My new AltairC is pretty well up and running now, so a question...
Who has put a physical floppy on their Altair Clone/AltairC/Homebuilt?
I have an original IMSAII with two 8" IBM drives, but the controller adapter is so specific (OK, hacked!) it won't work in a normal S-100 bus. I would rather spend my time in adapting a 3.5 (or even a 5.25) floppy - those you can still find as throw-aways and they won't take up a huge space on the desk.
So far my problem is the seeming lack of FD controllers. I have a few saved 1771's from years ago, but they are only good for FM drives and those are long gone except for questionable offers on EBAY. Possibly a mostly software solution like the original Apple would be fun.
Anyway, does anybody bother with physicals or do you just run with ram disks?
Ken