I was thinking about this today and it occurred to me that the
ultimate solution already exists. Howard Harte's eZ80SBC is a 50MHz
Z80 with plenty of RAM, an ethernet interface, 2 SD memory card
slots, a USB peripheral port, a USB host/peripheral port
(selectable), and 4 serial ports.
Ethernet would be a viable communication method for transferring the
images. TCP or UDP IP would also be easier for more operating
systems to support. There is also of course the USB peripheral
interface (2 of them actually)
I mean, what could be more fun than a disk drive transfer tool that
can also run CPM at lightening speeds? : )
Increased demand for Howard's product would help support his efforts
in furthering CP/M support and development.
What do you guys think? The thing has a peripheral expansion
header. We could hook a modern floppy chip to that, connectors for
different drives, and off we go...
Grant