FLFlyMoreRockets·Jan 7, 2021Submission
USB floppy controller for Amiga disks
48 points · Open discussionjtsiomb
usbamigafloppy
C2019–2021
jtsiomb / usbamigafloppy
usbamigafloppy
USB floppy controller for Amiga disks
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USB floppy controller for Amiga disks
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Observed mentions: 2019-03-17 06:32:46 UTC to 2021-01-07 19:20:35 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Mar 2019 | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 2019 | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2019 | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2019 | 2019-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2019 | 2019-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2019 | 2019-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2019 | 2019-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2019 | 2019-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2019 | 2019-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2019 | 2019-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2020 | 2020-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2020 | 2020-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2020 | 2020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May 2020 | 2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2020 | 2020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2020 | 2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2020 | 2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2020 | 2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2020 | 2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2020 | 2020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesThere's been a lot of open hardware floppy controller projects lately. Here's some I know.
Fluxengine (multi-format): http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/
Arduino-based : http://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/
USB meant specifically for Amiga floppies: https://github.com/jtsiomb/usbamigafloppy
DiskIO. IDE+Floppy for ECB bus: https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=boards:ecb:di...
xt-fdc. Floppy controller for ISA bus: https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=boards:isa:xt...
zfdcv1. Floppy controller for S100 bus: https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=boards:s100:z...
In FC5025 USB 5.25” Floppy ControllerA few open solutions:
http://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/
https://github.com/jtsiomb/usbamigafloppy
http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/
And the kryoflux, which is proprietary but very good:
https://webstore.kryoflux.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1
In What is the “two-drive trick” that can read Amiga disks on a PC?While Kryoflux was first at dedicated hardware, it's worth noting a software solution using Amiga 1200 was used beforehand by softpres.org to low-level read floppies, and that there's open hardware alternatives to kryoflux today.
Fluxengine: http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/
As an aside, for Amiga floppies specifically:
USB floppy controller for Amiga disks: https://github.com/jtsiomb/usbamigafloppy
With an Arduino: http://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/
In Kryofluxing PC Floppies