Tag: disk imaging

Connects a modern Mac to Apple and PC floppy drives for disk imaging, flux capture, analysis, and writing.

The official store marked Applesauce+ sold out on 2026-07-15. The client requires macOS 10.13 or later; Windows and Linux use requires macOS virtualization. Current boards use a 12V adapter, and the power adapter and PC-drive cables are sold separately. Flux imaging with Apple-compatible 5.25-inch drives requires a sync sensor, which is also strongly recommended for Apple 3.5-inch drives; PC drives do not need one.

A DIY USB floppy interface and cross-platform toolkit for reading and writing unusual disk formats with a conventional PC floppy drive.

Building the original interface requires a compatible PSoC 5 development board, a floppy connector, soldering, a conventional PC floppy drive, cabling, and drive power. The project warns that not every listed format has been tested on physical disks; its dinosaur markers identify encoders or decoders based only on captured data. Copy-protection schemes are not a core focus.

Connects a modern computer over USB to a separate floppy drive for reading, analyzing, and writing disks at the raw flux level.

An assembled board still needs a compatible Shugart-interface floppy drive, ribbon cable, USB cable, and suitable drive power. Older 5.25-inch and 3-inch drives often need 12V or a separate supply. Remove the write-enable jumper while preserving originals. Apple II, Macintosh, and Commodore 64 GCR disks can require trial and error with drive choice.

A USB floppy controller and host-software package for forensic-quality flux capture, analysis, image conversion, and disk writing.

The official site offers hardware to private and hobby users through its web store. Host software is free only for private, personal use; commercial and institutional users, including libraries, archives, and museums, need a separate license. The current macOS GUI requires Rosetta 2. Consult the current manual before selecting and powering a drive.

Connects Atari SIO computers to a modern USB host, with 10502PC variants that can also image disks through a physical Atari drive.

The basic SIO2PC USB, 10502PC Revision 2, and USB-C Revision 3 pages all exposed login-or-register-to-buy paths on 2026-07-27. Host emulation requires a modern computer, FTDI serial drivers where needed, and software such as RespeQt or AspeQt. The basic interface's manual uses DSR handshaking, while the 10502PC pages specify CTS for SIO2PC mode. Physical-drive imaging requires a 10502PC variant, ALibPC, and the documented FTDI setup; launching ALibPC changes the adapter to 10502PC mode, and unplugging and reconnecting USB restores its default SIO2PC mode.

Connects a modern computer or serial controller to a 34-pin floppy drive for low-level flux capture, analysis, and disk duplication.

Human review confirmed that SuperCard Pro was not currently available on 2026-07-15; the official page says "Advanced Version Coming Soon!" Check the direct page for a future release. SuperCard Pro requires a PC-compatible 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch drive, a 34-pin cable, and suitable drive power; Amiga 3.5-inch drives are explicitly incompatible. Floppy-emulator firmware described as planned is not treated as a current feature.

USB interfaces that connect Commodore IEC disk drives to a modern computer for disk transfer and archival.

Retro Electronics listed two assembled USB-C compatible boards in stock on 2026-07-25. The reference ZoomFloppy hardware files are openly published. Required USB and Commodore drive cables are not supplied with either documented route, and parallel-transfer features need additional drive-side hardware.