ESP32 Serial Drive Server for the FDC+ Enhanced Altair Floppy Disk Controller For Sale

ESP32 Serial Drive Server for the FDC+ Enhanced Altair Floppy Disk Controller
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ESP32 Serial Drive Server for the FDC+ Enhanced Altair Floppy Disk Controller:
$55.00

The ALTAIR 8800FDC+ is an enhanced version of the original MITS 8" floppy disk controller for the Altair 8800. The FDC+ is a 100% compatible drop-in replacement for the original two-board Altair FDC.In addition to providing disk controller functions that operate with real 8" and 5.25" floppy drives, the FDC+ includes a built-in, high speed serial port that can connect to a PC running a serial disk server. From the perspective of the Altair computer and software, it appears that an Altair/Pertec drive is attached.The ESP32 FDC+ Serial Drive Server ("ESP32-FDC-SDS") for sale here is a stand-alone device that supports the FDC+ Serial Drive Server Protocol. Your FDC+ no longer has to be connected to a PC in order to use the Serial Drive Server feature, which is a big plus for FDC+ users with Mac or Linux systems.
The ESP32-FDC-SDS has a command line interface for configuring the device. Disk images are stored on a microSD card. WiFi can be used to access the command line interface through telnet and transfer files with FTP. All FDC+ baud rates up to 460.8K are supported. The ESP32-FDC-SDS can be connected to the FDC+ serial port through the DE9 male connector or directly to the FDC+ using a 14-pin ribbon cable.
The ESP32-FDC-SDS includes the ESP32 board and a microSD card loaded with disk images.
Additional information can found on the Wiki page on GitHub.
The firmware is open source and is also available on GitHub.
Free your FDC+ from having to be tethered to a Windows PC with the ESP32 FDC+ Serial Drive Server.
The included microSD card contains the following disk images:
- Altair Disk BASIC 4.0- Altair Disk BASIC 4.1- Altair Disk BASIC 5.0- Altair DOS- Burcon CP/M 2.2- Lifeboat CP/M 2.2- Serial CP/M 2.2- 8MB CP/M 2.2- FDC+ Serial Drive Server 1.4 and 1.51 for Windows
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