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From: Mike.Blackwell@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: RS232 disk drives
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Date: 19 Sep 88 14:41:00 GMT
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I'm looking for a small, simple floppy disk drive for loading code on
to our mobile robot. A 3.5" drive with an RS232 or 422 interface would
be perfect. It doesn't have to be fancy - if I could give it a track
and sector number, and have it spit back the contents (and vis-versa
for writing), I can take care of any rudimentry 'file system' functions
we might need. Speed isn't an issue, either (we're not loading a lot of
code).

I've heard that Radio Shack has something like this for one of their
portable computers. Does anyone know anything about this (like model
number)? Is the information available to use it without an RS computer?
How about any other products that you think might fit the bill?

		thanks!

		Mike Blackwell
		mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu
		412-268-8830