Date   : Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:28:19 +0100
From   : jumbos.bazzar@... (Mark Haysman)
Subject: New storage system suggestinons?

>> Hi All - I'm looking to add a modern replacement filing system to my
>> Model B (and I'd also like it to work with the Master too if poss)
>> and am not quite sure which/what to go for.
>
> I can highly recommend RetroClinic's DataCentre. It gives you an
> internal CF-based ADFS hard disk, as well as the ability to directly
> access FAT32-formatted USB sticks. You can also load SSDs and DSDs off
> the stick and import them into four RAM-based virtual DFS floppy drives.
>
> You can still access normal DFS and ADFS floppy disks, and can even
> create SSDs and DSDs from those disks.
>
> And no, Mark isn't paying me anything to say all this - but he really
> should be. ;)

Hehe..I'll sort your comission out later :-) And thanks to the others for 
the feedback regarding DataCentre.

Between you you've pretty much covered the storage aspect of DataCentre. All 
other storage systems need some sort of transfer software on the PC (or 
Mac!), whereas DataCentre does not, you can have the image loaded and 
running in a matter of seconds after downloading it. Programs and data can 
also be loaded and saved directly to a USB Storage Drive without having to 
use an image, simply address it as Drive 5.

It also has a 64K NVRAM drive for storing utilities and work-in-progress, 
which can be hardware write-protected. It can be set to boot off this drive 
on powerup, so the system could boot an image and run it without any user 
intervention after the power switch is flicked.

Some other replies to follow.....

Mark.