I'd gotten the impression that there was some angst in its community of users over something. I can't find now where I'd gotten that impression, though. Mine works great, and I've had no issues with it. They've been helpful when I've reported trouble I had using it, but it was pilot error on my part and they helped me understand what the reports and output of the tools were actually telling me.
Warner On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 12:04 AM Tom Hunter <ccth6...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am curious about your comment about "kryoflux going south". > I did not hear about any problems. Could you please elaborate? > I got mine about 2 or 3 years ago and it did everything I needed at the > time, but haven't used it since. > > Thanks > Tom > > > On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 9:19 AM Warner Losh via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> 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 >> >
