Floppy emulator

[tnt23]

No updates yet, sorry.

Probably will revive the project right after the Chaos Constructions 2006 party taking place in St.Petersburg, Russia this August, where the emulator will be shown.

[A1k_man]

hmm i'd like one too
if you were going to sell some, what do you think the price would be?

[tnt23]

Umm, I really have no idea now.

[odin]

Any news?  :-)

[tnt23]

Still no news here Another project still keeps me busy.

Good thing is, that project is based on a similar chip, and this makes me believe it won't be too hard to switch back to my floppy emulator.

[5char]

tnt23 wrote:
Still no news here Another project still keeps me busy.

Good thing is, that project is based on a similar chip, and this makes me believe it won't be too hard to switch back to my floppy emulator.

So theres still some hope ...

[alexh]

I thought that I should mention that I dont think you can sell a Floppy disk emulator without first licensing the technology from 3COM. They own an international patents on it dating back to 1994 that effectively sew up free commercial use of this technology

Here is the US one

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5473765.html

[InTheSand]

tnt23 wrote:
Another project still keeps me busy.

Ooh! Do tell! What is it?!  :-)

 - Ali

[derringer3]

I don't think, that the lawyers of 3com interested in a hobbyist market.

Anyway we can use the microsoft strategy:
This device is not a floppy emulator, this is an amiga  turbo floppy drive.

or as i know the patents go public domain after a period of time. Mostly 10 years

[tnt23]

Ooh! Do tell! What is it?!  :-)

 - Ali

It's a piece of hardware dealing with another industry standard pieces of hardware :-) Nothing fascinating, just that sort of job you make your living with.

[Chain]

Hope it will goes well and you can switch to this nice project asap 8-)

[timofonic]

Great project, any news about this?

I hope this project not die and if the author abandon it, another one can continue it...

[nadoom]

I have just bought a A500+ just like used to have and i was hunting for this project as i had seen it a while ago, im very interested in it, you really need to get get it working so i can give u some money for one!

please dont give up

[timofonic]

I want this device too for an A500+

[tnt23]

Wow, have just closed browser window with lengthy reply by accident

In short, I haven't put the project aside, although I wasn't able to update it for a while.

Here's a nice new LCD I'm considering to include in future design: it is a cheap COG 133x65 LCD with I2C interface.

Merry upcoming Christmas (and a Happy New Year :-))

[krize]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

keep this project alive, its great  tnt23 !