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Revision as of 17:27, 29 December 2014
CoCo floppy disk replacement devices and software have one major shortcoming – the inability to use software in which the author wrote his or her own floppy disk access routines. All versions Drivewire and the SuperIDE; CoCoNet and the Micro SD Pak, Bluetooth Pak and RS-232 Pak all suffer from this problem.
Darren set out to alleviate the problem by designing a Color Computer Floppy Disk Emulator, based on an Atmega micro-controller. The CoCo SDC also provides 8 banks of flash RAM so users can program their favorite ROM or alternative OS as well. SDC-DOS and DECB reside in banks 0 and 1, respectfully, when shipped. The SDC was designed to fit into a FD-501 or 502 case, as shown below.
Darren has a blog where some basic info is currently stored. A real user manual is currently in the works.
The device gives direct access to floppy disk images stored on and SDHC card, as well as images on a Drivewire server, while allowing use of real floppy hardware - so long as you have an MPI.
Keep an eye on the Tandy CoCo Blog for more info and review updates.
