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ZoomFloppy: Commodore floppy drive Interface

December 15th, 2010 No comments

ZoomFloppy is an USB device for connecting Commodore disk drives to your PC.

The ZoomFloppy is an improvement based on XU1541 from Till Harbaum. Nate Lawson and Jim Brain teamed up to produce a professional product.

This controller will support IEC drives, IEEE-488 drives and a user-port connection for parallel speeder drives.

source: jbrain.com commodore-gg.hobby.nl

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KryoFlux USB Floppy controller

December 15th, 2010 No comments

KryoFlux is a USB-based floppy controller designed specifically for reliability, precision, and getting low-level reads suitable for software preservation.

Technical Specs:

  • Compatible with USB 2.0 (high-speed).
  • Powered by USB interface (approx. 500mA). Drive requires it’s own power.
  • Shugart (with extensions) drive interface. 34-pin dual-row header connector.
  • Developed with 3.5″ Samsung SFD-321 and 5.25″ Newtronics D509 drives and compatibles. Other types of drives and media (such as 3″) currently under investigation.
  • Connection of two drives supported using a dual floppy cable, one can be accessed at a time.

source: kryoflux.com

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Attitude Diskmagazine #11 Winter Edition released

December 15th, 2010 No comments

Attitude is a disk magazine for the Commodore 64 computer. This edition is written in collaboration with the joint forces of TRIAD and Oxyron.

We hope you enjoy this issue as much as you did the previous ones!

source: attitude.c64.org

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