[Coco] Re: OS-9 as Replacement for DECB.

[Glen VanDenBiggelaar]

I have been throwing that idea around also Mark,
We really need to get a new disk controller that will work with Modern 
floppies, but even that life span in sloly comming to an end. Most new 
pre-built computers don't even have a floppy drive any more. With the 5 1/4 
drives becoming more and more rare, we all should get together and come up 
with a solution.

Just a thought occured to me the other day (Switching topics now). Nobody 
likes to use tape drives anymore, how viable would it be to use like a 
"colorado back up tape drive" to store all the old cassete programs. I know 
most people just put them on floppies now, but I was just trying to think of 
a way to use some older and abundant technology for use on the CoCo in a new 
way. Once I get ether the IDE controler or the superboard, I will be hooking 
up a zip drive and using that.
-Glen


>Chris,



>It is the nicest piece of hardware and software we have created. A step

>towards the SuperBoard's standards.

>

>Boisy and I have talked about a new disk controller with 100% backwards

>compatibility plus support of today's media. Or should I say

>yesterday's media. Have to stop adding and finish what is started

>first. :)

>

>Keep up the great work Chris and thanks!!!

>

>Mark

>Cloud-9

>