Re: Focus Drive //e woes

["William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message mpqdnSByls6PHTDYnZ2dnUVZ_tTinZ2d@comcast.com">news:mpqdnSByls6PHTDYnZ2dnUVZ_tTinZ2d@comcast.com...
: William Katz wrote:
: > Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
: >
: >>>I think I will get that too, and a CF card as well.  Of course, that will
: >>>still leave me with having to find a way to partition it for use with my
: >>>Focus Card.
: >>>
: >>>Why was that Focus Utility only made for the //gs?  One would think there
: >>>should be something for the //e? Oh well.
: >>
: >>I asked the same question of Tony Diaz in the 1990's.   It seemed
: >>strange to offer a drive for the //e that couldn't be maintained
: >>on the //e.
: >
: >
: > Exactly. That was a bad business decision.
: >
: >
: >>I offered to convert it to run on the //e if he had the source.  He sent
: >>it and, when I took a look, I found something so bloated and foreign to
: >>the //e that I would have had to start from scratch.
: >>
: >>Since 99% of the voluminous code is just managing the quirky
: >>GUI interface, and the only end result is writing out a block
: >>containing the partition table, it shouldn't be too hard to do
: >>on a //e.  But at the time, I recall having a hard time even
: >>*finding* the structure and content of the partition table!
: >>(I should try to find those files and see if I can figure it
: >>out now...)
: >
: >
: > Maybe you can try again and successfully port it to the //e? :)
:
: It's on my list--but not very near the top.  ;-(
:
: I've just ordered an IDE-to-CF adapter, too,
: so that may move it up the list.  ;-)

Thanks for the tip on the adapter. I, too, ordered
one from eBay. I was going to get 2 of them, but,
they insisted on repeating the shipping charges, so
I am only getting one.

William Garber
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