6 Dec
2006
6 Dec
'06
9:38 a.m.
On 6 Dec 2006 at 11:21, Jules Richardson wrote:
Darn interesting idea, though :) That implies some
intelligence controlling
the gadget 'remotely' though, or at the mickey-mouse end of the scale, a
rotary switch on top of the device to say which image to select. Perhaps a
version 2 thing?
Ideally, a couple of pushbuttons and a small LCD display, I'd think.
Floppy changing is a manual effort in the real world; no reason to do
it differently in the simulated world.
Hmm, that 'feels' messy, somehow. Not sure why
- but I think I'd prefer one
gadget per drive...
Yeah, it occurred to me that you'd get into the situation of "My A:
drive is on one CF card, but my B: drive is on another. What do I
do?" (2 CF slots, maybe?)
Per-track access time from the CF shouldn't be much of an issue. One
can always delay the index pulse until the data is ready (recall that
at 300 RPM, an index pulse occurs every 200 msec.).
Cheers,
Chuck