18 May
2023
18 May
'23
2:15 p.m.
On 18/05/2023 05:16, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
Now what are the options. Greaseweazle or.... ? What
are the
advantages and disadvantates of each?
For the Greaseweazle it looks like I can get one and it seems to be
open source with schematics of the hardware. I'd prefer more buffering
of the disk drive signals, but anyway. Will it do what I want?
Both Greaseweazle and FluxEngine are open source software and based on
(different) standard hardware.
A ready built Greaseweazle is less than £25 and the PSoC? dev board the
FluxEngine uses was about £20 but you get to solder on a connector.
I picked the FluxEngine because I could get hold of the parts at the
time, and I still think that's probably your main consideration.
Software wise they seem to have similar capabilities.
If you have a specific list of formats you care about you could check:
Geaseweazel formats:
https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/wiki/Supported-Image-Types
FluxEngine formats: http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/index.html
There are other flux readers out there but they either don't seem to
have much momentum behind them (so you might be stuck if you need a new
format added) or they're closed like KyroFlux.
At ~£25 you're unlikely to lose much with either of the two front
runners :-)
Antonio
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