6 Mar
2005
6 Mar
'05
12:30 p.m.
At 1:59 PM -0600 3/6/05, Jim Battle wrote:
I think people have the wrong idea about this product.
There isn't
corporation behind these cards -- it is a labor of love by one
individual supported by a number of hobbyists. It is a real company
making them, just a tiny one. Yes, you will have to write your own
software if you are expecting to read/write disk formats that aren't
already supported.
I understand that *now*, however, years ago, when I purchased the
card, that wasn't made clear. They claimed the card would read a
whole slew of different disks, and write to a bunch of them, but
failed to mention there weren't any drivers to allow this :^(
OTOH, I gather that the PCI version is now supported by at least a
couple emulators, which makes it rather interesting.
Zane
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