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Are there any devices (on the public market) that allow for high-density whole-disk imaging/scanning with one rotation of the floppy? Feels like it could be use
by johansch 10y ago
Are there any devices (on the public market) that allow for high-density whole-disk imaging/scanning with one rotation of the floppy? Feels like it could be useful for bringing "dead" floppies back to life for e.g. retro computing enthusiasts.
Scan it once at insanely high resolution and later analyze the data...
- anfractuosity 10y agoThere are hardware tools like http://www.kryoflux.com/ http://www.kryoflux.com/ which might be of interest, I've never used them, so can't comment on how well they'd work afraid.
- Arizhel 10y agoThat sounds like it'd require a custom read head. Normally, a floppy read head is comparatively small, and has to be moved across the disk's radius with a stepper motor. To read it in one pass would require a head that can read all the tracks at once, so this would be something specially-fabricated, which doesn't sound cheap at all. I'm sure it could be done (esp. considering how old floppy tech is), but I don't think it's something you're going to just fabricate in a small lab with spare parts, it'd need something custom manufactured.