balrog changed the topic of #discferret to: DiscFerret magnetic disc analyser project || http://www.discferret.com || Current versions: Microcode 002C, API v1.7r1 (mcode 002E in dev) || DFI import support in Disk-Utilities: http://git.io/SabCYA || Current work: disc write support, decoders, planning Merlin2 || logs at https://freenode.irclog.whitequark.org/discferret
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<pjustice> Also, are boards available, or is it "hit up oshpark?"
<cr1901_modern> Foone was querying a board run
<cr1901_modern> Idk what became of that
<pjustice> Would also be useful to know a part number for the usb jack that matches the outline.
<pjustice> Ah, it's in the schematic.
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<Foone> pjustice: nothing came of the plans to do a run (although I did order some PCBs). I'm working on another project first, but once that's done I'll probably do some discferrets.
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<balrog> Foone: is there any good reason to do discferrets as opposed to one of the two projects I linked above?
<balrog> (I do wish the latter shared hardware with the Domesday Duplicator, though)
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<pjustice> What I really wish is that more people worked on flux-samples -> bits conversion, and less on rust-on-plastic-cookie-flux -> flux-samples.
<balrog> pjustice: the HxC software is probably what most people are using nowadays
<balrog> (and is GPL)
<balrog> it's got a graphical analyzer
<balrog> I wish it was on Github though
<pjustice> The hxc stuff does imaging?
<balrog> pjustice: they're working on an imager
<balrog> it's expensive though
<balrog> you're better off using a $20 Greaseweazle for the imaging ("rust-on-plastic-cookie-flux -> flux-samples") part, and the HxC software for the decoding part ("flux-samples -> bits conversion")
<balrog> [18:04:37] <+balrog> at this point there are two active projects to make an open source, well supported disk reader/writer: Greaseweazle ($20, https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle), and Pauline (probably $200-$250 total, https://sourceforge.net/p/hxcfloppyemu/code/HEAD/tree/HxCFloppyEmulator/Pauline / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZiyms6lo4U)