Re: "Mageco" disk controler. [infos, Docs wanted]
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:21 am
Work must be blocking it... I thought schematic was a dead link. Sorry.
Discussion forums for users of the Sinclair 8-bit range of computers - ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Z88, clones...
https://sinclairzxworld.com/
Err, in “Hopelessly Divided Land” (formally known as the United Kingdom) we use BOTH Catalogue and Directory depending on the computer system. In Acorn computing (Atom, BBC B Micro, Master 128 etc) the word catalogue is used for example. The filing system command actually being:
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*CAT
COVERmageco (logo) electronic
FLOPPY / PRINTER
INTERFACE
FOR ZX81
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / P.1ZX81
FLOPPY
INTERFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0 - QUICK REFERENCE..............................................2
1 - INTERFACE SETUP...............................................3
2 - IMPORTANT NOTES.............................................4
3 - MAIN POINTS....................................................5
4 - BASIC PROGRAM FOR NAME MODIFICATION................15
5 - SAFEGUARD: MEMORY LOADING AREA......................15
6 - SAFEGUARD: FILE LOADING...................................16
7 - INSTRUCTION: WRITING DIRECTORY.........................17
8 - TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS................................18
9 - COMMANDS.......................................................19
10 - ERROR MESSAGES..............................................22
11 - NAME DEFINITIONS............................................23
12 - BREAK KEY / INTERRUPTION.................................23
13 - APPENDIX #1....................................................24
14 - APPENDIX #2....................................................26
15 - APPENDIX #3....................................................28
16 - APPENDIX #4....................................................29
17 - APPENDIX #5....................................................30
18 - APPENDIX #6....................................................30
19 - COMMENTS......................................................31