Floppy troubles - the final solution?

[amigaksi]

If you have a PC with a parallel port >1MB/second like Toshiba 4060CDT/4080XCDT, Compaq Armada, Dell Optiplex, etc., you can try this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320314504459

It simulates any of the drives-- DF0:, DF1:, DF2:, or DF3:.

Currently, you can only select two of the four drives, but I may update the software soon to support all four drives simultaneously (if there's enough use for that feature).

Can you give example of some software that needs 3 or 4 drives simultaneously?  Perhaps, I can get it for testing.

[amigaksi]

No, I have not played around with making YouTube videos.  But I think some other people have made videos or wrote their success stories about it.  Here's one link:

http://www.stone-oakvalley-studios.com/wordp_blog/?page_id=159


If you need some utility to measure your parallel port speed, let me know as that could be the only thing that can stop it from working properly.  You'll have problems with USB->Parallel port converters as these don't allow real-time signal changes (at exact intervals) at the bandwidth required.  At least this was the case with earlier USB->parallel converters.