USB Universal Floppy Disk controller

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Philip Pemberton" <philpem at dsl.pipex.com>
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>>   o  Reading disks
>
>Easy - start when you get an index pulse, then stop when you get another
>pulse. I'd be tempted to make the stop pulse lag a bit though, just to make
>sure there's enough overlap to be reasonably sure that you've got all of the
>data.

 You need a little flexability here. I have a machine that
is hard sectored and used 8 holes per sector.

>
>>   o  Writing back a disk image
>
>See above.

 It does need retiming and pre-comp added back in.
Still, just a software issue. I like the DSP because
it can actually analyze the particular media used
and generate a more exacting pre-comp than even
the best controller can. This would be great for
archiving since the recreated disk can be better
than the original.
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 Go for it Phil!!!!!

Dwight