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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.
== S- and D-Drives (720K) ==
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=== A1-S Upgrade Kit (5,25") ===
Vortex offered an upgrade kit consisting of a single bare drive and an installation manual, allowing to upgrade a F1-S (single) drive to a F1-D (dual) drive. To do this, one simply had to install the additional drive in the free slot of the drive case.
=== M1-S and M1-D (3,5") ===
The M1-S and M1-D models are based on 3,5" disk drives. Controller and DOS were identical for 5,25" and 3,5" devices.
=== FDA-1 3" Drive Adapter ===
This adapter 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.
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=== A1-Z Upgrade Kit (5,25") ===
Vortex offered an upgrade kit consisting of a controller, a manual, a CP/M license and an utility disk which allows a F1-Z drive to be upgraded to a F1-S drive.
The M1-Z model is equipped with a single 3,5" disk drive.
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== X-Drives (720K) ==
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| 0xFBDD || 8253 counter 1 (R/W)
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| 0xFBDE || 8253 counter 2 (R/W)
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| 0xFBDF || Mode word (W)
* [[Media:NEC_FD1035_Floppy.pdf|NEC FD1035 Datasheet (M1-X Floppy Disk Drive)]]
== Software Accessories ==
Image:Vortex PARA 3.0 Disk.JPG|PARA 3.0 5,25" disk
Image:Vortex PARA 3.0 Screenshot 1.JPG|PARA 3.0 loading screen
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* [[Media:Vortex_PARA_3.0_Benutzerhandbuch.zip|PARA 3.0 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]]
