11 Jun
2004
11 Jun
'04
7:06 a.m.
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 10:30, Jules Richardson wrote:
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 05:24, Geoff Reed wrote:
> -SNip-
>
> >One thing I'd like is an inexpensive PC device to talk to a floppy drive
> >directly and then be able to do all the necessary processing in
> >software.
> -End Snip-
rats, looks like the port just isn't fast enough (and the speed
limitation is related to ISA bus hang-ups, not the speed of modern
machines):
http://tinyurl.com/2d5gn
I suppose the only thing to do would be to stuff an entire track into a
large external buffer, then read it into the PC via the parallel port at
a slower speed for actual processing. (Presumably what the Backpack
drive does)
More effort than I can actually be bothered with at the moment :-)
cheers
Jules