Difference between revisions of "Disc Wizard"
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| − | * Uses direct FDC disc access for loading | + | * Uses direct FDC disc access for loading/saving. |
* Uses an I/O port &f0e0 | * Uses an I/O port &f0e0 | ||
Revision as of 07:48, 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.
Contents
Technical
- Button triggers NMI
- 8K ROM data has 4 regions. There is an NMI vector at &0066, &0866, &1066 and &1866 which indicates each of the 4 regions is selectable and mappable into the range &0000-&7ff. What is not clear is if the regions repeat or not in memory space.
- Uses direct FDC disc access for loading/saving.
- Uses an I/O port &f0e0
Pictures
- Draysoft & Evesham Micro Centre Disc Wizard
Front View
Back View
PCB Top
PCB_Bottom
- better pics by Terje Grind
Front View
Back View
PCB Top
PCB_Bottom
Manual
Download
- DiscWizard v1.2 zipped ROM file (ROM image for Emulators)
Links
- Disc Wizard at the English-language Wikipedia (Disc Wizard is mentioned in the Multiface's Similar products section)
