{"id":4643,"date":"2021-09-07T13:40:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T13:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/?page_id=4643"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:48:11","slug":"fdd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/fdd\/","title":{"rendered":"Timex FDD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4643\" class=\"elementor elementor-4643\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c07a5d elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"64591\" data-id=\"8c07a5d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-080594e\" data-eae-slider=\"75719\" data-id=\"080594e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-690fb63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"26726\" data-id=\"690fb63\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc84625\" data-eae-slider=\"62734\" data-id=\"dc84625\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3ff72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef3ff72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TIMEX FDD<br>Floppy disk drive<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7a415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fc7a415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4774fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4774fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3a-1024x832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5911\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3a-1024x832.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3a-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3a-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3a-1536x1249.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3a-2048x1665.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6dbe92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c6dbe92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a0801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19a0801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Timex FDD (Floppy Disk System) was launched in December 1984. It is composed of 3 boxes (often called the FDD3) and an Interface. The box on the right hand side is the power supply, the middle box is the controller, and the box on the left hand side is a 3\u2033 drive with the possibility of adding a 2nd disk drive.<\/p><p>It might appear to be a simple disk interface but FDD is almost a complete computer: It has its own processor (Z80A @ 4Mhz), RAM (16K upgradable to 64K to use CP\/M), ROM (2K) and two RS232C ports.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf2f83f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cf2f83f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b67f896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b67f896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1003\" src=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3box1-1024x1003.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5913\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3box1-1024x1003.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3box1-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3box1-768x752.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3box1-1536x1504.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3box1-2048x2005.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d571d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d571d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-492d805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"492d805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The connection between the Timex Computer and the controller is made by a high-velocity channel. This controller and the interface were made by Timex Portugal.<\/p><p>The 3&#8243; drive is single side, 40 tracks, made by Hitachi. This allows a disk with 160K\/side capacity (140K available to the user as 20K are reserved for the system).<\/p><p>Since the controller uses the Shugart standard, other drives can be connected even 2 side drives. A maximum of 4 drives can be connected to the controller.<\/p><p>The FDD system uses TOS (Timex Operating System) as OS. It uses normal Sinclair Basic commands with a *(asterisk) which makes them easier to use than the ZX Microdrives. <span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">TOS uses a tree system much like MS-DOS. TOS is booted when you turn FDD on and insert a disk or when you press the reset button. Every disk formatted contains the operating system.<\/span><\/p><p>A silver version was mainly sold in the USA by Zebra Systems as Zebra FDD System. Zebra imported the Timex FDD system and erased all references about Timex in the FDD manual and the units.\u00a0<\/p><p>Timex of Portugal also sold some silver units.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b6e58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"79b6e58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f0ae55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f0ae55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3silver2-1024x698.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5915\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3silver2-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3silver2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3silver2-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3silver2-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3silver2-2048x1396.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62143a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"62143a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0db0e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0db0e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Polish Unipolbrit also imported FDD units. Some have the original 3 boxes and some are made into an all-in-one case holding the PSU, controller, and one 3&#8243; disk drive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c74e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"15c74e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6f160 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c6f160\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit1-1024x756.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5916\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit1-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit1-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit1-1536x1134.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit1-2048x1512.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8f7b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4b8f7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73e32d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73e32d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit3-1024x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5918\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit3-1024x900.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit3-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit3-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit3-1536x1350.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fdd3unipolbrit3-2048x1800.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b84db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b84db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d79be3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d79be3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Besides Unipolbrit, Spanish Investronica also tried to sell the Timex FDD as Invesdisk 200 in Spain.<\/p><p>Not sure if there was any sold nor if the Timex Operating System was translated to Spanish due to Spain&#8217;s law mandating that all computer systems with 64K or less had to run in their native language.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf6865 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bbf6865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba4ce41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba4ce41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/invesdisk200b-738x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/invesdisk200b-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/invesdisk200b-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/invesdisk200b-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loadzx.com\/timexcomputerworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/invesdisk200b.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67444b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"67444b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27402b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27402b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">FDD and FDD 3000 have in its ROM a routine that reads the first sector of 0 track of A drive (MFM), and then runs it at internal RAM (#3f00).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This allows using ANY operating system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e1a74e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" 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