Re: Catweasel?

[Mike Maginnis <maginnis@tarnover.org>]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:56:19 -0800, "Michael J. Mahon"
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Mike Maginnis wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:05:15 -0800, "Michael J. Mahon"
>> <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>RedskullDC wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Mike,
>>>>
>>>>I have a V4 in one of my PC's.
>>>>
>>>>Use it to read/write my C64 and Amiga disks to/from
>>>>disk files.
>>>>Previous versions of the drivers were a bit flaky with WinXP,
>>>>though that was corrected in the last driver release.
>>>>
>>>>Also works fine under WinUAE (www.winuae.net)
>>>>if you prefer to work in the native Amiga environment.
>>>>
>>>>There are also linux based tools for TRS-80 and CP/M (I think)
>>>>if you prefer that.
>>>>
>>>>Well worth the investment.
>>>
>>>But still no Apple II support?
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Mike Maginnis" <maginnis@computist-project.net> wrote in message 
>>>>62p112dh528v4jhjvdofn226t7eni9lhbl@4ax.com">news:62p112dh528v4jhjvdofn226t7eni9lhbl@4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Came across this today - I had forgotten about these things. Anyone
>>>>>have any experience with version IV? Praise? Horror stories?
>>>>>
>>>>>How does this measure up against some of the other custom drive
>>>>>contollers out there?
>> 
>> 
>> According to this page:
>> 
>> http://www.nishtek.com/cw.html
>> 
>> the board supports "DOS 3.3 and up."
>
>I knew that the card is capable of reading Apple II disks, but
>there is still no application software that makes it easy to
>use for Apple-related work.
>
>It has never gained enough traction in the Apple II community
>to warrant any development, apparently.
>
>-michael
>
>Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's!
>Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
>
>"The wastebasket is our most important design
>tool--and it is seriously underused."

Interesting, and probably enough justification to avoid it for now.  I
wonder if CiderPress would be useful with this.

- Mike
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