ZoomFloppy

Very fast and easy to set up. Connects your Commodore drive to your PC via a USB connection. It allows you to write .D64 images or PRG files to your 5.25" floppy disks -OR- allows you to make .D64 archives from your original floppies.

I'm using this product with the 1571 and standard IEC serial connection. It's amazing just how fast a disk image can be read or written for 5-1/4 floppy disks. I had a few initial problems with the unit which were quickly determined to be software glitches caused by using an older version of nibtools (be sure you get the latest version from here: http://c64preservation.com/files/nibtools) Totally worth every penny.. Amazing work!

I have bought the zoomfloppy to save the discs from my father - who died 4 years ago - for sentimental reasons. And I must say I was surprised how fast the transfer works, especially using the NIB tools together with the 1571 floppy drive which allows also to copy protected discs in a reliable way. Meanwhile I fitted it in a nice small housing to prevent damage to the electronics. So: Thumbs up from my side !

I am not sure when I last bought a product without a case. Maybe just before my first Mac in 1989. But I have seldom been so excited about a gadget - after all this is the equivalent of a time machine: all my old 5 1/4 disks that had been sitting in my parents' basement since I got that first Mac were magically brought back to life again and seeing all those games, self-written programmes and homework, I suddenly turned 16 again. This thing rules. The kicks I get from accessing my old 1541 drive from my macbook air are priceless. ...only possible criticism: the blue led is really bright, flashes crazily and thus makes Zoomfloppy an interesting gadget for my 9 month old twins - it nearly died a painful death by little, drool-wet fingers. In other words: if you got to the point where you are asking yourself whether you should buy this or not, there can only be one answer: you have old disks, you NEED Zoomfloppy.

Installation was no problem. Two IEC floppies (1541 and 1541-II) where detected instantly and I could format, write an read floppy disks. But is was some afford to get the IEEE-488 bus running. There is no information about this in the documentaton. Finally I found the hint on the internet, that IEC and IEEE can not be connected at the same time. When I disconneted the IEC bus and restarted ZoomFloppy and the 8250 floppy in the right order, the 8250 was detected. Everything works fine now.

I was really excited when I heard about this product, but unfortunately it did not work for me. I know that the disks I'm using work and the drives I have tried work as well. However, after help from friends and many online tutorials, I am still unable to make this product work. It appears that many other people enjoy this product, so maybe I got a broken one, who knows? I hate to leave a 1 star feedback, but I cannot give anything higher for something that did not work.

I wanted to transfer a few d64 game images to actual floppies with my newly acquired 1541 drive. I initially thought I could get OpenCBM running on Linux, but it proved to be too much of a hassle, so I booted Windows 7 and downloaded the software package mentioned in the ZoomFloppy manual. It was smooth sailing after that, got all the images on the floppies and every single one worked. Oh, and the shipping was fast, too.

Quite easy to use. I have Windows 8 and installed the gui4cbm4win . Everything transfers without issues. I have a 1571 drive.

I found it very easy to get the ZoomFloppy connecting a MacBook Pro to a 1571 drive; I've been using OpenCBM from the command line to archive all my old decaying floppies. Creating a .d64 image is FAST. The board itself is well constructed. You do have to seek out some documentation online before diving in but most Commodore users should be well accustomed to doing their homework. :)