floppy controller
- supported disk formats (sector by sector)
- Amiga 3.5" 880 / 1760 kB
- Apple Macintosh 3.5" 400 / 800 / 720 / 1440 kB
- MS DOS 3.5" 720 / 1440 kB
- MS DOS 5.25" 360 / 720 / 800 / 1200 kB
- Atari ST 3.5" 720 / 800 / 1440 kB
- Apple II 5.25" 140 kB
- Commodore 1541 5.25" 170 kB
- Commodore 1571 5.25" 170 / 341 kB
- Commodore 1581 3.5" 800 kB
- Catweasel Extra 3.5" 1160 / 2380 kB
- supported file systems
- Amiga OFS / FFS
- PC FAT12 / FAT16 / VFAT12 / VFAT16
- CBM 1541 / 1571
- uses standard 3.5" / 5.25" PC floppy drives for all formats
- spins HD disks at 300 rpm instead of 150 rpm
- speeds up Amiga HD disk access by 1.3 times
- speeds up PC HD disk access by 2.15 times
- 34 pin floppy header
- the floppy drives attached to the Catweasel are not bootable
- does not use DMA
- enhanced error correction
- supported by Linux
Catweasel 1200
- connects to the 44 pin IDE header, the 44 pin IDE port is passed through
- an optional adapter board allows connecting to the clock port
- by using the IDE connection the board is not compatible with IDE splitters
- the clock port connection leaves the the A1200 IDE port free, so it's compatible with IDE splitters
- clock port pin 40 is marked
Catweasel 4000
- connects to the 40 pin IDE header, the 40 pin IDE port is passed through
- not compatible with IDE splitters
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A1200 version, front side
A1200 version, back side
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A4000 version, front side
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