Adam 3.5” floppy...
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:04 pm
Looking to buy a 3.5” floppy drive, for cloning. Any out there?
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Re: Adam 3.5” floppy...
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:16 am
I would say probably not.
Re: Adam 3.5” floppy...
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:22 am
Re: Adam 3.5” floppy...
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:43 am
Looking to borrow a 3.5" floppy, for cloning. 
Re: Adam 3.5” floppy...
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:43 pm
Good luck with that too 
Re: Adam 3.5” floppy...
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:43 pm
Mr. Pix... you should check with ed1475 or Adamcon (Bob Slopsema) on AtariAge. Unfortunately a lot of these 3rd Party/Homebrew hardware items haven't survived like you see with other retro systems.
Re: Adam 3.5” floppy...
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:16 am
As I mentioned in chat the best way to try an incorporate a 3 1/2" drive into the the Adam would be to use the ADE as a base and then add the 3 1/2" arduino floppy shield and modify the code in the ADE. But at this point you may as well just stick with the microSD card and not use old technology.
Re: Adam 3.5” floppy...
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:43 pm
I'm going to send mixed messages...
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.
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.