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| |[https://sourceforge.net/p/hxcfloppyemu/code/HEAD/tree/HxCFloppyEmulator/Pauline/trunk/ Pauline] | |||
| |3.5"/5.25" | |||
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| |No/DIY | |||
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Revision as of 20:14, 25 May 2020
Modern computers tend not to have floppy drive controllers, so alternative ones are needed. Even in the rare case where your computer has a floppy drive port, it'll really only support native IBM PC formats, and one of the benefits of alternative controllers is the ability to image non-IBM formats on IBM disk drives.
| Name | Drive support | Formats | License | Price | Available | Write | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kryoflux | 3"/3.5/5.25"/8" | Many | Commercial* | ~$139 | ? | Yes | 
| SuperCard Pro | 3.5"/5.25" | Many | Commercial | $99.95 | ? | Yes | 
| FC5025 | 5.25" | Many | Commercial | $55.25 | Yes | No | 
| DiscFerret | 3.5"/5.25"/8" | Many | GPL/Apache | N/A | No | ? | 
| FluxEngine | 3.5"/5.25" | Many | MIT | N/A | DIY | Yes | 
| ArduinoFloppyDiskReader | 3.5" | Amiga | GPL | N/A | DIY | Yes | 
| USB FDD@1306 | 3.5" | 1.44mb IBM | Commercial | ~$13.50 | Yes | Yes | 
| Applesauce | 3.5"/5.25" | Apple | Commercial | $225-285 | Yes | Yes | 
| Virtual Floppy | 8" | TRS-80 | ? | N/A | No | No | 
| SIO2PC | 5.25" | Atari 8-bit | Commercial | $35-70 | Yes | Yes | 
| X1541 | 5.25" | C64 | Public domain | N/A | DIY | Yes | 
| Glasgow | 3.5"/5.25" | Several | BSD/Apache | N/A | No/DIY | Yes | 
| Greaseweazle | 3.5"/5.25" | Many | Public domain | N/A | DIY | No | 
| ADF-Copy | 3.5" | Amiga | GPL | N/A | DIY | Yes | 
| Name | Drive support | Formats | License | Price | Available | Write | Interface | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFR | External 3.5" | Amiga | Non-commercial | N/A | DIY | No? | Parallel | 
| Catweasel | 3.5"/5.25" | Many | Commercial | ? | No | ? | ISA/PCI/Zorro | 
| Copy II PC Option Board | 3.5"/5.25" | Many | Commercial | ? | No | Yes | ISA | 
| bbc-fdc | 3.5"/5.25" | Many | MIT | N/A | DIY | No | Raspberry Pi(SPI) | 
| Pauline | 3.5"/5.25" | Many | GPL | N/A | No/DIY | ? | Ethernet |