Date   : Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:26:20 +0200
From   : John Kortink <kortink@...>
Subject: Re: GoMMC versus hard drive. Which way to go?

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:31:42 +0100, "neil f" wrote:

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>
>What I'm trying to work out is whether I can treat an MMC card just
>like a hard drive under ADFS.

Yes. There is zero difference. ADFS doesn't know any better
than that it's writing to stone age technology, much like
with Jonathan's IDE interface.

>Assuming I don't want to save any 'disc
>images', can I just shove lots of misc files on it up to a total of
>512MB or whatever,

Yes.

>or do I have to pre-arrange them into disc image
>groups in order to save them. (I'm a bit confused about the disc image
>aspect - I'm really just looking for a wide open data silo - just like
>a conventional hard drive.)

Well, the contents of a harddisc is a disc image like
any other. Just big.

With GoMMC, easy to backup as well. You can regularly
make a backup copy of your harddisc image on your PC.
Even large ones like hundreds of MBs will be a matter
of a few minutes' work to backup.

>> >Can GoMMC be installed in a Master rom cartridge so that the 
>> MMC card 
>> >can be removed and replaced easily?
>> 
>> Nope.
>> 
>> >Ditto the ashtray on a Beeb?
>> 
>> Nope.
>
>Why won't it work in the ashtray though? Surely it's just another rom
>socket, electrically,

No, it isn't. It's quite different.


John Kortink


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