sicklittlemonkey wrote:
> On Feb 6, 1:05 pm, Alex Freed  wrote:
>> Here is how I see it. You connect a standard disk drive and capture raw
>> data via USB to a PC. A PC program analyzes the data and stores in some
>> format (TBD) on an SD card on the same board. USB is disconnected,
>> another 20 pin ribbon cable plugged into a Disk ][ card and a floppy is
>> emulated.
> 
> What you've described is basically a super-SVD, and I like it a lot!
> 
> The thing is that the "simple matter of software" on the analysis side
> suddenly strays into the domain of powerful modern development
> environments and the legion of coders that use them (e.g. me). Sure, I
> used to sling 6502 assembly for a living, but track analysis is easier
> in Java. ;-)

s/Java/C++/ in my case.  The few times that I've tried to get the bits between 
my toes in Java it's been an unholy pitched battle.
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