[Coco] Micro SD CoCo

[Stephen Adolph]

I agree with you.
My plans are just to use drivewire to get access to software via the
net.  I like using the old hardware!
I don't think I will ever exceed what I can do with 720k floppies.
I'm looking forward to getting my LCD driver module, so that I can use
my system with a compact high quality display.  I'll start to fiddle
around with assembly at some point.
I upgraded my coco3 with the 63c09, and 512k.  Those are such nice
hardware upgrades.
I wonder if I need the little CPLD upgrade to fix up my GIME?

..Steve

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I already use a single 64MB compact flash card as my CoCo .dsk image back up
> device...  But this is used connected to a PC and I backup/restore real CoCo
> 5.25 floppies using it. Heck, I even duplicate the backup process by backing
> up to my CCR-81 tape every so often. I see the benefit, but I also like to
> keep true to the spirit of the CoCo by running a true unit with a real 5.25
> drive system.  A super speed system (or emulator) with extremely vast and
> fast direct storage just doesn't seem like a CoCo anymore but some kind of
> imposter. I believe one has to use a CoCo in its originally designed
> hardware configurations in order to appreciate the beauty of it and how far
> we've come since. Flash storage is awesome, but I acquired spare 5.25 floppy
> drives that are boxed up for safe keeping and many boxes of 5.25 floppy
> disks that have never been opened.  In a way, it almost feels like I'm
> wasting my time sometimes with the CF backups because the real floppy system
> does so well and, in my experience, has been extremely reliable.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Roger Taylor
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:38 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Micro SD CoCo
>
> At 09:43 AM 10/22/2009, you wrote:
>>I'm not sure I really see the point of making a card OS-9/DECB
>>accessible. There might be a lot of wasted space, but the cards are
>>cheap enough that one for each shouldn't be a problem. SD or Micro
>>SD really doesn't matter. The smaller cards are even cheaper now --
>>if you can find them! a 512MB  card would be great for DECB, a 1-2GB
>>better for OS-9. No hard drive at all, just a card!
>
> The cards are extremely large for a CoCo and we can easily store
> thousands of floppies and multiple builds of OS-9/NitrOS-9 with no
> worries, with years of space to spare.
>
> Of course, there's nothing stopping somebody from using multiple
> cards to have even more options.
>
>
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