Re: For the fun of it

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Bill Garber wrote:
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: > "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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: > : Bill Garber wrote:
: > : > "Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: > : > news:cb1Ig.3311$yO7.543@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
: > : > : Tony Cianfaglione wrote:
: > : > :
: > : > : > a Sequential Systems CT100c external 100mb hard drive (with 4 -
25mb
: > : > : > partitions).
: > : > :
: > : > : Aaaargh... we so much want to clone that controller.
: > : >
: > : > We can clone it, probably, should we ever get our hands on one,
: > : > and it can be converted to CF/SD/MMC technology. Do you know if
: > : > that controller is IDE or SCSI? Or is it FM/MFM as are other
: > : > drives of that period?
: > :
: > : IIRC, it's a SCSI drive inside.
: > :
: > : As a way to connect a CF card, it's like reaching behind your head
: > : to scratch the other ear.  There are much simpler ways to connect
: > : a CF card to the bus internally (as in CFFA).
: > :
: > : -michael
: >
: > Yes, sir. I had one designed, but, I'm bombarded with, "will it work
: > with the ram card in place", and "what about the No Slot Clock?".
: > So, I scrapped it in lieu of the possible creation of an external
: > model. I also did not get enough demand for it either. I figured,
: > why produce 50 units when I only received 5-6 requests for it. :o)
: > The other IIc drive I looked at was the Pro-App 20 which is MFM.
: >
: > Bill Garber
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: Make that 7 (maybe 8 depending on cost)... I think an external smartport
: CF would seriously kick... even if i/o were slower than CFFA, it would
: still be awesome to have a mass storage solution for the IIc.
: -s

Well, I have quite a few examples of Smartport drives now, and I'm looking
for assistance from outside sources too if anyone would like to join in the
fun. Although the Liron and Unidisk combo is only a 800K sampling, it can be
used as a example of smartport derivation. I can get a hardware device made
with little difficulty, but the firmware is going to be the problem.  :o)

Bill Garber