[haiku-development] Greetings - Haiku: 720k DD Floppy Access

I am new to a few of the Haiku mailing lists.  Some of you may know me by my
BeShare nick :Wumpscut:

I developed the following MIDI apps under BeOS R5
http://bebits.com/devprofile/3344

Anyways, I hope to further develop on these apps and start new projects
under Haiku.

One new project I'd like to work on requires ability to access 3.5" 720k
Double Density floppy discs.  There were a couple floppy disk image apps
under BeOS, but they could only read/write to High Density 1.44MB  Floppies.

I was wondering if it would possible to access DD floppies under Haiku,
since it didn't seem possible in R5 (perhaps it was undocumented?).
Anyways, I don't need the ability to mount the disk, as most of the disks I
will be dealing are in proprietary file systems (mainly synth and samplers
from the 80s).  I believe the floppy image programs didn't mount the disks
anyways through the OS.  I was able able to copy 1.44MB HD E-Mu floppies to
disk image and visa versa.  Most floppy drives I know of read both formats,
so 720kb DD floppies should be read/write accessible from Haiku.  Does
anyone know if this is possible?

Also is there a separate mailing list for the MIDI kit?

Thank You,

David Beckman

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