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The Disc Wizard was an addon from [[Draysoft]] & [[Evesham Micros|Evesham Micro Centre]] that allowed you to make dumps of the CPC memory to external storage, pretty much like the [[Multiface]] and similar interfaces.
 
The Disc Wizard was an addon from [[Draysoft]] & [[Evesham Micros|Evesham Micro Centre]] that allowed you to make dumps of the CPC memory to external storage, pretty much like the [[Multiface]] and similar interfaces.
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== Technical ==
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* Button triggers NMI
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* 8K ROM appears to be split into two. One of the switches changes the role.
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* Uses direct FDC disc access for loading
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* Uses an I/O port &f0e0
  
 
== Pictures ==
 
== Pictures ==

Revision as of 08:45, 13 August 2013

The Disc Wizard was an addon from Draysoft & Evesham Micro Centre that allowed you to make dumps of the CPC memory to external storage, pretty much like the Multiface and similar interfaces.

Technical

  • Button triggers NMI
  • 8K ROM appears to be split into two. One of the switches changes the role.
  • Uses direct FDC disc access for loading
  • Uses an I/O port &f0e0

Pictures

Manual

Download

Links

  • Disc Wizard at the English-language Wikipedia (Disc Wizard is mentioned in the Multiface's Similar products section)