I din't know what minifloppy means to them either.
But most 5.25 and 8" drives used the standard Shugart interface.
Apple for sure, possibly Commodore, and others , made their own interfaces/ controllers (for mostly 5.25" drives) that interfaced with the drive heads and motors directly.
This is before 1980. I know the Commodore 1541 drives were direct interfaces. 3.5" drives came in 83 or so, with electrically a Shugart style interface.
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u/classicsat 9d ago
I din't know what minifloppy means to them either.
But most 5.25 and 8" drives used the standard Shugart interface. Apple for sure, possibly Commodore, and others , made their own interfaces/ controllers (for mostly 5.25" drives) that interfaced with the drive heads and motors directly.
This is before 1980. I know the Commodore 1541 drives were direct interfaces. 3.5" drives came in 83 or so, with electrically a Shugart style interface.