Re: firmware for the PseudoDisk

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

Alex Freed wrote:
> While waiting for the production PCBs to arrive I wanted to improve on the
> firmware making the device more user-friendly.
>
> One thing I wanted is to enable using several partitions, each for its
> own ProDOS volume. Unfortunately it appears that Windows mounts
> only the FIRST partition. So even if I add FAT handling code to the
> firmware, I'll have to stick to a single partition.
>
> This is a "request to comment". What do you think is the best way
> to handle multiple images?
>
> Everything is great under Linux (and I suspect OSX) but probably Windows
> software is a must. Or is it?

You could take a poll, but I would expect a large fraction of
potential users would like PC connectivity.

> For example:
>
> 1. Make a Windows GUI   that allows writing images to the SD/MMC.
> No need for a "filesystem". Just some simple catalog of images that
> are always contiguous.
>
> 2. Use FAT16 on SD/MMC to store files: .nib images and .hdv images.
> Treat them as nibble images and ProDOS volumes depending on
> extension. On boot load a program that will list the FAT catalog
> and allow selecting an image by name.

How about just making it have multiple ProDOS partitions, and
accessing it with CiderPress on the PC or ? on other platforms?

How could ProDOS use a FAT filesystem, anyway?

-michael

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