G4IDE and ][GS disks

From: Adrian Graham <agraham_at_ccat.co.uk>
Date: Wed Dec 13 04:57:49 2000

> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 20:20:52 +0000 (GMT)
> From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
> Subject: Re: Apricot & G4IDE
>
> The other possibility is that this is some kind of timing card (the
> counters would give that impression) and that the audio
> signal from the
> radio receiver is fed into the Cassette Input of the ZX81.
> You may have
> the complete unit apart from the software.
>
> Have you considered looking him up in the callbook (assuming
> he's in it)
> and writing to him to ask what the unit is?

I did a google search for him and found him in Boston, Lincs. It IS a timing
card but it's for the Spectrum, not ZX81, despite the edge connector. The
software was called RTTY and he can't remember that much about it since it
was so long ago, but it received weather FAX data by radio and RTTY graphed
it up on a Speccy......cool :)

As an aside I've just won an Apple 5 1/4 drive (still in its plastic bag :)
that will go nicely on my Woz GS. The problem I now have is getting the disk
images off one of my Macs and onto a 5 1/4" disk! Any clues? I don't yet
have a suitable drive on the PC but getting one won't be too
difficult.......

adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the Online Computer Museum
Received on Wed Dec 13 2000 - 04:57:49 GMT