[Coco] Drivewire Mac OS X

Dave Philipsen dave at davebiz.com
Thu Jul 21 18:23:42 EDT 2016


Actually, the SD card access is there in the hardware.  It's just up to some of us to step up to the plate and write some software to take advantage of it.

Dave Philipsen

> On Jul 21, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Ronivon Costa <ronivon.costa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeh, I am very thankful to Gary for his hard work, really well done.
> Hope he keep up the enthusiasm, and add sd card access soon.
> :)
> 
> 
> Roni
> http://Retro-CPU.run
> 
>> On 21 July 2016 at 22:14, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, thats what I meant by the form factor.. that does kind of suck.  You
>> could use a raspberry pi in a rom pak or something, or you can use an
>> Android device instead of a "full" computer, but it still isn't great.
>> It's kind of always the worst solution except for when you don't have a
>> better one :)
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Ronivon Costa <ronivon.costa at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Aaron,
>>> 
>>> I was actually thinking about having a cable connecting to a server, a
>>> software running to provide storage, and the mess to have that setup
>>> together. That's what annoys me.
>>> I don't mind at all that it has (really?) a second processor internally,
>>> what ever should be the reason.
>>> 
>>> Roni
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I've heard "I don't like the idea of having a computer attached to the
>>>> coco" expressed many ways of the years I worked on Drivewire, often
>> said
>>> by
>>>> people who build things that are essentially computers and connect them
>>> to
>>>> the Coco :)  I think it's mostly just perspective and form factor.
>>>> 
>>>> $0.02
>>>> -Aaron
>>> Roni
>>> http://Retro-CPU.run <http://retro-cpu.run/>
>>> 
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