Re: multi-deck players?

On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 02:07:46PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> if anybody who wants to help out can get hands on a multi-deck mini-disc
> player that is Net MD capable

Does such a beast even exist?

> There is a strong indication that the NetMD protocol supports multi-deck
> players, but it's not obvious to me how it works out yet.  

I guess they may have included it in the protocol "for future
expansion".  But seeing as most of the commands don't have an
obvious field for addressing multiple decks (subunits) within
a single unit, I guess they'd have to use a more global scheme,
ie "select subunit 1" which makes all commands go to subunit 1
until another select command arrives.

And if a multi-deck unit *did* exist, wouldn't it make more sense
for it to appear on the USB bus as two independant NetMD units?

Pete.