Beta Disk Interface
Release Date  1984
Original Publisher  Technology Research Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  
Genre  Hardware: Disk
Max. Players  0
Supported by  Z-Player v4.1
ZX MIDI Player
Original Price  £249.75
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX  109.25
*** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information!
Martijn's WoS score  96.7% (12 votes)

Remarks
     Release price: £249.75 (with disk drive)

Remarks
     Runs the TR-DOS operating system.
There also was a Beta 128 Disk Interface.

Remarks
     SPOT: price for interface only; various disk configurations available

Summary
     Disk interface that supports single or double density drives. Operating system on EPROM. Supports 3.5 or 5.25" drives. Runs up to 4 drives.

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     roms.html0OriginalRemote linkEnglish - Phil Kendall's Spectrum ROMs Collection
     BetaDiskInterface_Manual-Spanish.pdf216,118OriginalInstructions - Spanish manual
     BetaDiskInterface_ManualV1.pdf89,568OriginalInstructions - English manual
     BetaDiskInterface_ManualV4.pdf40,629OriginalInstructions - English manual
     TeacFD-55L_InstructionManual.zip8,277,227OriginalScanned instructions - Scanned English manual
     BetaDiskInterface_UserManual.pdf0OriginalScanned instructionsEnglish - Scanned English manual
     BetaDiskInterface.jpg252,407OriginalHardware picture
     BetaDiskInterface_Bottom.jpg259,602OriginalHardware picture
     BetaDiskInterface_Inside.jpg262,944OriginalHardware picture
     BetaDiskInterface_Advert.pdf138,927OriginalHardware technical documentation
     BetaDiskInterface_Schematics.zip1,752,727OriginalHardware technical documentation

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #22-1985/Novpage 114- Review
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #112-1985/May/14 special "week#2"page 42- Review
     Sinclair Answersissue #1-1984/Seppage 27- Review
     Sinclair Userissue 1985 special "Annual 1985"page 26- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #34-1985/Janpage 73- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #43-1985/Octpage 46- Review
     Your Computerissue v.5 #1-1985/Janpage 51- Review
     Your Computerissue v.5 #10-1985/Octpage 23- Review
     Your Spectrumissue #4-1984/Junpage 33- Review - Your Flexible Friend
     ZX Computingissue #16-1984/Decpage 36- Review
     ZX Computingissue #22-1985/Decpage 18- Review

Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #22-1985/Novpage 116- Feature - Tech Niche: The Express Gang
     Crashissue v.1 #25-1986/Febpage 99- News/Note
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #127-1985/Aug/27 special "week#4"page 4- News/Note - Interace Upgrade
     Sinclair Userissue 1985 special "Annual 1985"page 26- Feature - Hardware World - The Best of the Rest
     Sinclair Userissue #24-1984/Marpage 34- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #34-1985/Janpage 73- Feature - Mass Storage
     Sinclair Userissue #43-1985/Octpage 46- News/Note
     Your Computerissue v.5 #1-1985/Janpage 53- Feature - Hardware Hit List
     Your Computerissue v.5 #10-1985/Octpage 23- News/Note
     Your Computerissue v.5 #11-1985/Novpage 48- Feature - Disc Drive-In
     ZX Computingissue #16-1984/Decpage 36- Feature - TRL B Disk interface

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     Your Sinclairissue #2-1986/Febpage 38- Full-page ad
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