[Coco] Looking for Glenside IDE Controller documentation

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The installed base for the CoCo SDC is approaching 400 units.

- Ed


> On May 24, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> My time has been limited, but should have some initial Cocovid
> documentation sent you no later than next week.  I did poke around on
> Darren's site regarding the CoCoSDC to see if there was source code to the
> firmware (SDC-DOS).  The controller has the ability to read files from the
> underlying file system on a SD card (FAT32) as it does this as part of the
> modified "DIR" command and the "DRIVE" command so I believe using a CoCoSDC
> would be possible with the Cocovid player.  While the CoCoSDC is very
> popular, it may not be at the same installed base as Drivewire (which would
> be another great option).  Not sure if the bandwidth would be there with
> the bit-banger port to do a constant stream of video data without
> interruption...
> 
> I'm going to do my part to get this project "out there" again.  I'm really
> hopeful others will enjoy your work and plan on pushing, er, "motivating"
> you to provide that CoCoSDC support!  :)
> 
> Thanks again for all your help in responding to my numerous emails to you
> with various questions -- I really appreciated your patience with me!
> 
> -Ron
> 
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> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:22 AM, John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 09:01:32AM -0500, Ron Klein wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm hoping that others will find an interest in John's Cocovid player as
>>> well.  I plan on sharing all the updated documentation soon (after John
>>> reviews it) so it will be much easier for folks to get it up and running
>>> quickly.  Perhaps others (with way more talent than I have) might find a
>>> way to get it to work with the newer storage solutions and open this
>>> project up to an even wider audience.
>> 
>> I am certainly glad that someone has taken an interest in this project.
>> I suspect that at least some of the lack of interest has been
>> caused by my lack of interest in providing extensive documentation.
>> Perhaps Ron's efforts will overcome that obstacle for some folks?
>> 
>> If activity around cocovid warms-up, that might motivate me to support
>> cocosdc or whatever else might be around the corner...we'll see!
>> 
>> John
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