Re: Vintage Computing Advice

[Alex Freed <alex_news@mirrow.com>]

Jason wrote:
> Alex, correct me if I'm wrong but you're developing mostly for the 
> larger //-series, not the //c-series, right?  

Yes. CB is for the "normal" A2 slot.

> The //c has both a disk interface and an expansion slot.  Assuming the 
> SVD is even compatible with the //c, it must use the disk interface.  I 
> presume this would limit the speed of operation to that of the original 
> drives -- something like 76.8Kbps, right?  This is not fast by today's 
> standards, but would fill 64K of memory in only 8.3 seconds given that 
> there would be no time lost to seeking.  With ProDOS, you should be able 
> to create virtual "floppies" of up to 16 megabytes in size as well, 
> right?  This seems like a reasonable way to go for //c users without an 
> expansion slot.

While an interesting project it is outside of the scope of our current 
development.

-Alex.