USB Universal Floppy Disk controller

[Doc Shipley]

Randy McLaughlin wrote:

> From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:13 AM
> 
>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
>>
>>>  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 dispute Barry's assertion that serial is going away.  Perhaps in
>> consumer products it will be supplanted by USB.  But in development
>> products and applications, and low level controller and embedded system
>> devices, it'll be around for quite a while yet.
>>
>> I'd argue that the serial port is the most under-rated device is
>> computing.  It is the most widely deployed communcations protocol and
>> allows computers 1 month old to connect and transfer data to computers
>> that are over 30 years old.
>>
>> As for Dwight's main argument that the interface is not the main focus, I
>> agree.
>>
>> -- 
>>
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> 
> 
> I keep forgetting, what is the most recommended way to hook up a dial up 
> modem to Linux ;-)
> 
> I have never seen a modern PC without a serial port but if USB is 
> absolutely required there are USB to serial adapters.

   I have 2 PCs and 4 Macs without serial ports.


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