[Coco] CoCo and SATA/USB drives.

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Jim

One the idea of USB storage,  FTDI has some solutions that maybe better than that 
of the Cypress SL811HS chip. I need to investigate further but I think this avenue 
may better suit the Coco needs. Also embedded boards are available in the $20 to 
$50 range. Developement boards are under $100.

Embedded boards by DLP Design are available through Mouser Electrronics. I plan 
to put in an order next week for some parts to build my astronomical CCD camera 
and I may decide on a board or two to add to the order. 


james

On 25 May 2006 at 21:53, Jim Cox wrote:

> I wanted to jump back into this and make a few comments. 
>  I need to keep it brief since I am in the middle of 
> cleaning out my email accounts before I have them blown 
> out and rebuilt due to a bug in my hosting service email 
> program.
> 
> I had several ideas, but I am only going to suggest the 
> simplest, and the is to use a Linux box to handle the 
> Floppies and HDDs (PATA or SATA) and then using Driveware 
> Server or something similar to communicate to the CoCo. 
>  Actually I think it would be nice to have a CoCoLinux 
>  that would be taylored to us CoCo users.  One thought I'd 
> like to add, is there a program or solution in Linux that 
> can be used to read and write 360K 5.25" drives or 720K 
> 3.5" drives?
> 
> -Jim Cox
> http://www.miba51.com/