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	Document the extra index pulses.
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		| @@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ contributed](Index_sensor_mod_FDD_1.1.pdf) on how to do this. I've never done | |||||||
| it myself; if you try this and it works/doesn't work, as always, [get in | it myself; if you try this and it works/doesn't work, as always, [get in | ||||||
| touch](https://github.com/davidgiven/fluxengine/issues/new). | touch](https://github.com/davidgiven/fluxengine/issues/new). | ||||||
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|  | Another option is to fake the index signal to the drive completely. The | ||||||
|  | FluxEngine emits suitable pulses for a 300RPM drive on pin 3[0] and the | ||||||
|  | equivalent pulses for a 360RPM drive on pin 3[1]. Disclaimer: I have never used | ||||||
|  | these. | ||||||
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| **Q.** Is this like Supercard Pro / KryoFlux / Catweasel / DiskFerret? Do you | **Q.** Is this like Supercard Pro / KryoFlux / Catweasel / DiskFerret? Do you | ||||||
| *support KryoFlux | *support KryoFlux | ||||||
| stream files? | stream files? | ||||||
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							| @@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ In order to do anything useful, you have to plug it in to a floppy disk drive (o | |||||||
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|   9. Profit! |   9. Profit! | ||||||
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|  | ## Bonus hardware features | ||||||
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|  | For advanced users, the board has a few extra signals which are useful for special purposes. | ||||||
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|  |   - Pin 3[0] produces short pulses every 200ms. This is useful for spoofing | ||||||
|  |     index signals to 300 RPM drives; for example, to read flippy disks. | ||||||
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|  |   - Pin 3[1] is the same, but produces the pulses every 166ms; this works with | ||||||
|  |     360 RPM drives. | ||||||
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| ## The programs | ## The programs | ||||||
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| I'm sorry to say that the client program is very badly documented --- it's | I'm sorry to say that the client program is very badly documented --- it's | ||||||
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