[wplug] Floppy disk copy programs

[Ed Stewart]

Chris Ott wrote:

>
> I notice a lot of people are responding with "dd", and this will work 
> for any format that Linux understands.
>
> However, your message implies you might not always have standard 
> IBM-formatted floppies to work with, so I'll just mention:
>
>     http://www.jschoenfeld.com/indexe.htm
>
> Go down to the bottom left and check out the "Catweasel MK3". It's a 
> special floppy controller that will read and write any format. Right 
> now, they have programs that will read TRS-80, Apple II, and Amiga 
> disks and, if you search the Internet, you can probably find others.
>
> If you have a completely different format and you know how to program, 
> you can write your own decoder, but you need to understand the format. 
> I did (for old "Ohio Scientific" machines) and it's not hard; it took 
> me a few days to get a mostly-working program.
>
> Now if I could just find an 8" floppy drive... :-)
>
> Chris
>
I know you're joking Chris, but I have a couple 8 inch drives hanging 
around and a bunch of floppies,,,, :-) :-) :-)    So you found some..
Ed


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