11 Mar
2009
11 Mar
'09
8:53 p.m.
On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
It'll be interesting to see if they can hold to
their "all floppy
drives" claim. What makes me suspicious is that they talk about
reading floppies on a Windows computer, then transferring them to the
CF card. Perhaps MFM soft-sectored only?
I got some information now and they say "it accepts DD and HD disks
selectable by jumper" - no specification whether MFM or hard/soft-
sectored.
But I strongly assume it is PC-style only since they say, that
the CF card holds individual files (one per image) which are
a binary representation of the disk content and thus are
either 2x80x18x512 byte in length for HD images. So no luck
with this one for other vintage equipment.
I am still waiting for a quotation and I asked about detection
of "disk change" as required for a drive to work with HP measurement
equipment.
I can find no other mention of this device other than
one link.
Perhaps it's not yet ready for prime-time?
Should be available for purchase according to the company.
Erik.