[FR] USB Floppy? More USB Device support?

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A bare metal Commodore 64 emulator for the Raspberry Pi with true 50hz/60hz smooth scrolling, low input latency and better audio/video sync.

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[FR] USB Floppy? More USB Device support? #97

Open CypherXG opened 4 years ago

CypherXG commented 4 years ago

Is ist possible to add an support für USB Floppys. I have a Sony USB Floppy. but it is not regonized. This would be a nice feature and bring some Floppy Feeling back. Which USB devices are actually mounted? I have ordered a USB Notebook Sata CDRom adapter. I hope that it may be recognized.

lroby74 commented 4 years ago

Did you tried to connect it before power on Raspberry? USB Thumbdrives works only when connected in this way, maybe same for USB Floppy drive?

CypherXG commented 4 years ago

Yes. like every usb device. Otherwise it would not be regonized.

randyrossi commented 4 years ago

I'd have to check whether circle supports these. BMC64 only understands FAT32 file systems too. What's the file system format on your disk?

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CypherXG commented 4 years ago

Fat32 is not possible for a Floppy Disk. The other think is that the floppy drive is not initialized. Normally when i plugin the Drive it starts to rotate short and the led turns short on. But with the Pi...nothing. I don't know why. The Pi has enough power from the power supply. Next time i will try it with a SlimDVD USB Drive.

CypherXG commented 4 years ago

So i testet it with a Slim DVD Adapter. Doen't work. Only a usb stick was regonized.

lroby74 commented 4 years ago

So i testet it with a Slim DVD Adapter. Doen't work. Only a usb stick was regonized.

Because Slim DVD USB doesn't use FAT32

CypherXG commented 4 years ago

I know.

rhester72 commented 4 years ago

If it helps at all, USB floppy drives show up as raw block devices on Linux and require a manually-added NEC USB floppy driver on Windows.

studio8502 commented 4 years ago

The ability to use a USB floppy drive as an emulated CMD FD-2000 high-density drive would be awesome.

scruss commented 4 years ago

Most USB floppy drives have a really hard time with 800 KB formats. The floppy drive that's still readily available will only read 1.44 MB FAT format and won't recognize anything else. This may not be something that's reasonable to support.