Date   : Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:50:09 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: GoMMC as a harddisc?

I'm sure John will chip in if he sees this :-)

On 16 July 2011 05:21, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
>
> But what I'd be interested in knowing, is if it is possible to use the
> device like a harddisc, for example:

Yes.  TheGoMMC supports multiple filing systems, ADFS among them.  The
disc images you load up can be hard disc images of pretty much any
arbitrary size - couple of 100MB "hard drives" will still leave you
plenty of space to play with!  This is how I use mine.

As for SD / MMC - I gather SD are pretty much backward compatible, so
if you can fashion up an adapter, you might be able to get one
working.  Usual caveats apply, and given GoMMCs history of not being
very tolerant of some brands of MMC, you might still have trouble,
although I think John sorted this out in the later versions.

I'd suggest you go grab the latest software from:
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/J.Kortink/home/hardware/gommc/updates.htm
and peruse the documentation within.   There are also a few
third-party tools to manage the memory cards; you can't read them with
standard Windows/*nix tools.

GoMMC led the way in how to use mass storage on the Beeb, and it's
still impressive!  Unfortunately it can sometimes be a little fragile,
so keep backups, and don't keep your only copy of things on it.

Rob