Just added another bit of software to the Optiplex ..Kryostation.
'Wildwutz' ..
It can write an image to a 5.25" floppy ..
Formatting of the floppy isn't neccessary ..
The process is automated insofar as the floppy is 'wiped' before the image is written ..
and since it is an image written at such a low flux level ..preparation of the disk isn't neccessary .
I've just taken a used but good floppy (had some AppleII software on it) and overwritten 'Defender of the Crown' C64 image disk 1 ..then went upstairs and loaded it onto my C64 ..
No issues at all ..
Not sure if it can handle High density floppies yet as it is still in perpetual beta state.
and of course..the floppy was not written on a 1541 Drive ..but on a Panasonic drive designed for PC use..
But then ..the floppy drive doesn't know that ..and just gets on with the job.
The Kryoflux board is amazing imo ..
and will basically read and write at low level magnetic flux level..

Latest update..
I managed to aquire a suitable 5.25" floppy drive from Kazakhstan ...and set about modding it to seek into -ve head territory ..
..this effectively makes it possible to dump C64 flippy disks .
The modding process is well described in a series of 3 youtube videos presented by the software preservation society.
part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqluH7dEj4
since completing the mods ..and getting it working with Kryoflux ...I have successfully dumped over 100 floppies at least 50 of which produced useable .D64 images.
Even the disks which suffered bit rot ..produced some useable content.
I have seen code I wrote for the Comodore Vic20 C64 and C16 (from the 80s back when I wrote games)...which I thought lost forever
rgds
VS

I like the direction you are going..

I dream of building a similar machine so i can write as many formats as possible from one machine with ethernet. Its too bad there isn't a good way to write mac/apple II disks

Hi Dave..
AFAIK ...kryoflux although able to 'image' all floppies (theoretically) cannot dump Apple II or IIe or indeed CBM PET in a readable format that could be used in emulators.
I guess this will be sorted eventually ..but like all things ...demand drives such neccessity.
I for example have a PET 4032 ..and an Apple II and IIe .
but cant dump the few floppies I have.
So for now ..I have just cloned those disks ..to buy some time.

It can however dump both VIC20 C64 etc to .D64 ...and all MSDOS disks like space quest III in your video ...to .IMG
..and of course all Amiga floppies.
Amiga owners were really the driving force that started the preservation process ...from which Kryoflux was born.

I assume dumping any floppy in raw or rather magnetic flux format ..will at least preserve the data ...which one day will be processesable as more clever folk get involved.

best regards
VS