It appears that this is supported on KF for reading. Not writing, yet, though. http://forum.kryoflux.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=135 -Pete On Mon, January 27, 2014 2:15 pm, Justin wrote: > I was more hoping for a solution to dealing with the variable spindle > speed on the 400 and 800k Mac formats. I picked up an old 9600, but its > 604 won't boot anymore, and OS 7.6.1 won't boot with the G3 in it. It was > the last hardware Apple sold that could read the 400k format, but they > stopped including driver support for the 400k format after OS 7.6.1. > Rather than hunt for a 604 processor card, I was hoping to find some > vintage computing solution that would do more than scratch my Mac floppy > itch, IE handle Amiga and my handful of 1581 floppies too. > > Justin > >> On Jan 27, 2014, at 17:09, "Pete Rittwage" <peter@rittwage.com> wrote: >> >> I don't think anyone has done any work on Apple (especially Mac) floppy >> preservation, if that's what you're referring to. This is likely due to >> lack of interest. >> >> I'm sure you can make raw images from them with Kryoflux, but decoding >> them into something for use in emulation is not likely at this time >> unless >> you write it yourself. >> >> - >> Pete Rittwage >> Disk Preservation Project >> http://diskpreservation.com >> >> >>> On Mon, January 27, 2014 4:53 am, Justin wrote: >>> Has anyone seen a good solution for 3.5" commodore and Amiga floppies >>> that >>> can also deal with Apple's problematic 400k and 800k formats? >>> >>> Justin >>> >>>> On Jan 20, 2014, at 16:23, Rob Clarke <crock@clarke-family.org.uk> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> When it comes to 3.5" media, the difference between DD (600 Oe) and >>>>> HD >>>>> (750 Oe) apparently is less, so it may still work to format a 1.44 MB >>>>> floppy disk as double density, at least for a while. >>>> >>>> When I was in my first summer job in 1987 (paying my Dad back the >>>> money >>>> he used to buy me an Amiga 1000), I suddenly had access to a >>>> 'limitless' >>>> supply of pre-formatted HD 3.5" floppies from the office store >>>> cupboard. >>>> I was terribly disappointed when none of them would work reliably in >>>> the >>>> Amiga, though it probably saved me from getting fired for stealing. >>>> :-) >>>> >>>> Years later I found out that I could make them work by wiping them >>>> with >>>> a bulk-eraser (very powerful elctro-magnet) first. >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list >>> >>> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list >> >> >> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-01-27 20:02:41
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