Re: Vintage Computing Advice

[Alex Freed <alex_news@mirrow.com>]

Jason wrote:
> Well, once I figure out a suitable solution for //c video that doesn't 
> involve a CRT, maybe I'll dust off that old version of CodeVision AVR I 
> have lying around and see what I can hack together to emulate a floppy 
> drive, especially if the SVD project falls short.  Always did like to 
> play with microcontrollers -- probably because they remind me of 6502 
> programming.

Check this out:
http://jeanfrancoisdelnero.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/index.html#SDCARDFloppyemulator

I think it may be usable almost without changes. All open source and 
actively developed.


> People seem to prefer SD cards over CF cards for storage these days.  

Small, cheap and only a few wires to interface. What is there not to love?

> But if the "virtual disk" was external and connected to the disk 
> interface port, wouldnt a USB key interface be more useful?

Not sure why it would be more useful, but much harder to interface. You 
need a USB host controller.

-Alex.