Re: Smartport virtual hard drive project, another step

[rwallmow <rwallmow@gmail.com>]

On Apr 2, 11:36 am, Cedric Peltier <pced...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Some news about the smartport virtual hard drive project, since last year.
> The embedded usb version is near completion, you can look athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wT3nhcQc1Ito see my //c booting Prodos
> with Mousedesk from an usb key.
> The upper card is the usb key without his enclosure.
> The lower card is the interface hosting the software, small enough to
> fit within the //C itself, or an external drive like the disk //c. Of
> course, it could get his own enclosure.
> Actually only one device is emulated, but the version 1.0 should emulate
> up to 4 devices, each up to 32MB, on the same usb key.
> I will do a full presentation with the first release.
> The cost of this solution is pretty low, less than 40$ for the
> prototype, but this could be more expensive if you want it ready to plug
> in an external enclosure.
>
> Cédric.

I would love two of these, I have a //c and a //c+ that are just dying
for something like this.  I also have a IIgs I could test on, however
the IIgs has a CFFA and SCSI, so its good to go, but could test
functionality on it.