--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Strange but true, I ran across a very unique floppy > drive controller card a few months ago online. It's > called the CatWeasel, it's made by Individual > Computers, and the manufacturer claims that it'll > read ANY floppy disk with the correct drivers. > Check it out. Individual Computers' website is > http://www.jschoenfeld.de/indexe.htm, and it's > available here in the States thru > http://www.compuquick-amigadirect.com/. > Yep, that's right, you do see Amiga in that URL. :)
Another bit of hardware that did the same was the Central Point Option Board. This connected inline between your PC floppy controller and floppy drives. No need for a free expansion slot. Central Point was one of the pioneers in 3rd party upgrades and peripherals for the IBM PC and clones. Back in the days of floppy controllers being dedicated ISA cards, some of them were able to be hacked quite easily to support single density operation. Then the software called 22-Disk could read and copy many single density floppy formats. The hack was also useful with the Z80 emulator 22-Nice to run CP/M off single density floppies. I ran 22-Nice on a 12Mhz 80286 PC, on a PCjr with an NEC V20 CPU and also had a Xerox 820-II. The PCjr was faster with the V20 running CP/M than the Xerox which was built for CP/M! :) ===== Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call in each weekend. Fun. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
