Greaseweazle Host Tools

Tools for accessing a floppy drive at the raw flux level.

This repository contains the host tools for controlling Greaseweazle: an Open Source USB device capable of reading and writing raw data on nearly any type of floppy disk.

For more info see the following links:

• Download binaries
• Purchase a ready-made Greaseweazle
• Read the GitHub wiki
• Greaseweazle firmware repository

Installation

Windows: Simply download and unzip the latest release of the host tools. You can now open a CMD window and run the gw.exe tool from inside the unzipped release folder.

macOS, Linux: First you must install Python v3.7 or later. You can then install the latest host tools release directly from GitHub using Python Pip:

$ python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle@latest

See the software installation wiki page for more detailed installation instructions for your platform.

Usage

Type gw --help for on-line help.

Read the GitHub wiki for more detailed usage instructions.

Redistribution

Greaseweazle source code, and all binary releases, are freely redistributable in any form. Please see the license.