Greaseweazle V4.1 - USB FLOPPY ADAPTER FLUX READER & WRITER

Greaseweazle V4.1 - USB FLOPPY ADAPTER FLUX READER & WRITER
€29.50

Latest version of the Greaseweazle.

Optional: Retro-Updates.com designed case

Changed compared with the previous v4.0 

 

  • USB-C connector
  • New form factor with better mount holes
  • Improved input protection
  • USB power isolation jumper.

         More information can be found here: link

 

Greaseweazle allows versatile floppy drive control over USB. By extracting the raw flux transitions from a drive, any disk format can be captured and analyzed - PC, Amiga, Amstrad, PDP-11, musical instruments, industrial equipment, and more. The Greaseweazle also supports writing to floppy disks, from a range of image file formats including those commonly used for online preservation (ADF, IPF, DSK, IMG, HFE, ...).

 

Video that explains what the GreaseWeazle can do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQcuRNcjtXg

 

 

Software can be found here:

https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/releases

 

If you have an external drive with an DB25 connector, you can direcly connect it to the Greaseweazle using the otional GreaseWeazle DB25 External Floppy Adapter

 

 

Greaseweazle V4.1 is the latest version, updated for mass production and with the following features:

  • - Reads and writes 3", 3.5", 5.25", 8" disks (with suitable drive and cable)
  • - Buffered outputs, for communicating with older 5.25" and 8" disk drives
  • - Integrated power connector for directly powering most 3.5" disk drives
  • - Write-enable jumper can be removed for safer preservation of precious vintage disks
  • - Supports floppy-modded 5.25" drives
  • - Supports Disk-Change detection as used by Rob Smith's integration into the WinUAE Amiga emulator
  • - 3 user-definable outputs (eg. 8" interface REDWC signal)
  • - 100% factory tested, and tested again before shipping

 

More information and documentation on wiki: https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle/wiki/V4-Setup

 

 

This listing is for the Greaseweazle V4 device only. You will additionally require:

  • - A disk drive (for example a PC 3.5" or 5.25" drive)
  • - A floppy ribbon cable (typically you want a standard PC cable with 'twist' on pins 10-16, to communicate with a PC floppy drive)
  • - Floppy drive power cable, or power supply
  • - Recommended host OS: Windows 8, Windows 10, Ubuntu Linux.

If you want to connect your external drive directly to the GreaseWeazle, but it uses a DB25 connector, you can order the optional GreaseWeazle DB25 External Floppy Adapter.