Both models of Floppy Emu boards are on sale this week, $10 off until December 5. If you’ve been holding off on getting one, now’s your chance! With the new HD20 firmware hopefully finished soon, the Floppy Emu board will be like two devices in one: a floppy disk drive emulator and a hard disk emulator. HD20 mode will require a Macintosh model with support in ROM (512Ke, Plus, SE, Classic, Classic II, Portable, IIci, IIsi, LC-I) or booted from another disk that has Apple’s HD20 Init.
Floppy Emu is a prototype floppy disk drive emulator for vintage Macs. It uses an SD memory card and custom hardware to mimic a 400K, 800K, or 1.4MB 3.5 inch disk drive and floppy disk. It plugs into the Mac’s external or internal floppy connector, and behaves exactly like a real disk drive, requiring no special software on the Mac. Floppy Emu is perfect for setup or troubleshooting of a Mac without a hard drive or a working OS. Just plug in the Floppy Emu, and you’re booting up in seconds. Keep it as a permanent solution, or use System 7 installer disk images to do a new hard drive installation. The hardware is also great for moving files between vintage Macs.
- Compatible with everything from the original Mac 128K through the Mac II and Power Mac series
- Reads and writes emulated 400K, 800K, or 1.4MB disk images
- Supports all major Macintosh disk image types
- External or internal connection to your Mac
- Can be used simultaneously with another floppy drive