>>11929136
>That's exactly what I want to do.
I see. Just so you know, these perfect clones aren't even specifically their file system and data but the physical structure of the disks. They are more for preservation than mounting the image to get the files off of it or using it in an emulator. You will likely want to read the disk multiple times too since each revolution will be read slightly different. I've seen people use it to write a bootable OS to 8-inch floppies to get a 45 year old computer working, there is no way in hell any modern OS would have been able to write that disk properly.

If that's what you want though, then you have your work set out for you because you will need to supply your own authentic drives from that period for it and the software isn't exactly a one-click deal. You will likely have to dump it more than once as you're learning, as even the specific drive and how fast it's spinning (there was slight variances, and in very old drives you even had to watch out that you was not reading/writing at the wrong speed).

These files also would not work in emulators, or for any disk writing app that is also not writing to such devices. They're not intended for just ripping a game that anyone can download in a playable state off archive to toss into Dosbox.

>>11929142
>You can just use a regular floppy drive and something like dd for anything PC
No you can't, not for something like this. Devices like a KryoFlux or GreaseWeazle go far beyond what any standard OS would do just simply making an image of the disk's contents. That is like the equivalent of saying you can make a copy of a hand written document by using a typewriter when the entire point of wanting to copy it is to analyze the handwriting. Such a perfect copy is unnecessary if you just need to know what it says, but if you need to preserve every little aspect of how the document was made for preservation/analysis reasons then that's different.