> Would a Greaseweazle : > > https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle > > do what you want? It links to a standard 5.25", 3.5" or 3" drive with > a plain cable and with a simple wiring adapter to an 8" drive. Plugs > into a USB port which powers the Greasweazle microicontroller but not > the drive (of course) > > It works at the flux transition level and can produce 'raw' files of > the timings of said transitions. The standard software will also > encode/decode FM, MFM, some GCR, etc disks.
I second the recommendation (and the caution). I have not found a disk format it will not read, but you may have to do a little work in advance to write a diskdef if you want something sane. I have successfully used one with a regular PC Teac 3.5" and 5.25" mechs, but also a DEC RX50 and a CDC 5.25" drive from a 3B2. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * [email protected] -- The world is a mess and I just need to rule it. -- Dr. Horrible ------------
