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| Applesauce – Make exact images of copy-protected Apple II floppy disks (wiki.reactivemicro.com) | ||
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A related project that has been going through an amazing amount of progress is the Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller.
HN Thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17256709
IMO the coolest part is the widget they wrote to visualize the raw magnetic flux on the floppy.
Example image: https://twitter.com/a2_4am/status/1026110390491643904