Re: BlueFlash Progress Update

[vinchysky@yahoo.com]

>
> So there's no chance of being able to use the card as a mass storage
> controller as well?


In fact, I thought about making BlueFlash a mass storage card too like
Pseudo-Disk some time ago. But I finally decided not to due to several
reasons:

1. Original idea about making BlueFlash was Disk ][  clone since that
is the old-time memory I had on Apple ][. I have never used a Mass
Storage device on Apple ][.

2. I have totally no idea how Mass Storage work especially on Apple ]
[. And I am too tired to learn it.

3. I have so many things on BlueFlash to do to make it work, I don't
have any more strength to add even one more feature to it.

4. This project has been taking me way too much time. Adding one more
feature means more testing need to be done, which will make the finish
date of this project even longer.



But in theory, BlueFlash can work as a Mass Storgae too, because
Apple ][ can talk to ARM (using a special set of soft switches) and
ARM accesses CF card, so a routine on ARM can be written to convert
whatever Mass Storage command sent from Apple ][. Which is exactly
similar to how other device (USB, CF card, SRAM) work on BlueFlash.