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Floppy drive interface w/ Basic Stamp

FlyingFishFingerFlyingFishFinger Posts: 461
edited 2005-04-20 19:29 in BASIC Stamp
Hello!
I'm thinking of being able to 'program' my robot by changing floppy disks in a standard internal 3.5" drive on the robot, but I don't know how to connect one to the Stamp. Has anyone ever tried this?
Thanks
flyingfishfinger

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  • allanlane5allanlane5 Posts: 3,815
    edited 2005-04-20 13:05
    Yes, it can be done. You need to look at some of the small interface boards for Flash Card memories. (Floppy may be harder than Flash Card, by the way).

    No, you can't "program" your BS2 this way (meaning change the program burned into the EEPROM).

    Yes, you can upload and download "configuration parameters", which may do the same thing as "reprogramming", depending on what you mean.
  • FlyingFishFingerFlyingFishFinger Posts: 461
    edited 2005-04-20 19:29
    Yes, you're right, I meant to have a sort of basic program in the stamp which "reads" instructions from the floppy disk. By the way, what is the data output format?
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