex_Computersysteme|Vortex]] providing up to 720K capacity (704K available). The Vortex drives were most popular in Germany. For more information regarding [[VDOS ]] and the Vortex Disk Format, see the dedicated [[VDOS]] Wiki page.

=== M1A1-S and M1-D Upgrade Kit (35,525") ===

The M1Vortex offered an upgrade kit consisting of a single bare drive and an installation manual, allowing to upgrade a F1-S and M1(single) drive to a F1-D models are based on 3(dual) drive. To do this,5" disk drivesone simply had to install the additional drive in the free slot of the drive case.

<gallery>Image:Basf 6138 spare drive.jpg|BASF 6138 spare drive</gallery> === A1M1-S Upgrade Kit and M1-D (3,5") ===

Vortex offered an upgrade kit consisting of a single bare drive and an installation manual, allowing to upgrade a single F1/The M1-S drive to a dual F1/and M1-D drivemodels are based on 3,5" disk drives. To do thisController and DOS were identical for 5,25" and 3, one simply had to install the additional drive in the free slot of the drive case5" devices.

This adapter makes it possible allows to connect an external FD-1 3" drive on Vortex F1/M1 setups on the CPC 464. Since only two drives can be used at the same time, the external 3" drive first had to be selected manually with the RSX commandscommand '''|S'''. This RSX command worked also with VDOS 2.11 on CPC6128.

=== A1-Z Upgrade Kit === Vortex offered an upgrade kit consisting of a controller, manual, CP<br /M license and an utility disk which allows a Z-Drive to be upgraded to a S-Drive.>

The F1-X model is based on either a single BASF 6138 (81690-001) or a single BASF 6139 type 5,25" disk drive. The BASF 6139 type is an improved revision a revisioned version which is slightly more compact (~1cm shorter), and also a number of electronical and mechanical design flaws that affected durability were corrected. The F1-XRS variant is equipped with an additional RS232-C interface.

Image:VDOSVortex X-2Modul 6128.JPGjpg|X-Modul (CPC 6128)Image:VDOSVortex X-internalModul 6128 Board Front.jpg|X-Modul board (CPC 6128)Image:Vortex X-Modul 6128 Board Backside.JPGjpg|X-Modul board backside (CPC 6128)

* [[Media:Vortex_DOSCOPY_Benutzerhandbuch.pdf|DOSCOPY 1.1 Benutzerhandbuch]] {{DE}} (manual)

=== PARA 3.0 PLUS ===

PARA 3.0 PLUS (or PARA PLUS) is an enhanced distribution of PARA 3.0 PLUSwhich also integrates DOSCOPY 1.3 into a single software suite. <gallery>Image:Para 30 plus intro.jpg|PARA 3.0+ loading screenImage:Para 30 plus mainmenu.jpg|PARA 3.0+ main menuImage:Para 30 plus analyzer.jpg|PARA 3.0+ format analyzer</gallery> ==== Downloads ==== * [[Media:PARAPLUS.DSK|PARA 3.0+]] {{DE}} (Vortex 720k disk image, bootable) is  === SPARA === SPARA was either the predecessor or a bundle consisting cut-down version of PARA 3.0 and DOSCOPYwas supplied with the F1-Z drives, only supporting 40 track formats. === FutureOS ===[[FutureOS]] has support for Vortex drives, it uses the Vortex 704 KB format for 80 Track drives. === FileCopy ===FileCopy 3.0 is a comprehensive tool to copy files with up to 16 different devices (using letters A to P), it supports the Vortex 704 KB format for 80 Track drives.  <br /> == Media Coverage == <gallery>Image:Vortex Schneider CPC International 1985-09.JPG|Schneider CPC International 1985/09Image:Vortex schneider cpc international 1986-02.JPG|Schneider CPC International 1986/02Image:Vortex schneider cpc international 1986-04.JPG|Schneider CPC International 1986/04Image:Vortex schneider cpc international 1986-07.JPG|Schneider CPC International 1986/07Image:Vortex schneider cpc international 1986-08.JPG|Schneider CPC International 1986/08</gallery> [[Category:Peripherals]] [[Category:Manual]][[Category:DATA Storage]]