[Coco] Re: OS-9 as Replacement for DECB.

Mark Marlette mark at cloud9tech.com
Wed Aug 31 17:45:45 EDT 2005


Glen,

Well there is a fair amount of work involved but fits in a
SuperExpansion project.

Tape, no way for me.......

Mark
Cloud-9

Quoting Glen VanDenBiggelaar <glenvdb at hotmail.com>:

> I have been throwing that idea around also Mark,
> We really need to get a new disk controller that will work with
> Modern
> floppies, but even that life span in sloly comming to an end. Most
> new
> pre-built computers don't even have a floppy drive any more. With the
> 5 1/4
> drives becoming more and more rare, we all should get together and
> come up
> with a solution.
>
> Just a thought occured to me the other day (Switching topics now).
> Nobody
> likes to use tape drives anymore, how viable would it be to use like
> a
> "colorado back up tape drive" to store all the old cassete programs.
> I know
> most people just put them on floppies now, but I was just trying to
> think of
> a way to use some older and abundant technology for use on the CoCo
> in a new
> way. Once I get ether the IDE controler or the superboard, I will be
> hooking
> up a zip drive and using that.
> -Glen
>
> >Chris,
>
> >It is the nicest piece of hardware and software we have created. A
> step
> >towards the SuperBoard's standards.
> >
> >Boisy and I have talked about a new disk controller with 100%
> backwards
> >compatibility plus support of today's media. Or should I say
> >yesterday's media. Have to stop adding and finish what is started
> >first. :)
> >
> >Keep up the great work Chris and thanks!!!
> >
> >Mark
> >Cloud-9
> >
>
>
>
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