<s>
KryoFlux	B-Device
is	O
a	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
solution	O
for	O
preserving	O
software	O
on	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
KryoFlux	B-Device
consists	O
of	O
a	O
small	O
hardware	O
device	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
software-programmable	O
FDC	B-Device
system	O
that	O
runs	O
on	O
small	O
ARM-based	O
devices	O
that	O
connects	O
to	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
and	O
a	O
host	O
PC	O
over	O
USB	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
for	O
accessing	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KryoFlux	B-Device
reads	O
"	O
flux	O
transitions	O
"	O
from	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
at	O
a	O
very	O
fine	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
read	O
disks	O
originally	O
written	O
with	O
different	O
bit	B-General_Concept
cell	I-General_Concept
widths	O
and	O
drive	O
speeds	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
normal	O
fixed-speed	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KryoFlux	B-Device
controller	O
plugs	O
into	O
a	O
standard	O
USB	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
normal	O
PC	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
to	O
be	O
plugged	O
into	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
device	O
operates	O
on	O
data	O
bits	O
at	O
the	O
lowest	O
possible	O
level	O
with	O
very	O
precise	O
timing	O
resolution	O
,	O
it	O
allows	O
modern	O
PCs	O
to	O
read	O
,	O
decode	O
and	O
write	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
that	O
use	O
practically	O
any	O
data	O
format	O
or	O
method	O
of	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
to	O
aid	O
in	O
digital	O
preservation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
tested	O
successfully	O
with	O
many	O
generations	O
of	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
including	O
8	B-Device
"	I-Device
,	O
5.25	B-Device
"	I-Device
,	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
and	O
3	O
"	O
mechanisms	O
,	O
and	O
dozens	O
of	O
disk	O
formats	O
including	O
numerous	O
schemes	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
prevent	O
software	O
piracy	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
preservation	O
(	O
typically	O
to	O
an	O
image	O
file	O
stored	O
on	O
hard	O
disk	O
or	O
other	O
modern	O
media	O
)	O
of	O
programs	O
and	O
data	O
that	O
will	O
inevitably	O
succumb	O
to	O
data	O
degradation	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
physical	O
media	O
deteriorates	O
and	O
becomes	O
unreadable	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
