[Coco] Re: Disk Controllers for the Dragon...

[Al Hartman]

That sounds great!

Any chance you can include high density drive support?

I'd bet that the NitrOS9 folks would love to be able to use easily bought 
3.5" HD drives on their Cocos. I don't know what could be done to support 
them in DECB, but even being able to use a 1.44mb drive as a 720k drive in 
DECB would be OK.

-[ Al ]-

-----Original Message----- 
From: chadbh74

   I too share this "retro" sentiment for floppies.  I've recently ordered
   various types of Coco FDC controllers that I didn't already have and
   will be using them for reference along with the 'fuzzy' schematics I've
   found in an attempt to come up with a true clone of a FD-50X type
   controller except with ENIG gold finish and a slotted 28 pin (or 32
   pin) EPROM socket with 16k/32 ROM support.  Just have to figure out
   which design is easiest to redo with lowest cost, little modification,
   and availability of the IC's.

   -Chad

   https://sites.google.com/site/cbhlab101/

   Sent from my Galaxy S4

   --------- Original Message ---------
   From: didier derny
   To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
   Date: Mon Oct 26 11:23:08 CDT 2015
   Subject: Re: [Coco] Disk Controllers for the Dragon...
   I started with punched card on an univac 1110 :)
   On 26/10/2015 17:20, Zippster wrote:
   > Don't encourage me...
   >
   > I already have a serious problem with liking every piece of hardware
   > I see (or think about)... lol :)
   >
   > - Ed
   >
   >
   >> On Oct 26, 2015, at 11:11 AM, didier derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:
   >>
   >> why not a punched tape reader ? :)
   >> why a coco 3 if we can use a modern pc :)
   >>
   >> --
   >> didier
   >>
   >>
   >> On 26/10/2015 16:30, Zippster wrote:
   >>> But..., is it retro enough?
   >>>
   >>> Who's interested in a punched tape reader?
   >>>
   >>> Just kidding! :)
   >>>
   >>> - Ed
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Phill Harvey-Smith
   <afra at ramoth.org.uk> wrote:
   >>>>
   >>>> On 26/10/2015 14:21, Barry Nelson wrote:
   >>>>>> Because I like using floppy disks, and can't be bothered with
   all
   >>>>>> the
   >>>>>> work it takes to manage a CocoSDC. Managing floppies is much
   >>>>>> easier.
   >>>>> Huh? Say what? (Scratches head in bewilderment.) Ok, if you say
   so, I
   >>>>> guess.
   >>>> I have to say that this attitude is not unique, I ended up
   designing and have just ordered a bunch of floppy disk boards for the
   Acorn Atom because a friend of mine who exhibits at retro computer
   fairs wanted to
   >>>> load from floppies rather than SD cards. Something to do with it
   actually being more retro, because though the hardware is new, it was
   something that was available back when the machine was current. I asked
   on the Acorn forum and he certainly wasn't the only one interested.
   >>>>
   >>>> On the other hand I'm still working on and off on DragonMMC :) :)
   >>>>
   >>>> Cheers.
   >>>>
   >>>> Phill.
   >>>>
   >>
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