Re: An USB interface for Disk2?

[sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westgate@gmail.com>]

If you search this group for "usb disk" you'll come across a
thread titled "A2 5.25 drive on a PC?" which discusses this.
There are other similar threads IIRC.

I still think a microcontroller plus a few other bits would
easily be up to the task, with whole track reads and writes
almost certainly the best option.

Going to the sector level brings up a whole host of issues
that the thread above mentions, basically putting a Disk II
card and RWTS into your uC.

Cheers,
Nick.


On Oct 24, 10:50 am, Mike Willegal <m...@willegal.net> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Now that my rev 0 project is more or less complete, I'm looking for more
> challenges.
>
> I'm kind of annoyed with having to move files to my Apple II via the
> serial port.  Sneakernet has it's advantages.
>
> I'm thinking that reading and writing sectors could be done with a fast
> modern micro-controller, though I expect that there might be issues with
> some copy protected software.  Power could come from a spare Apple II
> power supply and the connection to a modern PC could be through USB
> using a FTDI chip.  Seems like with a little additional effort, a real
> disk II could even be driven directly by one of those Apple II emulator
> programs.
>
> Has anyone tried making a PC/MAC<-->USB<-->DISK II interface and is
> there anyone interested in this?
>
> Regards,
> Mike Willegal