Hehe. Sorry if it came across as pedantic. I just read the thread and saw that some people were seeing a conversation about formatting, and others were seeing a discussion about the esthetics of "using" the microdrive bays in the way they were intended. ;)
Dave On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Adrian Ives <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, and I'm not arguing with his eminently sensible decision; simply > voicing a whim and an opinion. > > It's self evident that an SD card interface plugged into the expansion slot > or even the ROM port would be a faster and more flexible solution than > attempting to emulate a microdrive, and several orders of magnitude faster > than a serial USB interface! > > Thanks for reminding me that it's not just a matter of fitting the SD card > carrier into the hole vacated by the microdrive. ;) > > > Adrian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Plastic > Sent: 07 February 2011 14:30 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] USBWiz Driver Update > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Adrian Ives <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually I think that's a shame, Peter. I know there are technical > > and performance issues with going the MDV emulation route, maybe even > > insurmountable ones, but it had that kind of "Wow Factor" about it. I > > imagined it as the microdrive version of the Hxc Floppy Drive Emulator. > > > > But, anyway, if there was already an expansion bus (or ROM port) > > connected SD card interface then I wouldn't be pursuing the Ser-USB > > project, which was really the point I was making about product demand. > > > It is trivial to design a SD card "carrier" that fits in the microdrive > slots. The harder part is designing the interface, which is what I believe > Peter has done. Peter has taken the capacity of SDHC cards and decided that > them acting like HDs is better than them acting like microdrives, but this > is separate from physically placing them in the microdrive slots - which is > quite feasible as a simple adaption of what he has done. > > Peter, would you be interested in letting your interface use a SDHC carrier > that fits in the MDV slot, if someone else designs/builds it? > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
