Central Point Option floppy controller

From: morrison_at_t-iii.com <(morrison_at_t-iii.com)>
Date: Wed Sep 15 15:46:23 1999

Yes. I thought of making a replacement FD card for my Coco that could read
Apple. Nice if I could figure Commodore etc out also. Perhaps if it worked
as a sort of bit copier like the CP Option card?? The Coco is easy because
the card is just another program pak with it's own S/W on board.

Neil Morrison
email:morrison_at_t-iii.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave McGuire [SMTP:mcguire_at_neurotica.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 1:41 PM
> To: Neil Morrison; Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: RE: Central Point Option floppy controller
>
>
> Hell, big PICs like the 17C54 run at 33MHz, at damn near 1 avg
> ins/cycle,
> too. I'm *sure* it could be done with a PIC.
>
> It'd be a neat hack, no? :-)
>
> -Dave McGuire
>
> On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, morrison_at_t-iii.com wrote:
> >I wonder if one could use a PIC chip to do it. They'll do 20Mhz, and they
> >like bits.
>
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