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Media Summary: Adafruit's Limor "Ladyada" Fried and Phillip Torrone will host the we're poking at our 5.25" disk drive and we'd like to get it working with our Adafruit_Floppy code so we can read older diskettes. If there's one thing we believe in strongly here at Adafruit its that if you have an embedded interpreted language running on your ...

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Adafruit's Limor "Ladyada" Fried and Phillip Torrone will host the we're poking at our 5.25" disk drive and we'd like to get it working with our Adafruit_Floppy code so we can read older diskettes. If there's one thing we believe in strongly here at Adafruit its that if you have an embedded interpreted language running on your ... now that we have successful flux reads, its time to get flexible! we've swapped our SAMD51 feather board out for an RP2040 ... whew! so, turns out it was an underspec'ed power supply. so now we know, 500mA is not enough for a we're going to back up a little in this part - we have MFM and index pulse data coming out of our chonky panasonic 3.5"

ok cats and kittens, we know you missed the we had some time this weekend to write the Let's make a circuit to read actual data bytes from a jepler ended the week on a high note, getting the motor of an Apple ][ OK so part 1 we got our wiring worked out and found an index pulse. Part 2 is we started getting MFM data coming out. Now we're ... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! we're ticking down the new year safe and sound here at home together, with a big mug of cocoa ...

hey everyone! after taking care of some fruit-biz-stuff and releasing some exciting new products, we're back to fun... This weekend we dove headfirst into getting fluxengine and our 5.25" disk drive working with the In this video I will be playing a game called PC jepler is working on a Pull Request to FluxEngine to add support for the "a2r" flux format, commonly used in Apple II software ...

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Floppy Interfacing Hack Chat with Adafruit

Floppy Interfacing Hack Chat with Adafruit

Adafruit's Limor "Ladyada" Fried and Phillip Torrone will host the

floppy hacking - fluxengine software support

floppy hacking - fluxengine software support

we're poking at our 5.25" disk drive and we'd like to get it working with our Adafruit_Floppy code so we can read older diskettes.

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Adding floppy disk support to CircuitPython, step 1

Adding floppy disk support to CircuitPython, step 1

If there's one thing we believe in strongly here at Adafruit its that if you have an embedded interpreted language running on your ...

💾 Real time MFM floppy decoding in arduino 💾

💾 Real time MFM floppy decoding in arduino 💾

OK more

Cross-platform interfacing hardware for floppy disks, part 8 - PINK TIME!

Cross-platform interfacing hardware for floppy disks, part 8 - PINK TIME!

now that we have successful flux reads, its time to get flexible! we've swapped our SAMD51 feather board out for an RP2040 ...

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YAY! floppy disk interfacing part6, a floppy flux milestone! part 7

YAY! floppy disk interfacing part6, a floppy flux milestone! part 7

whew! so, turns out it was an underspec'ed power supply. so now we know, 500mA is not enough for a

interfacing with floppy disks at low level, part 4

interfacing with floppy disks at low level, part 4

we're going to back up a little in this part - we have MFM and index pulse data coming out of our chonky panasonic 3.5"

The Desk of Ladyada -  RETURN OF THE FLOPPY HACKING (time to write!)

The Desk of Ladyada - RETURN OF THE FLOPPY HACKING (time to write!)

ok cats and kittens, we know you missed the

adafruit floppy featherwing has a rainbow ribbon

adafruit floppy featherwing has a rainbow ribbon

we had some time this weekend to write the

low cost and easily available floppy interface hardware, part 9! pico power

low cost and easily available floppy interface hardware, part 9! pico power

time to wrap up today's

Reading data from a Floppy Drive

Reading data from a Floppy Drive

Let's make a circuit to read actual data bytes from a

Moving Apple ][ Floppy Drive with Adafruit CIrcuitPython #adafruit #apple #floppy

Moving Apple ][ Floppy Drive with Adafruit CIrcuitPython #adafruit #apple #floppy

jepler ended the week on a high note, getting the motor of an Apple ][

Reading floppy disk data, part 3! itsa pulse party

Reading floppy disk data, part 3! itsa pulse party

OK so part 1 we got our wiring worked out and found an index pulse. Part 2 is we started getting MFM data coming out. Now we're ...

reading raw floppy disk data part 5, at night the greaseweazles come

reading raw floppy disk data part 5, at night the greaseweazles come

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! we're ticking down the new year safe and sound here at home together, with a big mug of cocoa ...

Happy Friday - It's a Floppy Featherwing Friend

Happy Friday - It's a Floppy Featherwing Friend

hey everyone! after taking care of some fruit-biz-stuff and releasing some exciting new products, we're back to fun...

5.25" floppy reading with fluxengine

5.25" floppy reading with fluxengine

OK after much fluxengine

The Desk of Ladyada - 5.25" Floppy Drive hacking!

The Desk of Ladyada - 5.25" Floppy Drive hacking!

This weekend we dove headfirst into getting fluxengine and our 5.25" disk drive working with the

Real Retro Gaming - Playing PC Hack on a Dual 5.25 Floppy Vintage 386

Real Retro Gaming - Playing PC Hack on a Dual 5.25 Floppy Vintage 386

In this video I will be playing a game called PC

Imaging Copy Protected Apple II Floppies with Adafruit_Floppy, FluxEngine, and passport.py #adafruit

Imaging Copy Protected Apple II Floppies with Adafruit_Floppy, FluxEngine, and passport.py #adafruit

jepler is working on a Pull Request to FluxEngine to add support for the "a2r" flux format, commonly used in Apple II software ...

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