Check out DiskFlashback. It can be used with a Greaseweazle or other hardware to do exactly this. https://robsmithdev.co.uk/diskflashback David
On Jul 12, 2024, at 10:18 AM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 7/12/24 09:57, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
One thing I have never understood is why no one has designed and built a 5.25” floppy drive to USB adapter? (Like the 3.5” ones see all over.) Maybe for a Newer PC to Read and Write .
Because such a thing would be of limited utility. You could read and write disks that have one sector format, like the 3.5" versions. They cannot handle arbitrary sector formats like most real floppy controller chips with direct access to their configuration registers.
One way to deal with this is the Greaseweazle, but that's a pretty specialized disk imaging tool that requires some knowledge to be able to use properly. It's not "plug and play" write-me-an-Amiga-disk or whatever, and it's not intended to be.
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA