CatWeasel

:This article is about the computer hardware device. For the children's television show, see Catweazle.

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The CatWeasel is a family of enhanced floppy drive controllers from German company Individual Computers. These controllers are designed to allow newer computers, such as PCs, to access a wide variety of older disk formats using standard floppy drives.

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The initial version of the CatWeasel was introduced circa 1996 and has since undergone several revisions. The CatWeasel MK2, for the Commodore Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000, sold out in October 2001. The MK3 added PC compatibility, and as such represented the major breakthrough of the CatWeasel, volume-wise. It sold out in mid-2004, and is succeeded by the "new and improved" MK4.

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Because of widespread shortage (due to low production volumes) and relatively high demand, older versions of the CatWeasel can accrue high prices when sold privately; for instance on the Internet auction site eBay.

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Individual Computers: Individual Computers is a German computer hardware company specializing in retrocomputing accessories for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and PC platforms. Individual Computers produced the C-One reconfigurable computer in 2003. The company is owned and run by Jens Sch?nfeld....