[Coco] SVD on Ebay

[John Eric]

Yes, I had noticed this guys auctions and almost considered buying one, but I got to thinking that the SVD circuitry could be modified so as to see some sort of flash card as a floppy, and so that's what I have been thinking of emailing the svd designer to ask if he has considered. I know we can use CF cards as hard drives with Mark M's Interface, but I think it would be neat to have a CF that looked to a floppy controller as if it were a floppy drive. Then plain old unmodified disk basic could handle it.




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From: Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com>
To: cocolist for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 8:11:16 PM
Subject: [Coco] SVD on Ebay



http://cgi.ebay.com/SVD-Floppy-Emulator-Heathkit-TRS-80-Apple-II-TI99-4A_W0QQitemZ270325488979QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270325488979&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A15|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Someone claims to have taken the PCB layout for the SVD and had their own boards made and is selling them on Ebay.
It sure is a lot of gadgetry to do what both DriveWire and CoCoNet will do from just software and a serial cable.  :)
-- Roger Taylor

http://www.wordofthedayonline.com


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