The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.

The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).

There are two differents emulators:

• A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
• A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.

Firmware Slim SD HxCFloppyEmulator v2.0.2.2:

• First public SD Slim version firmware.

Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.12.2:

• GUI now Based on FLTK : http://www.fltk.org/
• Windows / Mac / Linux support ( http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1120  ;) )
• New library : libhxcfe -> Contains the floppy management functions (track generator/images loaders/analyser/file system layer…).
• New library : libusbhxcfe -> Contains the HxC USB Floppy Emulator support layer.
• New Integrated DOS Disk browser : Can generate / add / get / remove files from any DOS HFE files.
• New Track Viewer/Analyser : Low level floppy track is now analysed and displayed.
• “Load Raw image” : Predefined floppy disk format description in XML (based on Expat XML Parser)
• New low level Track format : TYCOM (custom FM) & MEMBRAIN (custom MFM)
• Floppy disk dump : “missing sector” issue with some FDC corrected.
• FM Track format : desync added to the end of the track to solve the SCAN command issue with some FDC.
• Disk Browser : Support of special/custom 2.5MB DD & 4.5MB HD FAT floppy disk format.
• Batch converter : It is now possible to batch convert RAW images files.
• Track pregap support/setting added.
• Some issues corrected & enhancement in the following loader : D88,JV3,DMK,IMD,AFI,EDE,OricDSK,Emax…
• New file export support : TI99/4A V9T9 file image
• New Loader : Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) / analyser.
• New Loader : Sega System24 Loader (*.S24)
• New Loader : Apple 2 NIB image support added. (*.NIB)
• New Loader : Casio FZF floppy image support added.
• W30 Loader : Roland S50/S330/S550 image support added.
• HFE Files : New alternate format flags for the track 0 side 0 & side 1.
• Sanity check function added to some loader.
• And a lot of minor corrections/enhancement too.

Download:

• HxCFloppyEmulator v2.0.12.2 (1152)
• Slim HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware v2.0.2.2 (978)

source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl