Re: Remote Virtual Disk Drive Emulator

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

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: Bill Garber wrote:
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: >
: > Not possible through the disk controller. It is designed
: > specifically to operate the disk drive only. Now someone
: > is working on a device that will attach to the controller
: > and acts like the drive so that you can do this. It is
: > called the SVD, or something to that effect. I've been
: > toying with the idea of a serial card FlashRAM drive combo
: > which will effectively do the same thing. Mine would then
: > download the DSK image to the FlashRAM and subsequently
: > perform a warm boot of that slot causing the image to load.
: > Once finished, you could then send the image back to the
: > PC and have an updated version of the disk. This will be
: > a lot of work to accomplish, but once done, it'll do what
: > I plan on it doing. I hope I can do it.  :o)   Wish I could
: > get some help with it.
: >
:
: I have been looking for something just like you describe, I believe.
: Something that can be plugged into the drive cable on my TI, that will
: appear to the disk controller to be a standard disk drive (but much
: faster). The TI was designed to be flexible, when it comes to adding
: devices. But certain programs and OSes (P-System for one) are not so
: flexible. The UCSD P-System just looks at the disk controller. I have a
: program to add a Ramdisk, but haven't been able to get it to work with
: my hardware - plus it uses memory spaces I'd rather not give up.
:
: Do you have any links to this "SVD" thing?
:
: Ben

http://www.thesvd.com/SVD/trs80-1.htm

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