The competition rules say its got to be FAT- though I dont think I'll be following all the competition rules anyway- I really do think FAT is a good way to go even if there are more simple file systems. For one thing I like the idea that I can just swap my drives in and out of my PC and not need any extra software- we also have a pretty solid standard to follow- and wouldnt have to write os specific software to read the pic-ide drives. Jon Baker jon@hayseed.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Fosdick" To: Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: PIC IDE competition schematic > Mark Samuels wrote: > > > > The FAT isn't really that tough, it's just deciphering the spec, and a LOT > > of overhead in the PIC. I've got existing assembly code which will read > > the data of a file, given the actual filename and direcory path stored as > > strings in a buffer. Just haven't had time lately to implement the writing > > side of things. > > Disclaimer: I haven't looked at the contest rules. > > Does the file system have to be FAT? There are other formats that might be > simpler to implement. Could you invent your own, simpler, format? > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body