28 May
2023
28 May
'23
2:41 p.m.
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From: "Tony Duell via cctalk" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Cc: philip(a)axeside.co.uk; "Tony Duell" <ard.p850ug1(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, 28 May, 2023 At 07:17
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.
I suspect USB-SCSI interfaces exist but I've not looked into one.
Since SCSI is a 'formatted' interface it shouldn't be too hard to make
pseudo disk drive using flash memory. I must look into that to make a
SASI drive for my P2000C.
I'm suprised to hear you're familliar with the GreaseWeasel but have
never heard of BlueSCSI. ( https://scsi.blue/ ). Though SASI
compatability seems "possible but not guaranteed", being an open source
project, you can probably wangle the existing PCB's/software to be SASI
compliant. More research, that i can leave you to perform, will probably
help with that endeavor.
As for a means to interface SCSI to USB, they do exist, but are often
expensive and of debatable compatibility. You will almost always have a
much better experience with a SCSI PCI card in an (and i don't mean to
push the subject) older PC.
Still works, or at least it did when I last powered it up. But no easy
way to read USB sticks or SD cards on it.
-tony
The XT-IDE ISA card is probably what you'll want. Though it doesn't
"natively" support SD cards, there are IDE/CF adaptors to SD cards that
can provide a means and ways of interfacing an older PC with modern
media. ( https://users.glitchwrks.com/~glitch/xt-ide.html )
Anyway, you seem to truly have your heart set on the Greaseweasel. As
long as you can write, or find, software that can turn the Weasels
output into something useful, i'm sure it will suit your purposes fine.
Of course, if you're archiving software froma truly unknown format, it
will almost definitely be the best solutions. Getting useful data into
and out of it is where the trouble will be.
Good luck!
Josh