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HxC floppy emulator firmware for Gotek drives presentation
The HxC Floppy Emulator firmware for Gotek is the enhanced firmware for the Gotek Floppy Emulators replacing floppy disk drives on old computers, keyboards/samplers/synths and CNC machines to use modern USB sticks instead of the old floppy disks.
HxC firmware for Gotek enhancements
The HxC Floppy Emulator firmware add to the Gotek floppy emulators new features, new user interfaces, new floppy disk formats support, new machines support and new floppy image types support !
Here is a non-exhaustive list of features brought by the HxC Floppy Emulator firmware for Gotek floppy emulators :
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Highly configurable and customizable !
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3", 3"1/2, 5"1/4, 8" disks supported…
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Single and Double sided disks supported.
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FM / SD, MFM / DD or HD densities supported.
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Bitrate : 125Kb/s, 250Kb/s, 300Kb/s, 500Kb/s…
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All RPM supported : 300 RPM, 360 RPM, 600 RPM…
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All sector sizes supported : 128/256/512/1024/2048/4096 Bytes…Mixed sizes supported !
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All track skew and sector interleaving supported.
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Up to 255 tracks per disk supported.
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Efficient and Smart write-back memory cache.
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QuickDisk emulation supported ! (Akai S612/MD280, S700, X7000, Roland S-10, S-220…)
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Special : Copy protections, Variable bitrate, weakbits and special formats supported.
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Experimental : Hard-sectored disk emulation support.
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(With LCD/OLED/OSD) : USB stick browser to select the file image to load. Folders/Subfolders supported.
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Mount USB Stick’s folder as a FAT/DOS compatible floppy disk ! (NEW ! fw version >= v3.2.1.1a)
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Image-Less mode supported ! : Can mount USB stick’s FAT12 partitions as floppy disk ! Easy files exchanges with DOS/FAT compatible machines ! (NEW ! fw version >= v3.5.1.1a)
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Compatible with the original Gotek "Batch Manage Tool" (NEW ! fw version >= v3.5.1.1a)
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*.HFE (v1 & v3), *.ADF, *.ST, *.DSK, EDSK, *.IMG, *.IMA, *.W30 and many others file image formats directly supported ! See the complete list
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Optional user Interface enhancements : LCD / OLED screens support, On screen display (OSD) support, Rotary support, Trackball support, Additional buttons support, buzzer support…
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True "file config less" mode : Embedded configuration interface/menu.
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Compatible with the HxC Direct Access protocol : HxC File selectors and HxCMount supported. AutoSwap supported.
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Firmware customization service ! : Adapt it to your needs !
Purchase
You can purchase this firmware from the store :
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Contact
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