Floppy&uP

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TOPCAT
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Floppy&uP

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Can anybody tell me how to drive a floppy with a microcontroller?
I know how to drive a HDD or a flash memory, but a floppy drive works different, no?
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Re: Floppy&uP

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Are you wanting to read and wright to the floppy or just control the stepper motors.
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read&write
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Nuclear power is not possible.
By the way, the earth is FLAT.
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This probably will not help much but good reading.
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Re: Floppy&uP

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thanks, it helps
I still say man will never fly.
Nuclear power is not possible.
By the way, the earth is FLAT.
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