Additional info about the Millenia K disk interface for the TS2068
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Participants: zxspectrum128, Eduardo Fuentes
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1. Additional info about the Millenia K disk interface for the TS2068
zxspectrum128 · Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:04
I've been doing some additional research which might be of interest to some. Some of us noticed the ads for this interface on Sync magazines, newsletters, etc. Jack's page on WOS and the Timex Sinclair website have a few scans of ads for the interface. I never used it myself but I found some additional information which may be useful.
The Milenia K was imported by James J Lombus of Michigan. This gentleman was the owner of Ramex internacional. The company is long gone, but I know how to contact him if needed.
The disk interface was imported from Watford Electronics and designed by Abbeydale Designers Ltd in the U.K. Abbeydale Designers Ltd had two key people, Dimitri Koveos and Dave Farmborugh. WOS only credits Dimitri, but I found proof that both people worked on three separate disk interfaces.
Abbeydale Designers Ltd were responsible for the Watford SPDOS Disk Interface, the Kempston Disk interface (also known as KDOS), and the Advanced OCP Art Studio software which so many of us know.
Abbeydale Designers used Watford Electronics to manufacture the SPDOS Disk Interface and Kempston Micro Electronics Ltd to manufacture the Kempston Disk interface, the latter being an upgraded version of the former.
Looks like the two British Disk interfaces and their American version all shared the same operating system or boot disk, SPDOS. The boot disk for these systems doesn't appear to be available anywhere, so it should be added to our MIA list. Does anyone have this disk? With the samdisk command line utility we could preserve a digital image of it before it's too late. I can only wonder if the boot disk for one of the three systems could be used on the other two.
Some links related to this topic:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t@915
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id00458
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id00217
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/timex/ (jump to "ramex" on that page)
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware-info/KempstonDiscInterface_Manual.pdf
http://www.timexsinclair.org/peripherals/ (jump to "ramex" on that page)
If these little details are of importance to the group I'll continue to share them.
2. Re: Additional info about the Millenia K disk interface for the TS2068
zxspectrum128 · Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:15
Possible correction: Dimitri worked in the development of OCP Art Studio, but maybe on his own, not as an Abbeydale Designers Ltd employee.
--- In [email], "zxspectrum128@..." <zxspectrum128@...> wrote:
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> I've been doing some additional research which might be of interest to some. Some of us noticed the ads for this interface on Sync magazines, newsletters, etc. Jack's page on WOS and the Timex Sinclair website have a few scans of ads for the interface. I never used it myself but I found some additional information which may be useful.
>
> The Milenia K was imported by James J Lombus of Michigan. This gentleman was the owner of Ramex internacional. The company is long gone, but I know how to contact him if needed.
>
> The disk interface was imported from Watford Electronics and designed by Abbeydale Designers Ltd in the U.K. Abbeydale Designers Ltd had two key people, Dimitri Koveos and Dave Farmborugh. WOS only credits Dimitri, but I found proof that both people worked on three separate disk interfaces.
>
> Abbeydale Designers Ltd were responsible for the Watford SPDOS Disk Interface, the Kempston Disk interface (also known as KDOS), and the Advanced OCP Art Studio software which so many of us know.
>
> Abbeydale Designers used Watford Electronics to manufacture the SPDOS Disk Interface and Kempston Micro Electronics Ltd to manufacture the Kempston Disk interface, the latter being an upgraded version of the former.
>
> Looks like the two British Disk interfaces and their American version all shared the same operating system or boot disk, SPDOS. The boot disk for these systems doesn't appear to be available anywhere, so it should be added to our MIA list. Does anyone have this disk? With the samdisk command line utility we could preserve a digital image of it before it's too late. I can only wonder if the boot disk for one of the three systems could be used on the other two.
>
> Some links related to this topic:
>
> http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t@915
> http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id00458
> http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id00217
> http://www.worldofspectrum.org/timex/ (jump to "ramex" on that page)
> ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware-info/KempstonDiscInterface_Manual.pdf
> http://www.timexsinclair.org/peripherals/ (jump to "ramex" on that page)
>
> If these little details are of importance to the group I'll continue to share them.
>
3. Re: [ts2068] Additional info about the Millenia K disk interface for the TS2068
Eduardo Fuentes · Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:50
Hi Bruno,
Please continue with your excellent work and keep us informed of your findings.
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Regards,
Eduardo.
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Enviado: viernes, 28 de septiembre de 2012 0:04
Asunto: [ts2068] Additional info about the Millenia K disk interface for the TS2068
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I've been doing some additional research which might be of interest to some. Some of us noticed the ads for this interface on Sync magazines, newsletters, etc. Jack's page on WOS and the Timex Sinclair website have a few scans of ads for the interface. I never used it myself but I found some additional information which may be useful.
The Milenia K was imported by James J Lombus of Michigan. This gentleman was the owner of Ramex internacional. The company is long gone, but I know how to contact him if needed.
The disk interface was imported from Watford Electronics and designed by Abbeydale Designers Ltd in the U.K. Abbeydale Designers Ltd had two key people, Dimitri Koveos and Dave Farmborugh. WOS only credits Dimitri, but I found proof that both people worked on three separate disk interfaces.
Abbeydale Designers Ltd were responsible for the Watford SPDOS Disk Interface, the Kempston Disk interface (also known as KDOS), and the Advanced OCP Art Studio software which so many of us know.
Abbeydale Designers used Watford Electronics to manufacture the SPDOS Disk Interface and Kempston Micro Electronics Ltd to manufacture the Kempston Disk interface, the latter being an upgraded version of the former.
Looks like the two British Disk interfaces and their American version all shared the same operating system or boot disk, SPDOS. The boot disk for these systems doesn't appear to be available anywhere, so it should be added to our MIA list. Does anyone have this disk? With the samdisk command line utility we could preserve a digital image of it before it's too late. I can only wonder if the boot disk for one of the three systems could be used on the other two.
Some links related to this topic:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t@915
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id00458
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id00217
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/timex/ (jump to "ramex" on that page)
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware-info/KempstonDiscInterface_Manual.pdf
http://www.timexsinclair.org/peripherals/ (jump to "ramex" on that page)
If these little details are of importance to the group I'll continue to share them.
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