Most people believe that modern compilers generate better-optimized assembly code than humans, but look at this example from AVR-GCC 5.4.0 with -O2 optimization level: 7b96: 10 92 34 37 sts 0x3734, r1 ; 0x803734 <tachFlutter> 7b9a: e0 e0 ldi r30,…
In the classic Macintosh world, 400K and 800K floppy disks use GCR encoding but 1440K disks use MFM encoding. The BMOW Floppy Emu disk emulator has supported 1440K MFM disk emulation for years, and I thought I knew everything about…
Good news! Today’s BMOW Floppy Emu firmware update brings support for the Macintosh MOOF disk image format. MOOF is a new disk image format for 3.5 inch Macintosh floppy disks, designed by John K. Morris, with the goal of capturing…
The Apple II family of computers supports daisy chaining disk drives, but the classic Macintosh family sadly does not. This means it’s impossible to create a Mac equivalent of Floppy Emu‘s Apple II Dual 5.25 Inch Floppy emulation mode, or…
Here’s one more firmware update for the BMOW Floppy Emu disk emulator for classic Apple computers. This update resolves some minor problems and inconsistencies that were discovered in the previous version, but don’t get too excited because it’s all small…
I’m squeezing in one more big firmware update for the BMOW Floppy Emu disk emulator before the Thanksgiving break. This update brings a major improvement for Smartport hard disk selection and management, as well as a new settings menu that…
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