GreaseWeazel Fun

[shane.crozier]

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?

[ChickenMan]

Yes the SBC floppy cables are fine. Have a read here on the ins and out of the GW - https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/wi...a-Tutorial

[shane.crozier]

Yes the SBC floppy cables are fine.  Have a read here on the ins and out of the GW - https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/wi...a-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?

[ChickenMan]

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

[shane.crozier]

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