Date   : Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:00:13 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: collaboration?: Omniflop

John wrote:
> I'm afraid I'm one of those who [might] know the way, but certainly can't
> drive the car... is this possible using either USB or some other means? Any
> opinions, dare I ask, as to the best solution?

Big can of worms there :-) This has been discussed *lots* of times over on 
classiccmp (because it's not a problem limited to BBC micros).

Phil's working on a solution at the moment (USB, IIRC) which looks promising 
(even though I'd much prefer it to be SCSI ;)

In the meantime running Imagedisk on a DOS-based PC capable of writing FM 
works for me - although longer-term a Linux solution would be nicer (mainly 
because I'd like to strip the PC down to the bare minimum and control it over 
the network, and DOS it pretty limited there)

> Of course this might release a number of old floppy drives hidden in your
> lofts/workshops for reuse. 

I had around 30 in the loft back in England at one point of various configs - 
I think I'm down to about ten or so now, which covers the bulk of 
soft-sectored media.