[Coco] Printing from DW

[Nick Marentes]

On 28/10/2014 5:07 AM, Al Hartman wrote:
> I used to have a Disto Super Controller. I loaned it to Zebra Systems 
> for writing drivers to support it for CGDP and Zebra Write. But, it 
> got lost and I never saw it again.
>
> I wish Tony would release the artwork so we could make a run of them. 
> I'd love to have one again. I wish someone would make a clone FD-502 
> Controller PCB. They come up on eBay every so often, but eventually 
> they will become quite rare. Especially if it had a built-in ROM 
> switch so we could switch between HDB-DOS and DECB or ADOS. And, if it 
> had the high density mod built-in, that would be a nice boon for Coco 
> users. Imagine using 1.44mb drives and floppies on a Coco...
>

I see your interest is in recreating the old. That's admirable, really, 
but a hard sell in the age of USB and SD cards.

100 x SD card based "floppy" controllers for the CoCo with the ability 
to flash in several Disk Basic ROMS and support for Drivewire have just 
been made/sold (CoCoSDC). Clearly, most people want SD (and Drivewire) 
not real floppies. It's a trend that is happening in the entire Retro 
Computer community.

As much as I would love to turn the clock back to 1988, there are times 
when some things simply must move forward... even in the CoCo world.

Nick