On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 7:07 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > 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. > > comments? > 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
