Device Side Data FC5025 floppy controller
- Creighton Barrett
Owned by Creighton Barrett
Overview of FC5025
- Enables operation of 5.25 inch floppy drives via USB port
- Provides read-only access to 5.25 inch floppy disks
- Comes with "Disk Image and Browse" software for Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Disk Image and Browse tool expects a 1.2 Mb floppy disk drive, even when reading 360k disks
- Understands file systems used on IBM, Apple, Atari, Commodore, TI, and other types of disks
- Retails for $55.25 USD: http://shop.deviceside.com/prod/FC5025
Identify FC5025
The FC5025 floppy controller is a small circuit board with a port to connect an IDE cable and a port to connect a USB cable.
Install "Disk Image and Browse" software
- Install FC5025 "Disk Image and Browse" software in Windows 10
- Install FC5025 "Disk Image and Browse" software in BitCurator environment
Types of floppy disks
The FC5025 supports 18 different types of 5.25 inch floppy disks.
| Type of disk | File system | Single/double side | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple II DOS 3.2 (13 sector) | Apple DOS 3.2 | ||
| Apple 11 DOS 3.3 (16 sector) | Apple DOS 3.3 | ||
| Apple ProDOS | Apple ProDOS | ||
| Commodore 1541 | Commodore DOS 2.6 | Single-sided | 170 kilobyte |
| TI-99/4A 90k | 90 kilobyte | ||
| TI-99/4A 180k | 180 kilobyte | ||
| TI-99/4A 360k | 360 kilobyte | ||
| Atari 810 | |||
| MS-DOS 360k | |||
| MS-DOS 1,200k | 1.2 Megabyte | ||
| North Star MDS-A-D 175k | |||
| North Star MDS-A-D 350k | |||
| Kaypro 2 CP/M 2.2 | |||
| Kaypro 4 CP/M 2.2 | |||
| CalComp Vistagraphics 4500 | |||
| PMC MicroMate | |||
| Tandy Color Computer Disk BASIC | |||
| Motorola VersaDOS | VersaDOS |