20 Oct
2007
20 Oct
'07
1:48 p.m.
e.stiebler wrote:
Doc Shipley wrote:
I don't know, I keep thinking in terms of reading the raw data stream from the
floppy drive and processing in software - so that errors might be more
recoverable, and so that completely alien data encoding formats can be
handled. For that sort of task, what with the over-sampling required, I expect
the data sizes are just too big to easily send over a serial link (even if
compressed).
For a straight "PC-type" FDC, and decoding within the gadget hosting the
drives (so that the transfer sizes are small), it's perhaps just about do-able
over an RS-232 link.
cheers
Jules
e.stiebler wrote:
Sorry, but if you transfer with 215kbit/s, it is faster than reading
them ;-) Not buying the speed issue ...
I've transcribed 8" and 5.25" disks for pay a few times. They do
sort of get beamed to my shelf overnight, and the client usually needs
them yesterday. While I don't mind taking the time it takes to do the
job, I don't want to do it at 19,200 b/s or even 215,000 if I can help
it.