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| Posted: 07:00am 06 Apr 2026 |
I wasn't. :)
I think the possibilities of a high speed serial-controlled usb-connected (preferably) drive are definitely there. You need a command structure to talk to the Pi to give it commands and get it to accept or send data over the link. Obviously it needs to be set up to use its USB system in a suitable mode and respond to those commands. You could then access whatever drives or devices that could be plugged into a Pi. No need for the latest and greatest either, a Pi 3 or 3B would probably be adequate as a file server. Of course, this may not be possible. I don't know enough about the Pi. Or much else, for that matter. lol I do know that the Commodore 1541 floppy drive was on their own serial version of the IEEE-488 interface though.