| Kempston Disc Interface |
| Aliases | KDOS Disc Interface |
| Release Date | 1985 |
| Original Publisher | Kempston Micro Electronics Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | |
| Genre | Hardware: Disk |
| Max. Players | 0 |
| Derived from | Watford SP-DOS |
| Original Price | £85.00 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 99.95 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
Authors/Contributors
| Dimitri Koveos (UK) | at Abbeydale Designers Ltd | - ? | |
| Dave Farmborough (UK) | at Abbeydale Designers Ltd | - ? |
Remarks
| An updated version of Watford SP-DOS (but running KDOS). |
Summary
| Disc interface for the Speccy that allows 3", 3.5" or 5.25" drives to be used (any compatible BBC drives). Software uses the Microdrive commands and also adds a few of its own, including a compressor that simply turns all numbers into there VAL equivalent. |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| roms.html | 0 | Original | Remote link | English | - Phil Kendall's Spectrum ROMs Collection | |
| KempstonDiscInterface_Manual.pdf | 49,034 | Original | Instructions | - English manual |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #23-1985/Dec | page 108 | - Review | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #45-1985/Nov/7 special "week#1" | page 14 | - Review - Kempston disk i/f | |
| Sinclair User | issue #44-1985/Nov | page 47 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #23-1985/Dec | page 108 | - Feature - Tech Niche: The Express Gang | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #115-1985/Jun/4 special "week#1" | page 6 | - News/Note | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #109-1985/May/4 | page 2 | - News/Note - Kempston disk i/f | |
| Sinclair User | issue #44-1985/Nov | page 47 | - News/Note | |
| Your Computer | issue v.5 #11-1985/Nov | page 48 | - Feature - Disc Drive-In | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #16-1985/Jul | page 5 | - News/Note | |
| ZX Computing | issue #20-1985/Aug | page 12 | - News/Note - Kempston disk i/f |
Magazine Advertisements
| Sinclair User | issue #40-1985/Jul | page 12 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #41-1985/Aug | page 2 | - Full-page ad |
Links
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