Re: Custom floppy reading hardware interface

From: Groepaz <groepaz_at_gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:12:31 +0100
Message-Id: <201401192312.31436.groepaz@gmx.net>
On Sunday 19 January 2014, you wrote:
> On 2014-01-16 at 18:39:56, Groepaz (groepaz@gmx.net) wrote:
> > > The part I find not covered well enough is why (except that Jim
> > 
> > didn’t like
> > 
> > > the Kryoflux API) did he has to build this or why would he need
> > 
> > an adaptor
> > 
> > > for the original floppy if the idea behind Kryoflux (and Catweasel)
> > 
> > is to
> > 
> > > use any properly working 5.25 drive. The only reason I can think
> > 
> > of is if
> > 
> > > the Compucolor’s drives had a highly non-standard track pitch
> > 
> > that
> > 
> > > couldn’t be covered with standard drive’s stepper. If that’s
> > 
> > not the case
> > 
> > > then why?
> > 
> > he wrote somewhere that he didnt have a proper (shugart) drive,
> > that was the
> > only reason.
> 
> Well - that’s actually a valid reason. Even if Getting a 5.25 drive is
> probably two orders of magnitude easier ;-)

finding a properly working 360k mech (48tpi) actually isnt that easy anymore 
either :)

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