> > Well, the reason I wasn't going to use a floppy drive was the fact that I
> > would have to build an IDE controller. How hard are they to build?
>
> You'd not want an IDE controller for a floppy drive (although on most
> PCs, the IDE interface -- basically a buffered version of the system bus,
> and the floppy controller are on the same board, and maybe in the same ASIC).
Well, if we are talking about modern day I/O interface for a
home brew system, I'd strongly recomend USB. Single chip USB
controlers offer a great deal of flexibility with a simple
interface, ready for 8 or 16 bit systems. And you may get
almost any peripherals for USB, including _any_ kind of mass
storage.
Gruss
H.
P.S.: some years ago I would have used SCSI
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Received on Thu May 17 2001 - 04:39:37 BST