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> Is this needed because motherboards no longer include any floppy drive channels? Yes, partially. > I'm not yet grasping why Greaseweazle is better than a s
by bilegeek 2y ago
> Is this needed because motherboards no longer include any floppy drive channels?
Yes, partially.
> I'm not yet grasping why Greaseweazle is better than a standard cheapy USB floppy drive.
1.) Support for non-standard formats.
2.) Ability to capture raw flux images, bypassing the limitations of actual floppy controllers, and allowing for weird formats to be preserved and written (ex. of flux images bypassing rare hardware restrictions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCU4xbHFb58&t=1538s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCU4xbHFb58&t=1538s)
3.) Can allow for drives with weird quirks.
- EvanAnderson 2y ago> ...Ability to capture raw flux image... It's sort of "raw flux" but it's still in the digital domain. The drive's pre-amp, gain control, and ADC are still in the loop. Tapping the direct output of the heads would really be raw flux (and would allow creating a completely software-defined "floppy drive").