We've just received a press release from Mike Williams on behalf of Castle Technology, announcing today, the availabilty of support for
USB [4] storage devices for the IYONIX pc.
With the hot swapping and speed given by
USB [5] devices, Castle have provided access to the following USB mass data storage devices:
- USB hard drives in native RISC OS [6] "FileCore" format and PC "FAT xx" format
- USB flash devices (keyrings, memory cards, card readers etc)
- USB digital cameras
- USB removeable cartridge drives (ZIP etc)
- USB MP3 players
RISC OS users should ensure that any device conforms to one the following conformant, on-vendor specific, USB mass storage classes (08 06 00, 08 06 01, 08 06 80).
These are in addition to USB devices already supported by the IYONIX pc. Further, a compatability database is available at
http://www.iyonix.com/usb/ [7] to which users can add other device details in addition to those already verified by Castle. Some USB devices may need specific drivers - please contact Castle or your peripheral supplier for more details.
This is a free upgrade for all existing IYONIX pc users through the IYONIX pc update system. It is one of a new range of "SCSISoft" modules which
make use of the abstracted SCSI filing system announced in May 2003.
For more information on the 32-bit IYONIX pc visit
http://www.iyonix.com [8]