[Coco] SuperIDE Comments

[Roger Taylor]

At 12:25 PM 3/11/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>Folks,

>

>Today I received my SuperIDE prototype rev #2 in order to refine the 

>software and documentation for the product.  I have to say that this turn 

>of the board is gorgeous and FAST!  Mark has done a terrific engineering 

>job here, and I have to say it is the most jam-packed CoCo peripheral to 

>come out in many years.    I'm using a 64MB CompactFlash device plugged 

>into the built-in socket, and HDB-DOS 1.1 burned into flash bank #0.  On a 

>CoCo 2, the DIRs just scream on by.  You can imagine what a CoCo 3 running 

>at double-speed will do!

>

>The construction is solid and superb.  The case is your standard floppy 

>controller sized covering, and this thing fits nicely on the side of a 

>CoCo.  The LED flashes on CF accesses, so you know when data is traveling.

>

>For those of you with SuperBoard down payments, I  know it has been a long 

>time in coming... please be just a little more patient!  With the R&D that 

>Mark and I have invested into this product, we feel confident that the 

>SuperBoard is going to be one hell of a knock-out product.


64MB on a CoCo!  So many possibilities.........

How does HDB-DOS deal with accessing virtual floppy drives under "Disk BASIC"?


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Roger Taylor