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KryoFlux consists of a small hardware device, [4] [5] which is a software-programmable FDC system that runs on small ARM-based devices that connects to a floppy disk drive and a host PC over USB, and software for accessing the device. KryoFlux reads "flux transitions" from floppy disks at a very fine resolution. [6]
A bit nibbler, or nibbler, is a computer software program designed to copy data from a floppy disk one bit at a time. It functions at a very low level directly interacting with the disk drive hardware to override a copy protection scheme that the floppy disk's data may be stored in. In most cases the nibbler software still analyses the data on ...
The PocketZip is a medium-capacity floppy disk storage system introduced by Iomega in 1999. It uses very small (2×2×0.7in, 5×5×1.8cm) 40 MB disks. [1] It was originally known as the "Clik!" drive until the click of death class action lawsuit regarding mass failures of Iomega's original Zip drives, after which it was renamed "PocketZip".
Single head drive, but double-sided floppy discs (total of 360 kB per floppy) Amstrad PCW8512/9512: 3 inch Double 2 80 9 512 720 kB 300 MFM 720 kB mode uses both sides - ensure disc inserted correct way up. Apple II: 5 1 ⁄ 4 inch Double 1 35 13 256 soft 113.75 kB 300 GCR [NB 2] 1 16 140 kB 3 1 ⁄ 2 inch Double 1 80 Variable (8-12) 512 400 kB
A self-booting disk is a floppy disk for home computers or personal computers that loads—or boots—directly into a standalone application when the system is turned on, bypassing the operating system. This was common, even standard, on some computers in the late 1970s to early 1990s.
Rob Northen Copylock (also known simply as Copylock) is a copy-protection system designed to prevent disk duplication with standard floppy disk drives on the Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC compatibles. It was created by British programmer Rob Northen after founding his own company Copylock Software. It was used mainly to prevent games from being ...
The FriendlyWare PC Introductory Set was among the first games available for the PC. It was a best seller for three months with little competition. [ 4 ] The FriendlyWare Arcade pack came on a floppy disk with a red label and contained eight additional arcade-style games.
The buyer had the choice between a floppy disk model and a fixed disk model. The floppy disk model has one or two 360 KB drives, so that the user can run MS-DOS programs on the primary drive and work with files on the secondary drive, if equipped. [6] The fixed disk model has one 360 KB floppy drive and either a 10 MB, 20 MB, or 30 MB hard disk.