7 Dec
2006
7 Dec
'06
6:24 p.m.
On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 10:11 -0600, Jay West wrote:
I would think the best interface to a host is serial
(from a common
denominator standpoint), and then provide different software on each host to
make it appear as a drive of the chosen type.
Yes... with storage of USB stick or CF card, or whatever. (Those
were my two choices.) I have found the discussion of the possibilities
and approaches to be most intriguing. To tell the truth, I had not
thought at all about recording the flux from diskettes...
Anyway, diskettes are going the way of the dodo. I have several
older machines, and spent a good part of the last two days trying,
unsuccessfully, to find 5-1/4 inch diskettes for sale. They simply are
not carried any more. And, I live in the heart of a truly major retail
center -- I've been in EVERY major computer and electronics store, and
many of the minor ones in the last 48 hours.
That adds a certain urgency to the project. Diskettes have a
limited lifespan, and, without replacement media, it is not possible to
format new disks and move information off aging media to preserve it.
In other words, let the same device that can act as an
RL02 on an DEC 11/20
also act as a 7900A on an HP 2100. I'd sure be willing to attempt finding
time to write the HP specific end :)
Yeah, THAT was the idea...
Peace,
Warren E. Wolfe
wizard at voyager.net