> Fundamentally, it seems to me that they're all the same basic hardware, > timing intervals between flux transitions. > > So other than the soaftware, what's the difference?
I could make a stupid comment and ask 'what's the difference between a PDP8, PDP11, PERQ or HP9830?'. Apart from having finite memory, all are (I believe) equivalent to a Turing machine. But more seriously when I started asking about writing images to floppy disks, I asked what options were available and what I'd need. Apart from the (IMHO) stupid suggestion of a 1990's PC compatible, the only thing that was mentioned to me was the Greaseweazle. Nobody pointed me at web sites giving comparisons between the various methods and devices. -tony
