Hi Derek,Derek_Stewart wrote:Hi Popopo,
I have read the Oqtadrive threads on va-de-retro.com, looks like you had a quite a bit of success with the Oqtadrive.
I have downloded the PI SD Card image file and translated the text file to English.
I only got 10 v1.2 PCBs made, the difference being the motor noise emulstion and the LED is dual colour.
This means a ZX Microdrive could be used or an updated Oqtadrive case.
The Raspberry Pi Zero W has been replaced by the Pi Zero 2 W, which is only available 1 per customer and sells out quickly.
But the Oqtadrive can work without the Pi accessing the SF Card via the USB connection.
So maybe I make the PCBs up, or supply componet kits, with the option to supply the Arduino. The Pi Zero 2 W is a user upgrade.
I can get more PCBs made if the demand requires.
Need to be told that it was not me, but the group forum that did it possible thanks to the improvement Tom Dalby on the work of Alexander Vollschwitz.
One guy ordered the PCBs and started the bunch, another one bought the components and programmed the Arduinos, one prepare a image to use directly, another one printed the cases for who wanted, another one found a place to buy cheap the RasbPi, I just coordinated the payments and collected the address, another one did a manual about how to prepare the oqtadrive, another one checked every... and so on, not me , it was a work group.
I didn't try the last version of Oqtadrive, but I Thought it worked fine with Raspberry Pi Zero, Pi Zero 2 works.
About Leds yeah... some of us needed to adapt leds or the case to fit it properly, but was not a big problem.
To be able to transfer files by WiFi oooh that is great and awesome feature