Recent content by fiath

You could indeed. Perhaps I misunderstand your question, but KryoFlux can produce regular "sector-based" disk images, and that is what I did when mounting it using vMac above. So, maybe you can simply transfer and mount them on the Macintosh to write them, and so skip the emulator step? I guess...

mac128: Hopefully I can answer your question by describing what we actually do. First, lets review the logical layers of data representation for floppy disks, which look something like this: flux transitions -> bit cells -> encoding -> sector data -> file system All we get out of...

technight: Yes, exactly. And in fact, due to the fact that accurate floppy controller emulation was needed for systems with NEC765-like floppy controllers, we (at SPS) implemented a cycle-exact one, which is now part of our IPF library. That controller is used in many many systems, and so the...

We actually recommend using a normal PC HD floppy drive to image disks.

I have just imaged three Mac disks I have. They are all Mac 800K disks, imaged to 819200 byte sector images by KryoFlux and here are some screenshots of them mounted in vMac: http://kryoflux.com/pics/Mac.png http://kryoflux.com/pics/CDROM-Toolkit.png http://kryoflux.com/pics/IomegaZIP.png

Hi guys, Probably I need to make a few clarifications here. I'm going to try and image some disks tonight (GMT), just to double-check what I said on Vintage Mac, as well as try to mount in vMac. I tried to image some disks for a library ages ago, but I don't have access to that data or disks...

Feel free to register your interest.... http://www.kryoflux.com/ "Ready-made KryoFlux hardware is not available today, but we will start taking orders soon. You can register your interest in one of the following packages. By registering, you help us get an idea of numbers, and it also puts you...

Then it's a good thing that the software side is our core strength :) We actually read basically any format disk already (at least those for 3.5" and 5.25" drives that we support connecting right now). We also export to common sector file formats (listed above) for better compatibility with...

Well, we don't have any Mac disks to try, so let me just check: The MFS & HFS 400/800K are different only in the file system, and use the same physical recording right? If it's only a filesystem difference, then it's already supported as the disk image we can currently export holds it. If...

Well, we were hoping to make it very cheap, but we underestimated all the costs getting this thing to market (e.g. RoHS+WEEE compliance, setup costs, multiple revisions of expensive manufacturing prototypes). Now, it basically comes down to how much interest we get. With a lot of interest, we...

MINI FAQ: Q. Why is it free? A. Because we are a non-profit preservation organisation, and our ultimate goal is not financial, but to save all these wonderful games before they are lost. Q. Do I need a special drive? A. No. Just a standard PC drive and floppy cable is required to dump any...

KryoFlux is an advanced software-programmable FDC (Floppy Disk Controller) system that runs on small and cheap ARM7-based devices and connects to a host PC over the ubiquitous USB connector. It reads (and in the future, will write) flux transitions from magnetic media (most commonly, floppy...