====== FDC Emulator ======

The [[:glossary:fdc|FDC]] emulator is a member of the SPS suite of preservation technologies.

Its job is to implement a definitive, low level, and most importantly //accurate// emulation for various brands of generic hardware floppy controllers. Almost of of these "off the shelf" controllers are derivatives of the NEC765A FDC.

The FDC emulator acts as a "plugin", or "library" for emulators to allow inclusion of true floppy system emulation without needing to re-implement this complicated piece of functionality themselves.

The particular models of FDC currently supported are:

  * WD1779