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ID1000151
TitleF.I.Z.
Machine-
Language-
GenreHardware: Disk
Max Players0
Without Load ScreenNo
Without InlayNo
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Instructions/pub/sinclair/hardware-info/f/F.I.Z._UserManual.doc2,154,535-
English manual
Instructions/pub/sinclair/hardware-info/f/F.I.Z._UserManualZX81.pdf95,698-
English manual
Hardware technical documentation/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/F.I.Z._Schematics.jpg398,996-
Hardware picture/pub/sinclair/hardware-pics/f/F.I.Z..jpg91,145-
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#019834
Origins
TypeTitlePublicationIssueDate
standaloneF.I.Z.Macronics Systems Ltd-1983
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SummaryThis was an early floppy disk interface for the ZX81, later also for Spectrum. It had its own DOS on board in EPROM, featuring 10 commands for Load, Save etc. to a 40 track single sided 5.25" floppy disk. The Spectrum version was housed in a small metal box. The magnetic tracks on a floppy were used as if they were cassette tapes, each could hold a program. The loading/saving synchronized on the index pulse and had to be done and over before the next index pulse arrived. Apparently over 65,000 x 8 data bits could be shifted in and out during one revolution of the disk, which takes 0.2 sec.!
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#0enFloppy Interface for ZX Spectrum 48K
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