genus vs greaseweazle

genus

Modus Create's 2018 Holiday Game for the ODROID GO (by ModusCreateOrg)

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greaseweazle

Tools for accessing a floppy drive at the raw flux level (by keirf)

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genus		greaseweazle
	Project
2	Mentions	72
5	Stars	850
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	8.5
about 3 years ago	Latest Commit	9 days ago
C++	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	The Unlicense

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genus

Posts with mentions or reviews of genus. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-21.

ESP32Forth is a collaboration by Brad Nelson and Dr Hanson Ting to bring Forth to the sub-$5 ESP32 microcontroller.
3 projects | /r/Forth | 21 Apr 2021

One of the games using it: https://github.com/ModusCreateOrg/genus
Introduction
2 projects | /r/amiga | 3 Jan 2021

greaseweazle

Posts with mentions or reviews of greaseweazle. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-19.

Bit banging a 3.5" Floppy Drive
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Dec 2023

Take a look at the Greaseweazle https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle to see what a really high-end solution in this space looks like. It's intended as a from-scratch alternative to the beter known KryoFlux.
Everything I know about floppy disks
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Sep 2023

If you get yourself a greaseweazle (or have an stm32 blue pill laying around) it will allow you to create a disk image of the disks over usb
https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle
5.25“ Floppy Disk Imaging Manual (2018) [pdf]
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Aug 2023

Seems to use an older, non-openhardware solution.
These days, there's GreaseWeazle[0], setting the standard.
0. https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle
I'm currently considering getting a pc 9801rx.
1 project | /r/pc98 | 1 Jul 2023
Backing up a few disks
2 projects | /r/amiga | 22 Jun 2023

Any PC floppy drive (they shipped in large numbers, so not expensive or hard to find), connected with GreaseWeazle.
Is there an easy solution to making copies of a Floppy?
2 projects | /r/apple2 | 5 Jun 2023
A Multi-Format Cross-Platform Floppy for 5.25“ Floppy Day
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 May 2023

Note that the SCP raw flux format can be read/written with the open source GreaseWeazle[0].
0. https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/wiki/Supported-Image-T...
5.25" floppy disk not possible via usb?
1 project | /r/hardware | 23 May 2023
Help to open a file on amiga 500+
1 project | /r/amiga | 21 May 2023

Get a GreaseWeazle. They are cheap and well worth the hassle.
Looking for internal Floppy Disk Reader for use on Modern PC
1 project | /r/vintagecomputing | 16 May 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing genus and greaseweazle you can also consider the following projects:

FastLED-idf - FastLED port to the ESP-IDF 4.0 development environment

archivists-guide-to-kryoflux - An un-official user guide for the KryoFlux written by archivists, for archivists

goverlay - GOverlay is an opensource project that aims to create a Graphical UI to help manage Linux overlays.

fluxengine - PSOC5 floppy disk imaging interface

film_processor_poc - Photographic film processor POC

ArduinoFloppyDiskReader - DrawBridge aka Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer - Hardware and software interface for accessing Amiga disks (read/write ADF and SCP) on non-Amiga hardware

Simon-Arduino - Interactive hardware game based on memorizing blink pattern

flashfloppy - Floppy drive emulator for Gotek hardware

evade2 - EVADE2 Source code for the Arduboy platform

LaunchGreaseWeazle - Simple program for windows to run the command line Greaseweazle (gw.exe)

FreeRCT - FreeRCT aims to be a free and open source game which captures the look, feel and gameplay of the popular games RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2.

OpenFlops - Open-Hardware Floppy Drive Simulator