OMG i so want this right now, he says hes not got plans to release the source code and pcb layouts yet though :( And he hasnt sorted out someone to make them to sell them, but i soo badly want one to play with :(

Amazing project, i approve.

Only an Amiga owner would understand how important that piezeo would be!

Great to see another PIC32 project posted. I believe hardware wise they have the edge over many of the ARM Cortex M3 options. If only they were more widely supported.

@biozz, the floppy drive sound is part of the Amiga experience. There is nothing quite like the drive roaring before a new level or cutscene in a game, especially a game like Awesome.

THIS IS NOT A HACK!

This is an EPIC display of incredible skill and thoughtfulness.

I am very impressed!

@kd5uzz

At first I was like ಠ_ಠ
and then I was like :D

I have the sudden urge to find an audio sample of a 1000 booting and make it my ringtone.

And play Firepower.

http://hol.abime.net/558

@kd5uzz
your making something work in a way it was not intended to

how is that not a hack?
im quite sure that is the definition of hardware hacking

bravo. someone finally made proper replacement for standard industrial floppy drive. this hack is more than AMIGA / Atari ST / Amstrad CPC floppy replacement. i bet ti could be modified to work in midi boxes, keyboards, cnc machines, etc.

thank you Retromaster!

@biozz
you obviously fail at catching a joke :)

has anyone made a fake floppy drive for x86? I really really hate floppys but I like old computers.

Fantastic – I love my old Amiga – i’ve still got my old A500 from when i was a youngster.

The floppy noise feature just tops it off for sure – it was pretty impressive to hear it on the uae emulator.

Would be cool to copy floppies straight onto SD cards though.

I wonder if its possible to adapt this to use it with the Oric Atmos machines? Its getting close to impossible to find drives for these old 8bit treasures, so I’ve considered using an ATMEGA to do a floppy emulator too .. but if this thing can be easily adapted, maybe that’d be a better option.

SOLD! Where do I get one?

I want one for my c64!

@Che : Far too slow ?!?! What this means exactly ?
Like all floppy emulators the speed is limited by the floppy interface : 250Kbits/s in DD mode or 500kbits/s in HD.

So the loading time is the same for all floppy emulators !!!

May i add another advertissement ;-) :
(On screen display software already available for Atari ST and CPC users :)