I like 3.5" DSHD floppies as they hold 1.44MB. Formatted, that's typically 1.2MB. They're quick, and not expensive.
I'm looking to implement a few items off the ADE stack. Floppy is where I want to start, because it's the most harmless exercise and will; have low adoption. I want to have it down before doing more demanded projects like a PS/2 or USB keyboard adapter.
The second element is that I might in the future do a complete replacement system - not a 1:1 clone of the Adam, but something bringing it maybe 5-10 years ahead of where it ended. More memory, fast storage. In that system, ADAMnet would have two separate systems - the existing slow system at 62.5Kbaud, and a super fast SPI system at 50MHz. Both would look the same to the OS. So anything I do would be designed with this imaginary future machine in mind. That said, a lot would have to happen before then, including a rewrite of the OS to support a quite different memory and IO system.
I don't see getting support for a change like that without a few successful other projects under my belt.Statistics: Posted by MrPix — Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:43 pm
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