[sdiy] Flash Drive with Floppy Interface?

[dj hohum]

What's the patent number Tom? Just because there's a patent doesn't
mean that it can't be made.



On 6/4/07, Tom Arnold <xyzzy at sysabend.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 11:29:38PM +0200, ASSI wrote:
> > is anybody aware of a Flash Drive that has a standard (PC/MFM) Floppy
> > Interface?  I'd like to retrofit the 3 1/2" drives in my synths
> > (notably the K5000 and the WAVE) before they go the way of the Dodo.
> > I'd prefer SD/MMC cards as the storage medium as I have a good number
> > of (not too big) cards of that format.  There would need to be a way to
> > switch between a number of floppy images on the card (without involving
> > a computer connection) and to preferrably direct any formatting
> > commands to a new image rather than killing off the one that happens to
> > be switched in.
>
> Unfortunatly there is a patent for just such a beast.  I ran into this while
> building a flash drive replacement for the Ensoniq mirage.  I still plan to
> finish it one day, but after contacting the patent holder and finding out
> the general unwillingness of a license agreement, I lost steam.
>
> One simple way around the patent *and* a way thats actually easier to
> implement, is to replace the drive back at the drive controller IC, but I
> got sidetracked once I took that path.
>
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