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How about an option to convert a HFE file into an "real" image again?

That will be useful when we write a program or something in SD and need to put in a real disk.

Is this possible?

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It would be very useful to convert img2hfe and vise versa.
I think that first found on SD card image automounting would be useful too.
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DFL wrote:How about an option to convert a HFE file into an "real" image again?

That will be useful when we write a program or something in SD and need to put in a real disk.

Is this possible?

Regards.

Yes this is possible, and i will add it soon.
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Re: HFE2IMG

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Pryanick wrote:It would be very useful to convert img2hfe and vise versa.
I think that first found on SD card image automounting would be useful too.
yes this will be done soon.
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Jeff wrote:
Pryanick wrote:It would be very useful to convert img2hfe and vise versa.
I think that first found on SD card image automounting would be useful too.
yes this will be done soon.
I think if this emulator can read and write img file instead of hfe file, we don't need to write a program to converthfe2img and there are many freeware supported the img file.
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trungvn wrote:
Jeff wrote:
Pryanick wrote:It would be very useful to convert img2hfe and vise versa.
I think that first found on SD card image automounting would be useful too.
yes this will be done soon.
I think if this emulator can read and write img file instead of hfe file, we don't need to write a program to converthfe2img and there are many freeware supported the img file.
This means that the PIC must encode data sector in real time. hard to make something cycle accurate.
This also means that the PIC must be able to read all file image format : *.ST/*.MSA/*.STX/*.ADF/*.ADZ/*.DMS/*.IPF/*.DSK/*.IMG/*.TRD/*.SCL/... All these files formats are quite different, and need a specific loader. And some of them are quite impossible to "read" with a simple uC (memory and speed problems, example : gzipped file format image like ADZ).
Additionally the conversion program allows me to easily change the hardware (change of the PIC by an other uC or a FPGA) without rewriting all of the project…
Remember : the HxC Floppy Emulator is mainly a software project, not a hardware project ;-)

So no, the PIC board will never directly read/write IMG file format.
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Lets work with hfe-file but not with real img-file, its much more easier.
So hfe2img converting program would be usefull :)
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Pryanick wrote:Lets work with hfe-file but not with real img-file, its much more easier.
So hfe2img converting program would be usefull :)
done : https://hxc2001.com/floppy_drive_emulat ... r_soft.zip

you can extract all floppy sector to a img file (rename it to trd to have a trd file :wink: )
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Hi Jeff
I have tested new program version.
Its working!!!
Image hfe-file changed by Spectrum under HxC emulator I can convert into real *.TRD image file.
TnX, Jeff!
:D
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Pryanick wrote:Hi Jeff
I have tested new program version.
Its working!!!
Image hfe-file changed by Spectrum under HxC emulator I can convert into real *.TRD image file.
TnX, Jeff!
:D
Works for me too (TRD in Spectrum and DSK in MSX)...

Thanks Jeff
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DFL wrote:
Pryanick wrote:Hi Jeff
I have tested new program version.
Its working!!!
Image hfe-file changed by Spectrum under HxC emulator I can convert into real *.TRD image file.
TnX, Jeff!
:D
Works for me too (TRD in Spectrum and DSK in MSX)...

Thanks Jeff
ADF doesn't work. Crash the program. Tried with many images...
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DFL wrote:
DFL wrote:
Pryanick wrote:Hi Jeff
I have tested new program version.
Its working!!!
Image hfe-file changed by Spectrum under HxC emulator I can convert into real *.TRD image file.
TnX, Jeff!
:D
Works for me too (TRD in Spectrum and DSK in MSX)...

Thanks Jeff
ADF doesn't work. Crash the program. Tried with many images...
normal, it's not supported at this day -> amiga format is not the ISO standard.
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Jeff wrote: normal, it's not supported at this day -> amiga format is not the ISO standard.
Hey Jeff,

any chance to see an HFE->ADF support soon?

Thanks.
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DFL wrote:
Jeff wrote: normal, it's not supported at this day -> amiga format is not the ISO standard.
Hey Jeff,

any chance to see an HFE->ADF support soon?

Thanks.
why ? the standalone version is read only for the amiga. So it seems useless to me to have an hfe->adf file converter ?
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Jeff wrote:
DFL wrote:
Jeff wrote: normal, it's not supported at this day -> amiga format is not the ISO standard.
Hey Jeff,

any chance to see an HFE->ADF support soon?

Thanks.
why ? the standalone version is read only for the amiga. So it seems useless to me to have an hfe->adf file converter ?
Hmm... I forgot about that. :oops:

So... Any chance to see ADF with write support? :lol:
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