USB Universal Floppy Disk controller

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Barry Watzman" <Watzman at neo.rr.com>
>
>
>I remain convinced that USB, not parallel, is the "right" way to go for
>interfacing a Universal Floppy Disk controller.
>

Hi Barry
 I tend to agree with you. We should be thinking this way.
Still, I believe that development work should be done in
an environment that is handy and convenient. The USB is
just a machine interconnect. One just has to keep in mind
what the final product will be like. In other words, don't
lock the design into one specific format.
 The only issue I have with USB is that it requires drivers
for each machine it is connected to. These have to be
specific to the USB device we use to interface with.
RS-232 is generic enough that we could run things from
text files using simple terminal modes on almost any machine.
 I just wish that USB was that simple.
Dwight