thanks for the info.. certainly more for me to think about as I'm trying to understand the PIC code.
I was wondering if you'd please consider looking at the BBC and Electron SSD and DSD disk formats, as the BBC has a FDC very similar to the Amstrad CPC - so possibly the emulator (both FPGA and SD standalone) may already work - the HxC Floppy Emulator Software might just need a small update to understand and handle decoding the format?
thanks for the info.. certainly more for me to think about as I'm trying to understand the PIC code.
I was wondering if you'd please consider looking at the BBC and Electron SSD and DSD disk formats, as the BBC has a FDC very similar to the Amstrad CPC - so possibly the emulator (both FPGA and SD standalone) may already work - the HxC Floppy Emulator Software might just need a small update to understand and handle decoding the format?
I'm so excited about this project
Exactly, Theoretically i only need to add some new plugins to support these computers..
Hi Jeff!
Thank you very much for this project! Especially for standalone version with SDCARD!
And I have severall questions
About standalone scheme
if I make this this Emulator and then connect it instead a usuall Floppy to PC. PC will recognize it like a usuall Floppy 3,5? Can this Emulator totally emulate Floppy (of course jet without opportunity to write to SDCARD)?
And can I read from SDCARD any PC files (*.txt for example)? not only image files (*.ST,*.MSA,*.ADF,...)?
SnakeMGL wrote:
if I make this this Emulator and then connect it instead a usuall Floppy to PC. PC will recognize it like a usuall Floppy 3,5? Can this Emulator totally emulate Floppy (of course jet without opportunity to write to SDCARD)?
Yes it should, but i never tested it on an PC, and i will have to improve some part of the code to emulate HD floppy disk (500Kbits/s).
SnakeMGL wrote:
And can I read from SDCARD any PC files (*.txt for example)? not only image files (*.ST,*.MSA,*.ADF,...)?
The emulator use only image files, but you can easily create an floppy image from an folder with the control software.
just curious, did IBM PC HD support require any code or circuit changes?
Amiga HD support might require a code change, the Amiga slows down access on it's HD disks to 250KB/s.
I'm looking forward to when we finish moving house, so I can set up my workbench and start constructing a SD floppy emulator. I've bought an Atari ST, ZX Spectrum+3 and Amstrad CPC 6128 to test the drive on.
gizmomelb wrote:
I'm looking forward to when we finish moving house, so I can set up my workbench and start constructing a SD floppy emulator. I've bought an Atari ST, ZX Spectrum+3 and Amstrad CPC 6128 to test the drive on.
Jeff wrote:hi,
(ZX Spectrum+3 are not yet supported)
I know, I'm crossing my fingers you may have a look at the Spectrum .DSK and .EDSK (same as the Amstrad I think) format and hopefully write a plugin for them!
heeh maybe I need to buy a BBC model B so I can also test the floppy emulator with that (and FM decoding I think).
I'm new in this project, but i want to design a project to simulate the floppy drive with ftdi usb and want u PLZ to help me
I'm using now Rabbit and dynamic if can help me plz send me anything can help me
my mail is zozo_dot_h@yahoo.com
