PCI floppy controller
Bill Gunshannon
bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 22 20:43:26 CDT 2022
On 4/22/22 21:19, Warner Losh wrote:
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> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 7:07 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
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> As another person with a desire to be able to read/write/create
> disks of different sizes and formats I have found this interesting.
>
> So the question, then....
>
> How hard would it be to make a floppy disk interface using an Arduino
> or even RasberryPi? If you could do that the choices of interface
> to a PC opens up quite a bit. It would never be like having a floppy
> hanging off the PC, but then none of the formats I am interested in
> are grounded in the PC anyway and utilities would need to be written
> to access them.
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> comments?
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> Isn't that what Greaseweasel and similar do? I have a kyroflux that I use
> to read floppies on my macbook. It can write as well and understands a ton
> of formats. Greaseweasel is more available and supported (I got my kyroflux
> before things went south, so wouldn't recommend others get one these
> days).
>
> Warner
I guess I'll find out. I just ordered one. Shipping is almost as much
as the device. :-(
Still think I will look into what it would take to access floppies
from an Arduino. They're fun to play with, too.
bill
bill
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