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.

Related Topics:
Floppy - German - Individual Computers - PC - Disk format

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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.

Related Topics:
1996 - Commodore Amiga 1200 - Amiga 4000

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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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