Re: Remote Virtual Disk Drive Emulator

["anoneds@netscape.net" <anoneds@netscape.net>]

Bill Garber wrote:

>
> Not possible through the disk controller. It is designed
> specifically to operate the disk drive only. Now someone
> is working on a device that will attach to the controller
> and acts like the drive so that you can do this. It is
> called the SVD, or something to that effect. I've been
> toying with the idea of a serial card FlashRAM drive combo
> which will effectively do the same thing. Mine would then
> download the DSK image to the FlashRAM and subsequently
> perform a warm boot of that slot causing the image to load.
> Once finished, you could then send the image back to the
> PC and have an updated version of the disk. This will be
> a lot of work to accomplish, but once done, it'll do what
> I plan on it doing. I hope I can do it.  :o)   Wish I could
> get some help with it.
>

I have been looking for something just like you describe, I believe.
Something that can be plugged into the drive cable on my TI, that will
appear to the disk controller to be a standard disk drive (but much
faster). The TI was designed to be flexible, when it comes to adding
devices. But certain programs and OSes (P-System for one) are not so
flexible. The UCSD P-System just looks at the disk controller. I have a
program to add a Ramdisk, but haven't been able to get it to work with
my hardware - plus it uses memory spaces I'd rather not give up.

Do you have any links to this "SVD" thing?

Ben