InnerPartisan Says:

Feb 21, 2012 - You've got a point there. As cool as this thingy is, for that price I'd expect at least some crude plastic shell or something. But then again, I put together and run several PCs without cases, so there you go :D

phreakindee Says:

Feb 21, 2012 - It requires tweaking the software of course, but as shown in the video all those other computer formats are supported. I've been working with Atari 8-bit  Apple 2 disks on my PC drive.

InnerPartisan Says:

Feb 21, 2012 - Sold! :D

EgonOlsen71 Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - I does! I was able to copy all the important C64 discs. Thanks again for making this video, so that i got aware of this great piece of hardware.

SamuraiClinton Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - Most mainstream titles made before 1990 are already available and archived as .ZIP files on the net; thus popular games don't really need to be backed up per se.

phreakindee Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - And this attitude is precisely why so many games are falling into obscurity, even mainstream ones. This doesn't just back up a bunch of files, this backs up the entire structure of the disks. Most people don't care about this, but those of us that do highly value this original form. This is largely what is dying, not always the files :)

SamuraiClinton Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - some recent flash cartridges are being made to run ROM images from CF/SD cards with older game consoles for semi-authentic gameplay. But I guess you are more about the real file structure of floppies. Its like: why not have an IDE-compatible flash memory device that boots into a specialized version of DOS in a similar fashion that DOSBox uses the Z drive with. Thats how I'd imagine SF/CF compatible accessories with intercompatibility if floppy images were to be stored.

phreakindee Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - Oh yeah, there are things like that, and I use them myself. I have an IDE-compatible CF drive that I use on some of my older machines which makes playing the games super-easy and you don't have to worry about floppies at all. Regular old ZIP archives are fine for things like that, if you just want to play game. Things like the Kryoflux are for serious preservation down to the magnetic bits, so it's on another level of "enthusiast".

SamuraiClinton Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - but games like Alley Cat are just plain classic games that can run smoothly on most any old PC or DOSBox.

Madness832 Says:

Feb 25, 2012 - Wow, that's pretty sweet! I wouldn't mind getting one of those mounting it inside my PC connecting to a USB card w/ an internal "A" jack a Teac FD-505 combo drive. New mobo has no floppy on it.

jwriney Says:

Mar 31, 2012 - Cool review, man. Hmm, I've got an old external SCSI enclosure (with built in PSU) I could load up with one of these and a few floppy drives, making a nice peripheral out of it....

flyboyovyick11 Says:

Apr 13, 2012 - @phreakindee Would this device be able to write downloaded Amiga images to floppy?

CenaTv2 Says:

Apr 17, 2012 - What about stuff when your showing old cards etc.. They seem to be live, as you ramble on etc.

ferencproject Says:

Apr 21, 2012 - Where can I get a 5.25" floppy disk drive?

keoni29 Says:

Apr 23, 2012 - @ferencproject On ebay auctions. @phreakindee I need a version that's compatible with my commodore 64 floppy drive. Do you know if there are different versions of this board or should I make one myself?

phreakindee Says:

Apr 23, 2012 - This is compatible with C64 floppies, though by using a PC drive. If you want a C64-only board, the XA-1541 works nicely with C64 drives.

TheColinputer Says:

Apr 24, 2012 - I gotta get one of these. I have HEAPS of old Apple 2 disks which really should be backed up and archived properly. Never managed to get much of anything to read them these days.

CroatianMinecrafter Says:

May 2, 2012 - And you still remain the ONLY disliker.

RetroRepair Says:

May 7, 2012 - Awesome! I've got a huge stack of PD floppies I can back up now, It's surprising how much of this stuff isn't out there.

tehallanaz Says:

May 11, 2012 - omg i wish i had your dedication but holy shit ....

randomforum Says:

May 13, 2012 - Something that I will need to get end of this month. Got lots of PC, Amiga, C64 floppy disks here too... not all games or software but also private stuff like old school works, paintings, stories, midis, mods, xm's and stuff. And what is more than awesome is that you can transfer any disk image back to a floppy!!! Finally I can get instalationdisks for my old Macintosh SE/30

randomforum Says:

May 13, 2012 - ebay! 

GermanGTD65 Says:

May 15, 2012 - Oh man that was extremely satisfying to watch.

desiv1 Says:

May 19, 2012 - Yes, the new software will write Amiga IPF and ADF disks.

Bob0p Says:

May 22, 2012 - When you state it has something java in it typically means it will work on mac and linux and even if it doesn't you have a 50/50 chance it will work with some cross platform emulation software of some kind.