28.Sep.2024
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.20, Firmware 1.6
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks.
The new Greaseweazle firmware 1.6 provides the following changes:
- Flux write: Whole-track writes to hard-sectored disks
- Pre- and post-write delays: Specified by many drive datasheets
- Required for correct interaction with offset tunnel-erase heads
- Configurable "Index Mask", for debouncing noisy INDEX signals
- Seek (HDD): Remove arbitrary 100-cylinder limit
Version 1.20 of Greaseweazle Tools provides the following changes:
- Thomson MO/TO: thomson.xxx formats and xxx.fd images
- DMK: Import-only image support
- EDSK: HD and ED recording rates
- gw delays: Pre- and post-write; Index mask
- gw read, write: New option --hard-sectors
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