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Whizzo Software - SIO2Arduino edit / delete

"SIO2Arduino is an Atari 8-bit (800/XL/XE) device emulator that runs on the Arduino platform. It currently emulates a single Atari 1050 disk drive (D1:) but there are plans to extend it to support multiple drives as well as other devices." I've been meaning to build one of these for my Atari 800 for, oh, fifteen years now...

to arduino atari atari800 electronics floppy ... on 24 October 2018

C64 Collections {at SceneBase} edit / delete

"On this page we have gathered together collections containing archived disk and tape images. ... The transferal work is undertaken by sceners (and non-sceners) who take the time to preserve their media collections and save scene history from magnetic bit decay and then share the results."

to c64 demoscene floppy imaging piracy retrocomputing ... on 31 March 2016

The Qube RiscOS Server edit / delete

A large collection of mods for the Archimedes, and a canned classic RiscOS distribution (including !Hamsters). I particularly like the mod that involves installing an Atari ST floppy controller in an A3000 to get HD floppy support!

to acorn archimedes arm bbc electronics floppy retrocomputing riscos ... on 25 March 2016

Compucolor II Tribute edit / delete

Early micro with a colour display. This is a really interesting hardware design, with an unusual disk interface (abusing the test mode of a TI serial chip!) and Teletext-style graphics. Includes a Javascript emulator and a collection of disk images.

to compucolor emulation floppy retrocomputing ... on 27 February 2016

Floppy Disk Preservation Project edit / delete

Copy protection for various 80s/90s platforms.

to floppy piracy retrocomputing ... on 23 January 2016

oldskool support -> [central point option board] edit / delete

A famous late-80s disk imaging ISA board, and the software to support it.

to floppy imaging pc retrocomputing software ... on 13 September 2015

Working with Diskettes edit / delete

Good -- if very PC-centric -- overview of 80s floppy formats.

to archiving disk floppy pc retrocomputing ... on 03 September 2014

AMIGA RPI DRIVE edit / delete

I'd been wondering if you could use a Raspberry Pi for floppy archiving, by getting the DMA engine to sample an input pin. This appears to be doing the same thing in the other direction (emulating a floppy drive), so I'll add that to the to-do list...

to amiga disk emulation floppy imaging raspberry-pi retrocomputing ... on 01 December 2013

GCR decoding on the fly edit / delete

As it says -- very neat.

to 1541 6502 c64 floppy gcr retrocomputing ... on 15 April 2013

Commodore Software Protection Library : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive edit / delete

Various scanned documents relating to Commodore (mostly C64) copy-protection.

to amiga commodore copy-protection floppy retrocomputing ... on 15 January 2013