FDDSE
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FDDSE Floppy Disk Drive Serial Emulator
I implemented this serial server for the post era FDC+ Altair floppy disk drive controller from deRamp in c# on mono. That way it can be run on Windows, Linux or apple from the very same distributable file(s). My target was to run FDDSE on a BeagleBone Black (BBB). The BBB will fit inside the Altair enclosure.
Here is the Altair 8800b with the FDC+ floppy disk drive replacement board running in serial mode. It's connected to the Beagle Bone Black via the usb port through a serial dongle. Note the bone usb hub. I plan to use the serial port in the future with a MAX232 to utilize BBB on board resources and reduce wire clutter.
Below is a putty ssh into the BBB, with a TeraTerm console for the cp/m terminal. With no change to the distribution files for my FDDSE it runs on Windows and linux. I haven't tested it on Apple yet.
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Source code
The source code is not necessary to run FDDSE. You just need the executables available on this wiki page at Downloads.
The source code is maintained on GitHub in my FDDSE repository.
