15 Mar
2005
15 Mar
'05
10:29 a.m.
From: "Barry Watzman" <Watzman at
neo.rr.com>
I remain convinced that USB, not parallel, is the "right" way to go for
interfacing a Universal Floppy Disk controller.
Hi Barry
I tend to agree with you. We should be thinking this way.
Still, I believe that development work should be done in
an environment that is handy and convenient. The USB is
just a machine interconnect. One just has to keep in mind
what the final product will be like. In other words, don't
lock the design into one specific format.
The only issue I have with USB is that it requires drivers
for each machine it is connected to. These have to be
specific to the USB device we use to interface with.
RS-232 is generic enough that we could run things from
text files using simple terminal modes on almost any machine.
I just wish that USB was that simple.
Dwight