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Offline Ilwrath

Re: external Amiga floppy drive > PC ?
« on: May 05, 2003, 05:14:03 AM »
@weezly-

No, as I understand it, the only way to gain read/write ability on an Amiga disk on a PC is with a Catweasel solution.  (ISA or PCI-Mk3)

The reason for this is that the Amiga floppy controller has further capabilities than the PC floppy controller.  Hence to read an Amiga floppy, you need both a floppy drive controller capable of adjusting data-rate, and a drive capable of that data-rate.  (The Catweasel controller tricks drives into functioning at data-rates other than they were intended to run, which is how it is able to work with a normal drive.)