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General Category => Amstrad CPC hardware => Topic started by: radu14m on 20:03, 29 November 12

Title: Floppy sd card adapter
Post by: radu14m on 20:03, 29 November 12
Will this adapter work  in our CPCs ?
has anyone try it already ?

(http://di1-4.shoppingshadow.com/images/pi/4d/4a/3d/126659558-260x260-0-0_sandisk+sandisk+flashpath+floppy+disk+reader+adapt.jpg)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/JVC-CU-VFSD50U-Floppy-Disk-Adapter-Original-SD-Multimedia-card-reader-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$T2eC16RHJGwE9n)yTUoqBQieUvPHPw~~60_35.JPG)
Title: Re: Floppy sd card adapter
Post by: TFM on 20:24, 29 November 12
Interresting idea!
Well, it depends if this pseudo floppy disc is able to work in Double-Density (DD) mode. If it only works in High-Density (HD) mode, it may not work with the CPC. (However I know some quick FDC routines ;-))
Now the fascinating part is proably the organisation of the File-System. It must be somehow based on DOS format, but with different values in the boot sector, to allow access to more than 1.44 MB.
Title: Re: Floppy sd card adapter
Post by: radu14m on 20:43, 29 November 12
If this would work, then this would be the cheapest version of HxC adapter  ;D
Title: Re: Floppy sd card adapter
Post by: TotO on 21:25, 29 November 12
Only HD and need a special driver on the computer... Useless since 10 years. ;)
Title: Re: Floppy sd card adapter
Post by: TFM on 23:32, 29 November 12
Well, the CPC can perform fast enough for HD speed. The problem is the data transfer protocol. I don't like to retroengeneer that... (tooo time consuming). So... maybe s/o knows about it. Anybody?
Title: Re: Floppy sd card adapter
Post by: TotO on 09:29, 30 November 12
This product is obsolette and no more produced since years. (replaced by multimedia cards readers)

Launch a Kickstarter to get the same as a 3" floppy disk (support from the Firmware), and you will be my god. ;)
Title: Re: Floppy sd card adapter
Post by: Gryzor on 16:35, 04 December 12
Niiice; I'd never thought of that - the equivalent of a tape mp3 adapter/player. Looks cool, too, shame it doesn't play ball though.
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