Implement Floppy Image Download to FLASH Memory

[diegoparrilla]

Description

Our current setup relies on downloading and emulating floppy disk images directly from a microSD card. This enhancement proposes an exploration into using the device's FLASH memory as an alternative storage medium for these images. The core of this proposal is to investigate the feasibility of downloading (or copying) floppy images directly into the FLASH address space and then emulating from there.

Implementation Challenges

The primary concern is not the emulation process from FLASH memory, but rather the memory capacity. A typical floppy disk image is nearly 900Kbytes, and our device's FLASH storage is limited to 2MB. Considering that our existing application already utilizes approximately 900Kbytes of this space, a careful evaluation is necessary.

The initial step in this enhancement is to assess whether a full floppy image can be accommodated within the available FLASH memory and to determine the exact amount of free memory that can be utilized.