RE: Reading non-MFM disks in PC without special controller

From: Marko Mäkelä (msmakela_at_cc.hut.fi)
Date: 2001-11-13 11:55:09

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Baltissen, R (Ruud) wrote:

> Hallo Levente,
> 
> > still it would be possible to build a
> > small adapter, that converted the raw bitstream from the 
> > floppy head to
> > an MFM readable (of course, higher bitrate) bitstream 'on the 
> > fly', for the PC MFM decoder.
> 
> Please see the bottom of http://www.jschoenfeld.com/products/catweasel_e.htm

That's not a "small adapter".  I'd classify the Catweasel as a "special
controller".

	Marko


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