Greaseweazle: Tools for accessing a floppy drive at the raw flux level
Greaseweazle is an open-source USB device for reading and writing floppy disks. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux installations, with resources available for help, downloads, and firmware access.
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Greaseweazle is an open-source USB device designed for reading and writing raw data on various types of floppy disks at the flux level. It provides host tools for controlling the device. For installation, Windows users can download and unzip the latest release, then run `gw.exe`. macOS and Linux users can install it using Python Pipx with the command `pipx install git+https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle@latest`. Users can access on-line help by typing `gw --help`, and more detailed instructions are available in the GitHub wiki. Additional resources include links to download the software, purchase a Greaseweazle device, and access the firmware repository. The source code and all binary releases of Greaseweazle are freely redistributable, with further details available in the license.
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Just stick a pin header directly on an off the shelf fpga dev board and that's the hardware done.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/aDKggy7UAHsyLj717
Although half of the awsomeness is that lack of hardware, I did make up some PCBs to adapt FluxEngine to various 8" floppies. Mostly not tested yet. I have some of each of the different kinds of drives but haven't finished the project of fabricating nice drive enclosures and power supply hookups, and of course getting the drives to work at all.
github.com/bkw777/FluxEngine_Kit
https://github.com/jfdelnero/HxCFloppyEmulator
I've learned about Greaseweazle in some previous thread here on HN, bought it, and had a really good time browsing through some of my old Amiga floppy collection. It works really well.
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