Tools for accessing a floppy drive at the raw flux level.
This repository contains the host tools for controlling Greaseweazle: an Open Source USB device capable of reading and writing raw data on nearly any type of floppy disk.
For more info see the following links:
- Download the Greaseweazle software
- Purchase a Greaseweazle
- Read the GitHub wiki
- Greaseweazle firmware repository
Windows: Simply download and unzip the latest release
of the host tools. You can now open a CMD window and run the gw.exe tool
from inside the unzipped release folder.
macOS, Linux: You can install the latest host tools release directly from GitHub using Python Pipx:
pipx install git+https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle@latest
See the software installation wiki page for more details.
Type gw --help for on-line help.
Read the GitHub wiki for more detailed usage instructions.
Greaseweazle source code, and all binary releases, are freely redistributable in any form. Please see the license.