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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. | ||
== 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 == | == Pictures == | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 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
- Draysoft & Evesham Micro Centre Disc Wizard
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Front View -
Back View -
PCB Top -
PCB_Bottom
- better pics by Terje Grind
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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)