Archival Floppy Disk Preservation and Use
I've been getting into some weird computers and devices recently and have had to forge my own path on reading and writing weird floppy disk formats. Today I want to go over how it is I do that and how you can use these techniques for nearly any kind of disk to make backups and write complicated formats. Read the complementary write-up here: https://wiki.techtangents.net/wiki/Fl... Projects Mentioned: Kryoflux: https://kryoflux.com/ Greaseweazle: https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle HxC Floppy: https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_d... My own floppy scripts: https://github.com/AkBKukU/gw-tools Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:56 Disk Formats are Variable 2:22 Different Drive Types 3:53 Reading Disks From Modern Computers 6:26 Seeing Floppy Disk Data 7:27 Disk Encoding 9:09 Format Structure and Converting 12:15 Understanding Non-Standard Disks 15:02 More Examples of Determining Disk Formats 20:21 Completely Custom Disk Types 22:09 Inconsistent Disk Formats ( Copy Protection ) 23:30 Summary Here are some ways to help me make more videos! Buy some Merch: Merch: https://tech-tangents.creator-spring.... Leave a one time tip: Paypal one-time: https://paypal.me/AkBKukU Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/techtangents Amazon Wishlist for Production Gear: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls... Become a monthly supporter: Patreon: / akbkuku Youtube Membership: / @techtangents Paypal Monthly: https://techtangents.net/support/ Other Links Youtube: / akbkuku Twitch: / techtangents Fediverse: https://dialup.space/@TechTangents Github: https://github.com/AkBKukU Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/AkBKukU Discord: / discord

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