'''Amstrad''' made two different [[disk drives]] for the Amstrad/Schneider CPC range:
* DDI-1 - : a set, consisting of the real DDI-1 (= Disk Drive Interface) and a FD-1 3" disk drive, as well as the CP/M 2.2 license and disk.
This set was for the CPC464, which doesndidn't have the disk controller a built-indisk controller.
* FD-1 - : a 3" disk drive as secondary disk drive unit for the CPC664, CPC6128 and CPC464 with DDI-1
Note that there There was no official external disk drive for the 6128Plus or even the 464Plus. The difference between a CPC664/CPC6128 and a 6128Plus was simply a changed pin-out which can easily be solved by a new plug on the disk drive's cable.
While the difference between a CPC664/CPC6128 and a 6128Plus The 464Plus was simply harder to equip with a changed disk drive. Although the pin-out which can easily of the expansion port was left unchanged, the DDI-1 cannot be solved by a new plug used on the disk drive's cable464Plus without modifications.
The 464Plus was harder to equip with a disk drive: Although the pin-out of the expansion port was left unchanged, the DDI-1 cannot be operated on the 464Plus without modifications.== Technical Details ==
== Technically Speaking ==The two disk drives were identical. The only difference was that the DDI-1 shipped with controller, manual and CP/M 2.2 on one disk.
The two disk drives were identical, the only difference was that the DDI-1 shipped with controller, manual and CP/M 2.2 on one disk. The disk drives were jumpered (rather: more accurately, soldered) to react on both drive selectsselect lines, A: and B:.
The cable decided which drive became A: and which one became B: :
* On the CPC664 and CPC6128 computers, DRIVE SELECT 0 was not wired externallyconnected on the external connector, so the drive could only become drive B: on these systems.* For the DDI-1, DRIVE SELECT 0 was only wired to the outmost outermost connector of the attached cable, while the inner connector was wired to DRIVE SELECT 1 only, thus the drive at the cable's end always became A: while the other one became drive B: accordingly.
Note that the drive also powered the DDI-1 interface when used together with it: . Certain pins documented as N/C in the CPC664/CPC6128 manual in fact carry +5V from the drive to the controller.The main benefit of reason for this was, that you couldn't connect a standard drive with a more common format (5¼" in the beginning, 3½" later and today) and thus cheaper disks as drive A: without modifications, as the DDI-1 wonwouldn't work without the power fed from the FD-1.
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