[Coco] Micro SD CoCo

[Sean]

Let me know how to preorder. :)

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:
> At 08:25 AM 10/21/2009, you wrote:
>>
>> Finally! I have seen the same thing for the Atari ST, Apple 2 and
>> Commodore 64 and was hoping the Coco would follow with a similar system
>> soon.
>>
>> What kind of price point are you thinking of asking for this and is there
>> a semi set release date?
>
>
> The release date and price for the disk/drive pak will mainly depend on a
> handful of preorders to get me started better.  That's a guarantee that I
> will have enough parts on hand to produce orders quicker instead of sending
> off for parts per order and too frequently which puts me in a bind.
>
> I also whipped up a tiny adaptor board in ExpressPCB which I can repeat in a
> grid fashion on a 3.8" x 2.5" board that they make for a special price (3
> for $51).  I need to send off for those boards and of course find the
> 90-degree male and female headers (1x5 and 1x6) to solder in.  That's the
> tiny adaptor that must go between the drive module and the serial pak
> header.  I just connects the right pins together and adds a few resistors to
> pull up the TX and RX lines to 5v in case of float since the module has an
> autobaud detector (which is nice).  This will still take up less space than
> the EB301 wireless module.
>
> Too many other details probably won't matter much at this time.  The pak
> will just WORK right out of the box.  Any support files or demos will
> actually be on the pak itself and you can get to them simply by typing "DIR"
> or "DOS" to boot into NitrOS-9.  :)  Anything else would be overselling the
> idea.  I think it speaks for itself.
>
> I'm watching the tiny LED on the drive module right now and it looks like a
> Strobe Light as I read every sector on DRIVE 0.  The CoCo is at 2mhz.  Even
> at 1mhz, it's still way faster than a real floppy system.
>
> When I'm done I should have it where one could plug in a wireless pak and a
> drive pak and just load up their card from their PC over the air, but we'll
> still be able to image the card on the PC (backup, add/remove virtual
> drives, etc.) regardless.
>
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