Date   : Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:47:41 -0000
From   : c.j.thornley@... (Christopher Thornley)
Subject: Re-using floppies

There are also another option available called "KryoFlux" more details can
be found here "http://www.softpres.org/doku.php?id=:glossary:KryoFlux" 
It is a ARM7-based device and connects to a host PC over USB. 

This seems to have a lot better support than Catweasel which promises a lot
but does not deliver. Catweasel has been a let down as for years there has
never been any decent software to take advantage of the hardware. I think
the author has designed the hardware but expects the users to write the
software.

Another bit software is Disk2FDI which has moved away from the two disk
drive exploit because of reliability. 
This software now utilises an old PC, High-speed PCI LPT card and a cable
which connects the to Read data and Index signals of the floppy drive.

http://disk2fdi.joguin.com/featreq.html
http://disk2fdi.joguin.com/D2FCABLE.htm

Chris 
 


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On 24 March 2010 20:49, Pete Turnbull <pete@...> wrote:
>?However, despite
> various experts stating that you can't handle Apple ][ disks on a  
>standard PC, I recall something on t'internet about a trick to doing  
>exactly that a year or two back. ?Needless to say I can't find that in  
>my bookmarks, but I'll ask on ClassicCmp, if anyone is interested.

You're not thinking of Amiga disks are you? I recall reading something about
being able to read 800K Amiga disks in a standard PC by using two floppy
drives and some software trickery.

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Alex Taylor

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