On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 4:31 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/20/23 16:05, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > > On 2023-01-20 15:58, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > >> On 1/20/23 15:45, Ali via cctalk wrote: > >>>> The funny thing is that James and I were talking about doing some PCBs > >>>> and kits for the things, then decided that it would appeal to too few > >>>> people. I still have the prototype, done in wire-wrap. > >>> > >>> Chuck, > >>> > >>> It may be a good time to dust off the old design and bring it out! ;) > >>> > >> > >> Why? There are already a number of functional (and in > >> most cases cheap) floppy emulators. It is unlikely > >> even the boards could be made to match the price and > >> in any case just how many of us do you really think are > >> left? :-) > > > > I was looking at Chuck's pertec interface this morning, and I really > > like what he did. If he can pull of the same with the stm32f407 for > > floppies, I'm in. Boards with the stm32 are cheap, and actually > > available. And all in source, free compilers etc. > > > > (and MFM disks, ESDI disks, and, and ;-) ) > > I would like something for MFM disks but that tends to be much more > expensive than a $20 GOTEK. I have a couple of Dave Gesswein's boards > but haven't got around to building them yet. I doubt it could be done > cheaper and I don't think The Blue Pill has the horsepower to do it. > Dave uses the Beagle Bone. > I bought mine assembled and tested. And I've had no problems with them at all, modulo needing to work with David on a really weird disk I found in the wild to get his software updated to cope that the weird pathology it presented... His devices are the best and well worth the money. Warner
