Pheuque  wrote:

> Now that there are new Commodore 64 motherboards in the wild, how
> about a Catweasel Reloaded as a stand alone device for reading real
> Commodore disks, and other floppy disks formats with real PC drives.

> It should have IEC ports as well as a USB ports, and maybe even a
> connector to let hook up to an Amiga floppy port.

> The device could be plugged into a PC, Mac, or Linux Machine, Amiga or
> C= IEC and also allow the floppies to be written and read.

I think that above all, the most important characteristic of any new
Catweasel is driver support.  I had a Catweasel IV (I think) for a few
years and sold it because the driver support in Linux is so crappy.

There are similar projects such as Disc-Ferret and Kryoflux which
perport to do similar things.  They connect to the USB port and
therefore are ideal for intermittent use.  The Kryoflux is probably the
most mature and easily available.

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David Griffith
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