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Re: How about your 5.25" disks?

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Subject Re: How about your 5.25" disks?
References <slrn104mhe3.63h2.wwiv@bbs.penisys.online> <102fmke$2vief$1@dont-email.me>
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From scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)
Message-ID <UZX2Q.657705$aGDe.193395@fx13.iad> (permalink)
Date 2025-06-13 16:04 +0000

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In article <102fmke$2vief$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name  <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>On 2025-06-12 21:25:23 +0000, phigan said:
>> Just FYI, I believe you can modify some USB floppy drives to read Amiga
>> disks, then image them or load them in UAE or something.
>
>There are a couple of hardware cards, like Catweasel, you can buy that 
>allow you to use a standard USB floppy drive to read Amiga disks, but 
>those cards are too expensive for what would be basically just a 
>one-off use to read the disks.

There's also the FluxEngine, which is an easy mod of a cheap dev board:

https://cowlark.com/fluxengine/

I built one to archive my Apple II floppies, but I can't seem to find the
floppies now.  I'm wondering if they got left behind in a move. :-( 

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    Re: How about your 5.25" disks? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-05-25 13:03 +1200
      Re: How about your 5.25" disks? phigan <phigan@bbs.penisys.online> - 2025-06-12 21:25 +0000
        Re: How about your 5.25" disks? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-06-13 11:07 +1200
          Re: How about your 5.25" disks? scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2025-06-13 16:04 +0000
            Re: How about your 5.25" disks? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-06-14 11:12 +1200

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