Re: Apple2 USB Stick interface with Vinculum chip

[bieling@terra.es]

Hi RedSkull,

I would do this:

1.- Use FAT -of course- in the pendrive, because a FAT-formatted
pendrive can be used too in almost any other computer/OS in the world.

2.- Put just the minimum bootstrapping code in the cN/c8 Apple II ROM,
just enough to access, load and execute a certain (name predefined, a2
code) file to be found in the root level of the FAT filesystem. That's
conceptually similar to what the Disk II does.

This file can be a driver, a utility, a DOS loader or a menu driven
image selector. This way the bootcode, driver, and utilities can be
upgraded/updated or even completely rethinked easily later on and
won't require any further hardware modifications.

If the thing is well documented, this will allow others to contribute
on the software side of things, long after the hardware is finished,
and the hardware can be completely finished long before the software
even gets to beta.

I didn't even know about this Vinculum chip. Nice find, and great
idea. Seems to fit very well for this project. Good Luck !

--Jorge.