Re: Custom floppy reading hardware interface

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 ;-)



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