Difference between revisions of "Floppy Controllers"
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|[https://github.com/davidgiven/fluxengine FluxEngine] |
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|3.5"/5.25" |
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|IBM/Acorn/Brother |
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|MIT |
|MIT |
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|[[USB FDD@1306 USB floppy adapter| |
|[[USB FDD@1306 USB floppy adapter|USB FDD@1306]] |
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|3.5" |
|3.5" |
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|1.44mb IBM |
|1.44mb IBM |
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|[https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/X1541 X1541] |
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|[[X1541]] |
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|5.25" |
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|C64 |
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|N/A |
|N/A |
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|[https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle Greaseweazle] |
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|3.5"/5.25" |
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|Many |
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|Public domain |
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|N/A |
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|Yes |
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|Yes |
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|[https://nickslabor.niteto.de/projekte/adf-copy-english/ ADF-Copy] |
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|3.5" |
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|Amiga |
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|GPL |
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|N/A |
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|DIY |
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|Yes |
|Yes |
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|ISA |
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|[https://github.com/picosonic/bbc-fdc bbc-fdc] |
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|3.5"/5.25" |
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|MIT |
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|DIY |
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|Raspberry Pi(SPI) |
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|[https://sourceforge.net/p/hxcfloppyemu/code/HEAD/tree/HxCFloppyEmulator/Pauline/trunk/ Pauline] |
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|3.5"/5.25" |
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|Many |
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|GPL |
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|? |
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|Ethernet |
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Latest revision as of 00:04, 18 November 2024
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 |
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| 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 | Yes | Yes |
| ADF-Copy | 3.5" | Amiga | GPL | N/A | DIY | Yes |
| Name | Drive support | Formats | License | Price | Available | Write | Interface |
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| 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 |