KryoFlux - imaging of vintage floppy disks via USB

On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 07:30 -0400, Steven Hirsch wrote: The software is being worked on by myself and two other developers. We have an IRC channel on Freenode (irc.freenode.net), predictably enough called #discferret. And I'm always on the lookout for more developers :) I've been quiet for several reasons: 1) I tend to stay out of OT discussions, and there have been a lot of those on-list recently. 2) Every time I've commented on a thread like this, I've been dragged into some type of flame battle. Some people really don't like the idea of alternatives being mentioned -- to the extent that I mentioned the DiscFerret on one classiccmp web-forum, and ended up having ALL my posts removed (several dozen messages), and my account blocked. Complete with a message from the admin to the effect of "your opensource project harms commercial interests, and we have few enough commercial suppliers left as it is". I've stopped trying... As I've said elsethread, I see the three devices as serving different parts of the same market: - Kryoflux -- hobbyists who "just want a disc image". Turn-key, no fiddly switches or buttons to press. - DiscFerret and (to some degree) Catweasel -- Tinkerers. People who want to look under the hood, see how things are done. The sort of folks who buy a car, then immediately go out and buy the Workshop Manual, Haynes manual and all the special tools required. If SPS (or anyone else) wants to use some of my research, they're welcome to do so under standard academic terms -- provide credit ("cite your sources!"). For the pages on the DiscFerret wiki which I didn't write (look at the history), credit the original author... Similarly I'd expect any research done on the subject (or at least that based on my research) to be released under a fair and non-discriminatory policy. GFDL, Creative Commons Atribution-ShareAlike, something like that. Cheers, -- Phil. philpem at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/