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Amiga disks on PC: DrawBridge 2.8.7 / FloppyBridge 1.1 (01. Mar. 2022)
Robert Smith's project "DrawBridge" (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge) uses like the similar ADF Drive a microcontroller - in this case an Arduino board - to read and write Amiga floppies with a connected standard PC floppy drive. By means of the plugin Flop...

Video: How easy is it to make your own joystick using a 3D printer? (28. Feb. 2022)
In his latest video, Robert Smith attempts to 3D print and build his own retro-style joystick for his Amiga. He takes you through all the steps from design to build in his tutorial. Below the video is all the information needed so anyone can build their o...

Amiga disks on PC: DrawBridge 2.8.6 (16. Feb. 2022)
Robert Smith's project "DrawBridge" (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge) uses like the similar ADF Drive a microcontroller - in this case an Arduino board - to read and write Amiga floppies with a connected standard PC floppy drive. By means of the plugin Flop...

Video: How Floppy Disk Copy Protection Worked (14. Feb. 2022)
In the first episode of his two-part series on floppy disks, Robert Smith, best known for his DrawBridge project for reading Amiga floppy disks using a standard PC floppy drive, explained how data is stored on a floppy disk, both physically and computer-w...

Video: How Data is Encoded and Stored on Floppy Disks (31. Jan. 2022)
Robert Smith, known for his DrawBridge project for reading Amiga floppies using a standard PC floppy drive, has now published the first part of a two-part series on floppies, following his tutorial on porting a Christmas game from HTML5 to AMOS. In it, he...

Amiga disks on PC: DrawBridge 2.8.5 (update) (12. Dec. 2021)
Robert Smith's project 'DrawBridge' (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge) for reading Amiga floppies using a standard PC floppy drive is officially supported since the recently released WinUAE 4.9.0. In addition, Smith has made other changes with the new versio...

Amiga disks on PC: DrawBridge 2.7 (27. Oct. 2021)
Robert Smith has updated his project 'DrawBridge' (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge)for read Amiga disks using a common PC disk drive. According to the author, additional to improved diagnostics, improved reading/writing, extra features and new UI version 2....

Amiga disks on PC: Pre-orders and name change for Smith's project (17. Jul. 2021)
Robert Smith has renamed his project for reading Amiga disks using a PC disk drive from 'Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer' to 'DrawBridge' (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge). Besides, now it is possible to be placed on a waiting list: Smith sell...

Amiga disks on PC: Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer V2.6 (23. Jun. 2021)
Similar to ADF Drive, Robert Smith's project "Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer" uses a a micro controller - an Arduino board - for enabling a common PC disk drive reading and writing Amiga disks. In version 2.5 recently the direct access to a...

Amiga disks on PC: Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer V2.5 (05. Jun. 2021)
Similar to ADF Drive, Robert Smith's project "Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer" uses a a micro controller - an Arduino board - for enabling a common PC disk drive reading and writing Amiga disks. In his latest video the YouTuber Nei...

Amiga disks on PC: Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer (21. Sep. 2017)
Similar to ADF Drive, Robert Smith's project called "Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer" also uses a micro controller - in this case an Arduino board - in order to be able reading and writing Amiga disks with an ordinary PC disk drive. All ...

Oregon-Research programs now Public Domain (04. Sep. 2010)
According to 'Gulliver' under the title link, the earlier manager of Oregon Research, Robert Luneski, has released his Amiga-programs as Public Domain. Mainly it is the game developing program GameSmith Development System, the mailbox program Termite a...