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Earlier today there was discussion of the FluxEngine[1], due to it's newly added Mac 800k disk read/support (OK, it had read for a while, but now it can both re

Earlier today there was discussion of the FluxEngine[1], due to it's newly added Mac 800k disk read/support (OK, it had read for a while, but now it can both read and write). What I love about the FluxEngine is that it is so simple - no custom PCBs, just a single PSOC development board with a single set of soldered header pins. Not saying that the other alternatives are bad - it's great to have competition. For several years it seemed that KryoFlux would be the sole dominant USB floppy controller, nice to see there's a range of options available. Edit: seems as though FluxEngine may gain support for using GreaseWeazle hardware[2] at some point, which would be neat! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25656283 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25656283 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25675381 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25675381

cortesoft 6y ago
I've had a KryoFlux for a number of years, but I feel like I have been seeing a lot of people who aren't fans of their recently... do you know why people don't like them?
- rasz 6y ago
  https://www.kryoflux.com/download/LICENCE.txt https://www.kryoflux.com/download/LICENCE.txt >people who aren't fans tldr: just fuck off already, you sold me the gizmo, you have no rights to anything I do with it
  - cortesoft 6y ago
    I don’t see anything bad in the license? Am I missing something?
    - rasz 6y ago
      They claim rights to things you can and cannot do post sale. This is a "good" version. Previously they also claimed copyrights over anything you ripped with their tools.
- betamaxthetape 6y ago
  Jason Scott (textfiles on HN) explained[1] the main reasons that make several people (including myself) uncomfortable with KyroFlux. (sidenote: the author of FluxEngine[2] replied to that thread, which is where I first heard about it) [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/buyj9f/til_that_computer_archivists_image_the_magnetic/epjwsut/ https://old.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/buyj9f/ti... [2] http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/ http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/

cortesoft 6y ago

I've had a KryoFlux for a number of years, but I feel like I have been seeing a lot of people who aren't fans of their recently... do you know why people don't like them?

rasz 6y ago
https://www.kryoflux.com/download/LICENCE.txt https://www.kryoflux.com/download/LICENCE.txt >people who aren't fans tldr: just fuck off already, you sold me the gizmo, you have no rights to anything I do with it
- cortesoft 6y ago
  I don’t see anything bad in the license? Am I missing something?
  - rasz 6y ago
    They claim rights to things you can and cannot do post sale. This is a "good" version. Previously they also claimed copyrights over anything you ripped with their tools.
betamaxthetape 6y ago
Jason Scott (textfiles on HN) explained[1] the main reasons that make several people (including myself) uncomfortable with KyroFlux. (sidenote: the author of FluxEngine[2] replied to that thread, which is where I first heard about it) [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/buyj9f/til_that_computer_archivists_image_the_magnetic/epjwsut/ https://old.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/buyj9f/ti... [2] http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/ http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/