[Coco] Regarding a cheap floppy emulator

[Christopher Smith]

I might do the Raspberry Pi if I can cobble together an interface that doesn't require me to have a completely separate keyboard and display for it.  Honestly, I don't want a separate standalone computer system for disk service.  I'd like the disk device to be a dedicated peripheral with the space footprint appropriate for such.  Yes, drivewire should be easy.  I do have the cables, I have a bunch of old machines that would probably run it, and I intend to at least use it for moving data back and forth, but I'd much prefer that the computer had its own storage.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Hartman" <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 7:03:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Regarding a cheap floppy emulator
> 
> What I would do, is pick up a cheap, sub-$100 PC on Craigslist or
> from a
> recycler. Install a 360k or 1.2mb Floppy drive in it, make up a
> Drivewire
> cable, install Drivewire, and get a Drivepak for my Coco, and use
> Drivewire
> as my virtual floppy drive.
> 
> You could then image new disks on the server computer and add them to
> your
> collection.
> 
> I think I read that people are even working on using a Raspberry PI
> as a
> Drivewire server.
> 
> You might find that the easiest thing to do.
> 
> - Al -
> 
> 
> 
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Christopher Smith
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