Date   : Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:46:03 +0100
From   : jumbos.bazzar@... (Mark Haysman)
Subject: New storage system suggestinons?

> John Kortink wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, the 'community' went a little crazy on creating
>> new storage systems in the past few years,
>
> This is not Beeb specific. I have seen the same thing happen in other
> vintage computing communities, whether there already exists one tolerable
> solution or not. Exciting or not, the ability to transfer software seems
> like a fundamental one and everyone have their own view which features are
> desired and not.

It's one of the things I need to push about DataCentre. Some people are 
still seeing it as a "storage only" device, whereas it isn't. It has onboard 
a full USB 2.0 Host, that can connect and talk to up to 16 USB 2.0 capable 
devices and hubs you care to plug into it. For each device, there of course 
needs to be a driver, USB drives are already supported, and I've already 
demonstrated using USB Keyboards, Mice and Joysticks on the system with 
short Basic programs, so it's not rocket science. I had a PSP connected to 
it at the Risc OS show.

I've already got the outlines for a combined keyboard, mouse and joystick 
driver utility, either as separates in RAM, or as a ROM - not decided yet - 
but it's an indication of the way I'd like to progress the system.

Mark.