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GreaseWeazel Fun - shane.crozier - 07-04-2026
Hi All
I have decided to aquire a Greaseweazel so I can assist with software preservation activity, both for my private interest but also for the local ACMS.
Does anyone have a cookbook they'd like to share ? Recipes to make use easier?
A co-worker pulled an enclosure stl and has printed it for me - I have opted for a 5.25" Mitsubishi drive (as used in the early SBC) and have a NEC high density drive in transit to fill it - a 720kb and 1.4mb drive will eventually be fitted to a second enclosure.
Could the greaseweazel drive a SBC01/02 - the cable should be compatible if I've read the specifications right?
RE: GreaseWeazel Fun - ChickenMan - 07-04-2026
Yes the SBC floppy cables are fine. Have a read here on the ins and out of the GW - https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/wiki/Yann-Serra-Tutorial
RE: GreaseWeazel Fun - shane.crozier - 08-04-2026
(07-04-2026, 01:31 PM)ChickenMan Wrote: Yes the SBC floppy cables are fine. Have a read here on the ins and out of the GW - https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/wiki/Yann-Serra-Tutorial
Thanks! - Have you been using a custom definition file for your reads of the common bee formats?
Any clues where I could get a Cleaning diskette these days?
RE: GreaseWeazel Fun - ChickenMan - 09-04-2026
No I dont use any fancy custom definition but I mostly use the GW for other foreign disks other than Microbee as a WinXP P4 PC using ubeedisk reads them fine.
5.25" and 3.5" cleaning disks I have bought all mine from eBay in the past. I even have an 8" one also
RE: GreaseWeazel Fun - shane.crozier - 09-04-2026
(09-04-2026, 12:53 AM)ChickenMan Wrote: No I dont use any fancy custom definition but I mostly use the GW for other foreign disks other than Microbee as a WinXP P4 PC using ubeedisk reads them fine.
5.25" and 3.5" cleaning disks I have bought all mine from eBay in the past. I even have an 8" one also
As I use Macintosh machines - theres no equivalent to use a 5.25" drive - and they're not supported attached to a USB controller.
I guess I will have some trial and error fun!
I'll have a look on ebay for cleaning disks - cheers