Tobias, Direct SPI to an SD card. Hmmmn. That's a good point, but actually the SD card feature is almost a secondary feature of the USBWiz. Don't forget that it also works directly with USB mass storage class devices (hard disks, memory sticks etc.)
Just to be clear, I have not implemented a FAT filesystem on the QL. The Ser-USB driver does not use FAT - it formats the SD card or mass storage device as a native QL partition. The standalone file manager accesses FAT devices, but that facility is not in the driver; i.e. you cannot mount a FAT volume as a QDOS drive. In my opinion trying to mount a FAT filesystem under QDOS is fraught with problems anyway, not the least of which being ... trying to mount a FAT filesystem under QDOS!!! The best way around this is to use a QXL.WIN container on a FAT drive, and I do have plans for a later version of the driver to do exactly this. However my priority now, as soon as the beta testing is over for the current driver, is to commence work on a ROM port version of the USBWiz using SPI. Adrian -----Original Message----- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Tobias Fröschle Sent: 12 March 2011 17:59 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SPI (was Ser-USB on Minerva) Am Samstag, den 12.03.2011, 11:00 +0000 schrieb Adrian Ives: > I agree 100% with everything you say. And ... by the way ... USBWiz > can talk SPI, which is where I'm coming from with all of this. With a > faster Adrian, well, if you get the QL itself to be able to communicate using SPI, there's at first thought probably not much use for the USBwiz after all, as you could talk to the SDCard directly - The USB ports to connect to a proper keyboard and mouse are worthwile, however (and there's no need to implement a FAT filesystem on the QL). So the USBWiz could be an optional component, then. Cheers, Tobias _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
