Goldfinch

Open development on tools for mass storage on the ZX Spectrum

Development

See the Github project for code and developer docs

Downloads

• 2008-08-31: screenbrowser (standalone app for viewing .scr screenshots on FAT fs on a DivIDE)
• 2008-09-06: screenware (DivIDE firmware for read/write access to .scr screenshots on FAT fs. From NMI menu, use Q+A and enter to browse, symbol shift+4 to save screen, break to quit)
• 2008-09-18: gasware v20090918 (DivIDE firmware with FATware-style read access to .tap files and read/write access to .scr files as above)
• 2008-09-21: gasware v20090921 (now supports partitioned disks, like people use in the real world...)
• 2008-09-25: gasware v20090925 (Initial TAP writing support - caps shift+T to open a new empty TAP file for writing)

Caution!

This code is very, very experimental. You would be a fool to try it out on any disks containing data that you can't afford to lose. Back up regularly.

Authors

• Matt Westcott - main development
• Garry Lancaster - contributed FATfs code from ResiDOS
• Other bits and pieces: Paul van der Laan (Clairsys font), Baze (low-level DivIDE paging/flashing code borrowed from FATware)