Re: CFFA for IIc and IIc+?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Bill Buckels wrote:
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> > I'm afraid that the issues surrounding copy-protected disks have obscured 
> > the tremendous value of being able to read and write normally formatted 
> > Apple II disks.  ;-)
>
> Not for me they haven't:)
>
> The USB to Apple Floppy interface would be cheaper than CF. Anyone who can't 
> afford CF hasn't got much choice right now but to use ADT or some other 
> serial solution or to fool around with a NIC. That Microdrive of mine is 
> wonderful but admittedly I am spoiled.

Actually, I don't think the cost would be much different.

In each case, there's a USB interface to a microcontroller.
In fact, the floppy controller will require some RAM, too.

Any comparison to USB "thumb drives" doesn't work because
of the extremely high volumes of thumb drives, and the
consequent two-chip solution.

-michael

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