ADAMnet SD Drive - PROTOTYPE

Features

Full Compatibility: Works with all existing Adams.

It bridges to the AdamNET protocol to the FAT16/FAT32 file system on the SD Card.

This means no software to install on the Adam (or the PC/Mac). Simply plug and play.

Big Capacity: With standard SD Cards, it provides up to 32 "disk" pairs (64 "disks" total).

Note: it could actually store a lot more disks than this.

It can be much larger than the standard 256KB tapes or 160KB that Coleco produced.

The "disks" automatically grow in size as needed and should be able to grow all the way up to 32MB.

Small Size: Small enough to mount inside the Adam, if desired.

Fast: Programs load and save nearly instantly -- virtually as fast as cartridges do.

More features

Drive Emulation: Acts as Disk Drive #1, Disk Drive #2, both, or none.

This is selectable by using a push-button.

Disk Pair Selection: Selects which of the 32 "disk" pairs to use (64 "disks" total).

This is selectable by using push-buttons.

Disk Pair Swap Selection: Each pair of "disks" can be mapped straight to Disk Drive #1 and Disk Drive #2, or this mapping can be swapped (reversed).

This feature is necessary because some Adam programs do not behave well (or work well) with Disk Drive #2.

This is selectable by using a push-button.

Still more features

Disks are Files (and vice versa): These "disks" are simply files on the SD Card, and can be manipulated as such when the SD card is plugged in to a PC/Mac.

The names of these files follow a strict naming convention so that the Adam SD Drive can find them for the Adam

(additionally the Adam SD Drive will automatically create a new file whenever an existing one is not found).