Archival Floppy Disk Preservation and Use

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I've been getting into some weird computers and devices recently and have had to forge my own path on reading and writing weird floppy disk formats. Today I want to go over how it is I do that and how you can use these techniques for nearly any kind of disk to make backups and write complicated formats. Read the complementary write-up here: https://wiki.techtangents.net/wiki/Floppy_Disk_Imaging Projects Mentioned: Kryoflux: https://kryoflux.com/ Greaseweazle: https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle HxC Floppy: https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/ My own floppy scripts: https://github.com/AkBKukU/gw-tools Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:56 Disk Formats are Variable 2:22 Different Drive Types 3:53 Reading Disks From Modern Computers 6:26 Seeing Floppy Disk Data 7:27 Disk Encoding 9:09 Format Structure and Converting 12:15 Understanding Non-Standard Disks 15:02 More Examples of Determining Disk Formats 20:21 Completely Custom Disk Types 22:09 Inconsistent Disk Formats ( Copy Protection ) 23:30 Summary Here are some ways to help me make more videos! Buy some Merch: Merch: https://tech-tangents.creator-spring.com/ Leave a one time tip: Paypal one-time: https://paypal.me/AkBKukU Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/techtangents Amazon Wishlist for Production Gear: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2PC7JPEH76Q3W Become a monthly supporter: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AkBKukU Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCerEIdrEW-IqwvlH8lTQUJQ/join Paypal Monthly: https://techtangents.net/support/ Other Links Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/AkBKukU Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/techtangents Fediverse: https://dialup.space/@TechTangents Github: https://github.com/AkBKukU Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/AkBKukU Discord: https://discord.gg/E6xgGs6