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Offline trip6

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Re: USB vintage floppy emulator
« on: March 29, 2009, 02:56:50 AM »
it would seem that if this great little device had an onboard SD card reader\writer, could power itself from the floppy power connector, same form factor as a amiga fdd drive (could be mounted internal) and had write capability engineered in the hardware  this would easily be like a 1541 Ultimate device is like for commodore 64's. I would glady pay up to 140 Euros for a device like this if it had those features. Heck maybe you could even call it a 1010 Ultimate or something... Great device none the less... The PC dependency is the deal breaker for me though... Would love to see the above features to make it more standalone...
 

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Re: USB vintage floppy emulator
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009, 10:33:42 PM »
Pretty much with a couple exceptions... Looiks like it is using some sort of external PSU, great for external use... not so great for internal mounting, a small molex pin header for the fdd power cable would be ideal. The form factor of the board looks like it is form factor to a fdd's dimensions, however there doesn't look to be pre-drilled holes for the standoff mounts in an A500\2000 or matched pre-drilled holes for a bracket in a a600\a1200 critical for internal mounting. LED panel\selection switches are awesome with one execption, for internal mounting it is probably better to detach the led and switches and have a separate small pcb with that connected via a ribbon cable to facilitate internal mounting of the device and placement\mounting of the LED\switch panel on the case with pre-drilled threaded mounting holes drilled in the LED\switch PCB daughter board for easy mounting to the case externals. But still a great accomplishment, the external unit still looks amazing, but an internal unit I think would definately peak interest. Keep up the good work and thanks for your efforts.
 

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Re: USB vintage floppy emulator
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2009, 01:50:39 AM »
Excellent Jeff... I look forward to seeing it if it has those features that I mentioned then I'll probably buy a couple...

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Yes but the above pcb is a prototype. The final pcb will have all this features (fdd holes, external control port,...)