If they're USB, they should! At least the Apple/Oric software supports USB flash storage, and the USB floppies are the same protocol.
The problem is Apple II 3.5" disks are in GCR so you would need a custom controller (IMO certainly doable with an RP2040 let alone RP2350) that is not bound to just PC formats.
> Do you remember Karateka, Lode Runner, and Cross Fire on the Apple ][?
> Our Neo6502kbd brings it all back — an all-in-one retro computer with a real 6502 processor that can emulate the Apple ][ and Oric Atmos, letting you play all those classic games on your modern DVI/HDMI screen or TV.
We Oric-1/Atmos users have been enjoying the heck out of wiring up an RP2040 to our systems .. it makes an excellent peripheral controller .. adds USB mice, keyboard, mice, etc. to 40 year old systems.
Just wanna say, adding the RP2040 to 8-bit systems increases the fun, yo ..
Indeed, that is exactly what it has become for the Oric-1/Atmos, in the LOCI project .. which gives the Oric access to USB peripherals, including storage, and getting such things under control are the first step in making retro- computers useful again ..
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[ 0.57 ms ] story [ 9.1 ms ] threadThe problem is Apple II 3.5" disks are in GCR so you would need a custom controller (IMO certainly doable with an RP2040 let alone RP2350) that is not bound to just PC formats.
> Our Neo6502kbd brings it all back — an all-in-one retro computer with a real 6502 processor that can emulate the Apple ][ and Oric Atmos, letting you play all those classic games on your modern DVI/HDMI screen or TV.
It's for retrogaming apparently
(via https://github.com/OLIMEX/Neo6502)
6502 is fun but coupling it to a RP2040 takes most of that fun away again, imho. Why not have the RP2040 emulate the 6502 too?
Although I could see a version of this with two RP2350's.
Just wanna say, adding the RP2040 to 8-bit systems increases the fun, yo ..
Ty