Re: New project announcement : BlueFlash - Bluetooth/Disk controller/D

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

sfahey wrote:
>   To: A2Pro
>   Re: Re: New project announcement : BlueFlash - Bluetooth/Disk controller/D
>   By: A2Pro to comp.sys.apple2 on Fri Jun 15 2007 02:19 pm
>
>  >     Now to eliminate my complete ignorance of what Bluetooth is.
>
> From what I read, the card itself is just the USB host and the BT is
> accomplished via dongle.
>
> But imagine how cool it would be if ADTPro worked with it... the USB portion of
> the card in and of itself is a big deal.

The complex Bluetooth driver for a wireless "serial" link runs on the
ARM processor on the card, so I expect that ADTx *is* supported.
Any other USB support is after-market.

For example, his concern about duplicating hardware to add another
USB port suggests to me that the card does not support USB hubs.

> I hope it can be tested with GS, various accelerators and RAM configs soon.

Testing of such a complex device is a big issue.  I'd feel a lot better
about it after several months of "beta testing" by a few dozen other
folks.  ;-)  It has a *lot* of firmware.  (Think SecondSight.)

I also don't understand how any copy protection beyond simple .nib
images is supposed to work.  All the discussion about accurate
simulation of the Woz Disk ][ controller seems a bit beside the
point as regards copy protection schemes.

The designer also seems overly worried about write endurance for
flash memory cards, and about reliability for floppies, for that
matter.

I understand his desire to provide additional motivation for the
card, but both of those concerns are not practical considerations.

-michael

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