Generating 2.88 sector overlays with hxcfe vs gui

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pleonard
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Generating 2.88 sector overlays with hxcfe vs gui

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I've encountered a difference in the behavior of the gui hxcfloppyemulator versus the command-line hxcfe, despite what I believe to be identical config.script / internal parameter settings.

Within the gui tool, loading the first track00.0.raw file of a 2.88mb "Extended-Density" correctly overlays the 36 sectors:
gui.jpg
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But executing this command results in a kind or red-purple error overlay:

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hxcfe -script:config.script -finput:Mathematica_202_Disk1/track00.0.raw -foutput:Mathematica_202_Disk1.bmp -conv:BMP_DISK_IMAGE
cmd-resized.jpg
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I'm not sure if there's a way to "force" an interpretation of the raw data according to IBM MFM?
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Re: Generating 2.88 sector overlays with hxcfe vs gui

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pleonard wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:37 am I've encountered a difference in the behavior of the gui hxcfloppyemulator versus the command-line hxcfe, despite what I believe to be identical config.script / internal parameter settings.

Within the gui tool, loading the first track00.0.raw file of a 2.88mb "Extended-Density" correctly overlays the 36 sectors:

gui.jpg

But executing this command results in a kind or red-purple error overlay:

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hxcfe -script:config.script -finput:Mathematica_202_Disk1/track00.0.raw -foutput:Mathematica_202_Disk1.bmp -conv:BMP_DISK_IMAGE
cmd-resized.jpg

I'm not sure if there's a way to "force" an interpretation of the raw data according to IBM MFM?

Is it the same disk ?

"-script:config.script" : this doesn't sound good. just copy the config file to the Mathematica_202_Disk1 folder.
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