Difference between revisions of "Floppy Controllers"
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Revision as of 20:38, 28 November 2019
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 | DIY | No |
| ADF-Copy | 3.5" | Amiga | GPL | N/A | DIY | Yes |
At this point, non-USB ones are pretty much only historical in nature, other than the BBC-FDC project which is a Raspberry Pi add-on.
| 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) |