Writing 5.25 floppies

[owen2471]

Is there a way to write 5.25 inch floppies on a modern day PC from a .xdf image.


Thank you

[HIggy]

There is this device for modern Windows PCs:
https://www.retropassion.co.uk/product/greaseweazle/?v=79cba1185463

Main stumbling block usually is getting hold of a 5.25" drive.

I don't think this device will write .xdf files directly so they will need converting.

You might have to convert to a suitable format via HXC Software.

https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/#stm32hxc

There are also other X68000 converters for the other formats such as .dim Sorry I don't have those links to hand.

I expect what you want to write (unless personal data) is available to download in other formats.

I've got a older WinXP rig with internal 5.25" drive for writing disks. There are 2 software solutions for (Omiflop is one ) but it expects an internal disk drive plugged into PCs motherboard.