How to image and create disks for retro computers

It's fun to work with old retro computers, but what's not always fun is trying to make disks for them so you can actually use them. This video is a guide to cover making FM and MFM disks using a PC. Many old computers use this format of floppy disk and if you have one, this video is for you.

This video isn't for you if you are trying to make disks for the Apple II, Commodore PET/VIC-20/64, Amiga or Mac (800k disks.)

0:00 Intro
00:46 Part 0 - The problem
3:20 Part 1 - Floppy disk encoding
8:39 Part 2 - Physical attributes
16:50 Part 3 - The disk drives
20:13 Part 4 - Picking you parts
26:23 Part 5 - Building the machine
34:30 Part 6 - Setting up ImageDisk
41:12 Part 7 - Making disks
53:38 Part 8 - Conclusion

-- Video Links

Michael Haardt's floppy guide with lots of technical information:
http://www.moria.de/~michael/floppy/f...

For the Apple II and Macintosh, I recommend the FloppyEmu:
https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-...

For the C64/VIC-20/C128 I recommend a SDIEC: (lots of options here, search around a bit)
https://www.etsy.com/market/sd2iec

For the Amiga, a Gotek with FlashFloppy works well:
https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy

ImageDisk:
http://dunfield.classiccmp.org/img/in...

TexElec Quad Floppy card:
(not out yet)

Recovering a floppy disk using an oscilloscope: (Fascinating read!)
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.c...

Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store:
https://my-store-c82bd2-2.creator-spr...

Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
   / @adriansdigitalbasement2  

Support the channel on Patreon:
  / adriansdigitalbasement  

-- Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

--- Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

--- Instructional videos

My video on damage-free chip removal:
   • How to remove chips without damaging ...  

--- Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino