[Coco] Micro SD CoCo

[Stephen Adolph]

I agree with you.
My plans are just to use drivewire to get access to software via the
net.  I like using the old hardware!
I don't think I will ever exceed what I can do with 720k floppies.
I'm looking forward to getting my LCD driver module, so that I can use
my system with a compact high quality display.  I'll start to fiddle
around with assembly at some point.
I upgraded my coco3 with the 63c09, and 512k.  Those are such nice
hardware upgrades.
I wonder if I need the little CPLD upgrade to fix up my GIME?

..Steve

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I already use a single 64MB compact flash card as my CoCo .dsk image back up

> device...  But this is used connected to a PC and I backup/restore real CoCo

> 5.25 floppies using it. Heck, I even duplicate the backup process by backing

> up to my CCR-81 tape every so often. I see the benefit, but I also like to

> keep true to the spirit of the CoCo by running a true unit with a real 5.25

> drive system.  A super speed system (or emulator) with extremely vast and

> fast direct storage just doesn't seem like a CoCo anymore but some kind of

> imposter. I believe one has to use a CoCo in its originally designed

> hardware configurations in order to appreciate the beauty of it and how far

> we've come since. Flash storage is awesome, but I acquired spare 5.25 floppy

> drives that are boxed up for safe keeping and many boxes of 5.25 floppy

> disks that have never been opened.  In a way, it almost feels like I'm

> wasting my time sometimes with the CF backups because the real floppy system

> does so well and, in my experience, has been extremely reliable.

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On

> Behalf Of Roger Taylor

> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:38 PM

> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

> Subject: Re: [Coco] Micro SD CoCo

>

> At 09:43 AM 10/22/2009, you wrote:

>>I'm not sure I really see the point of making a card OS-9/DECB

>>accessible. There might be a lot of wasted space, but the cards are

>>cheap enough that one for each shouldn't be a problem. SD or Micro

>>SD really doesn't matter. The smaller cards are even cheaper now --

>>if you can find them! a 512MB  card would be great for DECB, a 1-2GB

>>better for OS-9. No hard drive at all, just a card!

>

> The cards are extremely large for a CoCo and we can easily store

> thousands of floppies and multiple builds of OS-9/NitrOS-9 with no

> worries, with years of space to spare.

>

> Of course, there's nothing stopping somebody from using multiple

> cards to have even more options.

>

>

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