Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
On 25 October 2011 09:15, Bob Dunlop bob.dun...@xyzzy.org.uk wrote: Or maybe time to step up a notch, and down in price at #17.50 + VAT/pp[1]. 32bit 72MHz ARM Cortex processor 128K Flash, 20K RAM on an Arduino footprint board. LeafLabs even provide an Arduino like IDE thats more or less source code compatable. Olimex then built it cheaper with more features. However you look at it, a lot of bang for your buck. Again you can multi-thread on these boards with ports already available for FreeRTOS and ChibiOS. [1] http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=808 Wow, Bob! Sweet baord! Exactly what you said, so much bang for your buck! I MUST HAVE ONE!!! *reaches for debit card* Before I buy one though, does anyone have any experience with these? They look amazing as I was intending to buying another Arduino as I only have the one, this clearly seems like a superior choice. But *how* source code compliant are they is probably the most important question I have? -- James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
Hi, On Sun, Oct 23 at 07:06, James Bensley wrote: Although, thanks to Chris' generous donation, as I only had one drive to hand, I was able to work out how to have multiple drives running from the same single threaded controller (in my case my Arduino Duemilanove, ATmega328). You can multi-thread on the ATmeg328 if you're prepared to move away from the restrictive IDE and wiring. Google FreeRTOS and BertOS. Now the plan is to have around 8-10 drives so I can have a group of them all playing different parts of the same song, i.e.that bass, the melody, the chords etc. This does throw a spanner in the works though as I think I can only run 6 or 7 drives on my Arduino. I don't really want to spend ?35+ on another Duemilanove for the last one or two ... Or maybe time to step up a notch, and down in price at #17.50 + VAT/pp[1]. 32bit 72MHz ARM Cortex processor 128K Flash, 20K RAM on an Arduino footprint board. LeafLabs even provide an Arduino like IDE thats more or less source code compatable. Olimex then built it cheaper with more features. However you look at it, a lot of bang for your buck. Again you can multi-thread on these boards with ports already available for FreeRTOS and ChibiOS. [1] http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=808 -- Bob Dunlop -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
On 23 October 2011 19:06, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 October 2011 13:21, Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com wrote: Absolutely none of my business but the request sparked a bit of curiosity in me as to what one might want a few floppy disk drive for. I wondered if it might be a project like this ;-) http://www.howtogeek.com/news/floppy-drives-play-the-imperial-march-video/6806/ You got me Victor! Chris had also guessed this when I went to collect the drives from him; I didn't realise it was that obvious! Now that you have been sussed, you are obliged to make a recording of this, and post a link to it here. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:06:55 +0100 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: Hello Philip, Now that you have been sussed, you are obliged to make a recording of this, and post a link to it here. :-) Weren't owners of Commodore floppy drives (1541?) back in the C64 days able to do this sort of thing? Without additional electronics? Either way, it's still Good Fun. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent You never listen to a word that I said Public Image - Public Image Ltd signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
Sorry but I must ask. Y floppy drives? They are pretty much obsolete now are they not? On Oct 22, 2011 10:55 PM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: I will have to say thanks but no thanks. Im off to Brighton next weekend but Chris has been very generous to me and supplied me with a few. My floppy needs have been meet! Thanks to everyone that replied to me off list. On Oct 22, 2011 4:41 PM, Peter B. pet...@gmail.com wrote: I have a box full of them as well. Laptop ones and desktop. Unfortunately am nowhere near Southampton. Up in Surrey. But if u want some sent let me know... or... if u want to go to Bexhill ... between Hastings and Brighton... my friend runs a shop there called Rock Solid Computing. On Oct 22, 2011 11:06 AM, Chris. Aubrey-Smith cas...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 October 2011 10:55, Chris. Aubrey-Smith cas...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 October 2011 09:20, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 October 2011 09:10, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm heading into Southampton town center today and although this is a bit short notice, as I'm new round here I thought someone on here would have a better idea than me on the following; I have a box full of 'em and I'm having a clear-out. Would you like a couple? Chris. I should perhaps have mentioned that I'm within walking distance of Southampton city centre and the Avenue campus. Chris. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
Absolutely none of my business but the request sparked a bit of curiosity in me as to what one might want a few floppy disk drive for. I wondered if it might be a project like this ;-) http://www.howtogeek.com/news/floppy-drives-play-the-imperial-march-video/6806/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
Excellent! Symphony No. 1024 The Floppy! :-) -- Regards, Jan Henkins James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 October 2011 13:21, Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com wrote: Absolutely none of my business but the request sparked a bit of curiosity in me as to what one might want a few floppy disk drive for. I wondered if it might be a project like this ;-) http://www.howtogeek.com/news/floppy-drives-play-the-imperial-march-video/6806/ You got me Victor! Chris had also guessed this when I went to collect the drives from him; I didn't realise it was that obvious! Although, thanks to Chris' generous donation, as I only had one drive to hand, I was able to work out how to have multiple drives running from the same single threaded controller (in my case my Arduino Duemilanove, ATmega328). Now the plan is to have around 8-10 drives so I can have a group of them all playing different parts of the same song, i.e.that bass, the melody, the chords etc. This does throw a spanner in the works though as I think I can only run 6 or 7 drives on my Arduino. I don't really want to spend £35+ on another Duemilanove for the last one or two drives (although I suppose I could get a really basic one). More importantly than that though would be ensuring the separate Arduino's are perfectly in sync with each other! I'll cross that bridge when I come to it :) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk _ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
Hi Everyone, I'm heading into Southampton town center today and although this is a bit short notice, as I'm new round here I thought someone on here would have a better idea than me on the following; Are there any small computer shops in town? I don't want PC World, giant electrical seller type companies; I'm after the little 1 man second hand computer shop esq place. I want to buy a floppy disk drive (or maybe two or three if they're cheap enough), but they don't even have to work let alone be new. For this reason I don't want to go to PC and buy a new one for a tenner, I'm after second hand or worse for tuppence. Are there any electrical stores in Southampton that might sell 555 timer chips? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_timer_IC) I suppose Maplins if I'm lucky, are there any other electrical shops around town? Many thanks all for your time and help, it is appreciated. -- James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
On 22 October 2011 09:10, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm heading into Southampton town center today and although this is a bit short notice, as I'm new round here I thought someone on here would have a better idea than me on the following; Are there any small computer shops in town? I don't want PC World, giant electrical seller type companies; I'm after the little 1 man second hand computer shop esq place. I want to buy a floppy disk drive (or maybe two or three if they're cheap enough), but they don't even have to work let alone be new. For this reason I don't want to go to PC and buy a new one for a tenner, I'm after second hand or worse for tuppence. Are there any electrical stores in Southampton that might sell 555 timer chips? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_timer_IC) I suppose Maplins if I'm lucky, are there any other electrical shops around town? Many thanks all for your time and help, it is appreciated. I would have tried ebay for that. I find ebay surprisingly good for electrical components. I brought some recently. They cost about 99p for delivery and come all the way from China. At that price I thought it was a scam, but they all arrived in the post about 1 month after ordering. Some arrived days after ordering, others 30 days after. So, if you are prepared to wait, that could be an option for you. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
On 22 October 2011 09:20, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.comwrote: On 22 October 2011 09:10, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm heading into Southampton town center today and although this is a bit short notice, as I'm new round here I thought someone on here would have a better idea than me on the following; Are there any small computer shops in town? I don't want PC World, giant electrical seller type companies; I'm after the little 1 man second hand computer shop esq place. I want to buy a floppy disk drive (or maybe two or three if they're cheap enough), but they don't even have to work let alone be new. For this reason I don't want to go to PC and buy a new one for a tenner, I'm after second hand or worse for tuppence. I have a box full of 'em and I'm having a clear-out. Would you like a couple? Chris. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice
On 22 October 2011 10:55, Chris. Aubrey-Smith cas...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 October 2011 09:20, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.comwrote: On 22 October 2011 09:10, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm heading into Southampton town center today and although this is a bit short notice, as I'm new round here I thought someone on here would have a better idea than me on the following; I have a box full of 'em and I'm having a clear-out. Would you like a couple? Chris. I should perhaps have mentioned that I'm within walking distance of Southampton city centre and the Avenue campus. Chris. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
