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CPC SYMBiFACE II ...cpc hardware solution for the new millenium
Introduction In autumn 2004 Dr.Zed developed with the financial support of Octoate and Tolkin the first CPC SYMBiFACE also known as "CPC-IDE". It was the first hardware solution in history of CPC, which connected IDE-harddrives and CF-cards to the CPC with the maximum possible data transfer speed. It was fully working, but still had a prototype state, so only 10 pieces have been produced. Some people should write software first, before the final version would be released. So fully IDE-support for FAT16 and FAT32 harddiscs has been implemented in SymbOS until Xmas 2004. CPC SYMBiFACE II is not only an IDE interface anymore. It merges the CPC with actual PC technology. It provides nearly everything you need to change your CPC into a powerful work station! Features CPC SYMBiFACE II contains the optimal solution for connecting a CPC with an IDE harddisc. It provides the maximum - both for the performance and for the simpleness in accessing the harddisc. IDE Features
Photos Click on the photos for a larger image. Software There are already different software projects for the CPC SYMBiFACE II. 1.) SymbOS FAT driver: The new windows based multitasking operating system SymbOS already contains full working FAT12/16/32 drivers. With SymbOS the CPC can access harddisc with a maximum size of 128GB. The file handler based file module provides random access to up to 8 different files at the same time. Files can have a maximum size of 4GB! Until normal operation SymbOS reaches a maximum transfer speed of about 130KByte/s. 2.) BDOS Amsdos driver: BDOS by Brüggie of Noobs Inc. extends AMSDOS with full IDE harddiscs support, partition handling and sub-directory functionality. 3.) DiskDeDumper: This SymbOS application transfers DSK-files from PC disc or harddisc to a CPC disc. Now you can copy your complete DSK library to harddisc, and if you like to have one of the DSKs on your CPC disc, you can transfer it easily and fast with the DiskDeDumper tool. 4.) SYMBiFACE II Rom Manager: This SymbOS application is beeing used for easily loading, saving or deleting of the 32 x 16K ROMs inside the SYMBiFACE II extension card. 5.) HDOS Amsdos extension: Ray Palmer is working on an Amsdos extension called "HDOS", which allows using IDE hard drives in the standard CPC OS! 6.) Support in the CPC TREX, C-One and different emulators: The new CPC TREX, the C-One and different CPC emulator software like Arnold will or already do support the SYMBiFACE II features. Software, which has been written for SYMBiFACE II, will run in these environments, too! Credits
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