Timeline for Can I image Amiga floppy disks on a modern computer?
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| Nov 7, 2021 at 13:11 | vote | accept | wizzwizz2 | ||
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| Jul 18, 2017 at 15:38 | comment | added | Thomas | no it doesn't; Paula is providing a timebase used to measure flux reversal; since the rotation speed will vary from one floppy to another (there is some friction as there is a cloth material inside the floppy casing), it uses a PLL to lock on the data rate and this is used as a time base for reading the rest. This part is not unique to the Amiga. | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 11:23 | comment | added | nsandersen | I think the encoding/decoding is to a large degree also done by the Paula chip (which also handles sound and has related DMA capability)? | |
| Dec 7, 2016 at 23:08 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Dec 7, 2016 at 22:51 | history | answered | Thomas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |