This software act as the floppy server with the USB HxC Floppy Emulator.
This program also allows you to convert floppy image files for the SDCard based HxC Floppy Emulator.
Supports many input floppy image file formats: List of the supported floppy image formats.
Operating systems supported:
- Windows 98 / 2000 / XP / Vista / Seven / 10
- Mac OS X.
- Linux.
HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.9.0 -> v2.1.11.1 cumulative changelog:
- Hard-sectored H8D Heathkit raw file Loader & Writer added !
- Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) & Stream analyzer : Hard-sectored images support and various fixes !
- Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) : bmpexport.txt config file to generate the full stream track graph.
- NSI Northstar raw file Loader & Writer added !
- Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) : Another fix for the index position !
- Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) : filter.txt config file to adjust the internal bitrate filter.
- Flux Stream Analyzer : Internal filter can now be set.
- ADF Writer : Amiga ADF HD file (22 Sectors/track) support added.
- Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) : Loader & writer index position fixed.
- Acorn BBC file format loader (*.ADL/ADM/ADF) fixed.
- New XML format definitions : Acorn ADFS (160K). Acorn ADFM (320K). Acorn ADFL (640K). Dynacord Add-one.
- Stream importer : More debug/error messages, unconventional index period support.
Download: HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.11.1 (899)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: 
+ many more….
USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.16.1a -> v3.1.22.1a cumulative changelog:
- TI99/4A : Direct support of *.DSK/*.PC99/*.V9T9 sectors dump images SD/DD/HD density support (Read & Write).
- New embedded menu entry : You can now force the user interface mode (Normal/Indexed or selector mode selection).
- USB Direct Access mode code : Index gap increased (Amiga File selector & HxC copy utility under WB fix)
- Indexed mode : Ignore file extension. You can now use any file extension as long as the file is supported by the floppy emulation engine. (Can be DSKA0000.HFE/IMG/DSK/ADF/ADL…)
- Acorn machines (*.ADL, *.ADM, *.ADF): Sectors gap, interleave and tracks skew aligned to the real machine.
- USB Direct Access mode code refactored : Read/write performance increased (hxcmount). / Command/Write indications printed on the LCD.
- USB access cache : Write timeout value set to 2 seconds.
- Normal mode : Remove unwanted key delay when entering in direct mode.
- End part of the read output pipeline reworked (pulses generator).
- Akai S20 IMG images : sectors gap and tracks skew aligned to the real machine.
- Casio FZ1 IMG images : sectors gap and tracks skew aligned to the real machine.
- Fix last the v3.1.16.2a compilation option ! Please update if you have the v3.1.16.2a released yesterday !
- Autoboot mode + 3 Digits Gotek screen : Fix slot number.
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here. (instruction manual here)
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.22.1a (975)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.9.1a -> v3.1.16.1a cumulative changelog:
- User interface part :
- Code Refactored
- Better buttons behavior.
- Better/faster rotary behavior.
- Normal mode :
- Press both buttons shortly to jump to the first entry of the current folder. (“..”)
- Normal mode :
- When returning to parent folder (“..”) the position in the folder is restored.
- Autoboot mode :
- Press both buttons shortly to jump to Autoboot.hfe / Press both buttons more than 2 seconds eject/insert the disk.
- Indexed mode :
- Press both buttons shortly to jump to DSKA0000.HFE / Press both buttons more than 2 seconds eject/insert the disk.
- 7 segments screen : Now show when an image is inserted (“—”) or ejected (” – “)
- OLED : init algorithm revised for diymore.cc screens. (Press the right button at power up at the first diymore.cc screen installation).
- Various user interface fixes.
- Normal mode : key auto-repeat delay increased.
- Revert filtering changes (Rotary support)
- Keys debouncing filter increased.
- Normal mode : Wait the select key release after a directory change.
- New interface modes :
- IBMPC_DD_HD (PC Mode with auto density selection)
- S950_DD_HD (Akai / Shugart-Like Mode with auto density selection)
- New Family :
- Ensoniq ASR10 (Ensoniq Auto DD & HD support)
- New 7 segments config menu 1 (Interface mode) entries :
- 0F = S900/S950 (Density Auto)
- 10 = PC DD/HD (Density Auto)
- New 7 segments config menu 0 (System family) entry :
- 11 = Ensoniq ASR10 (Ensoniq Auto DD & HD support)
- Some file system & disks access sanity checks added.
- New menu setting interface menu for normal 7-segments Goteks :
- To access it, remove the USB Stick and press both buttons.
- Choose the sub menu number – wait some seconds for the selection validation.
- Check and/or change the setting – wait some seconds for the selection validation.
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here. (instruction manual here)
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.16.1a (958)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.2.0a -> v3.1.8.1a Cumulative Changelog:
- Raw files : Write sector performance increased. / Near Real time sectors write !
- Low level Floppy IO optimizations.
- Raw *.IMG PC Files : Use the DOS 6.22 disk layouts.
- And as always some code optimizations.
- Cache flush fix : Do you not reorder the cache when not needed ( e.g when the track fit the cache size )
- CFG File V1 fix (Autoboot mode) : slots support now file images with 2 characters filename extension…
- More code Speed optimizations. (again ! :) )
- More Code Speed optimizations.
- RAW MFM & FM Images (IMG/ST/…) : More Write speed improvement. / Sector Data cache prefetch.
- RAW MFM & FM Images (IMG/ST/…) : Write speed improvement. / Track cache workflow improvement. / Code optimization (CRC16, MFM 2 BIN…).
- *.ST 720KB Files : Switch to the TOS 1.62 Disk Layout.
- RAW files loader : Internal enhancement.
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.
Software HxCFloppyEmulator v2.1.8.0:
- New Loader : Atari ATR file image loader.
- New Write & Loader : HFE V3 : variable bitrate and other proctections support. / (Experimental ! The file format definition is not yet finished !)
- Kryoflux raw files Writer : Fix dead lock with tracks without pulse.
- Amiga DOS image browser : 85 tracks AmigaDos image support.
- Disk Image browser (FAT & AmigaDOS) : Fix null-sized file import issue.
- Disk Image browser (FAT & AmigaDOS) : Can now delete folders.
- All image loaders : Fix possible track skew calculation error.
- Emax image loader : GAP fixed to 30.
- Thomson *.FD loader : Sector interleave set to 7
- Command line tool : -uselayout option can be now used to specify external xml disk layout file.
Download:
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Release notes Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.1.2a – v3.1.1.4a:
- Config file “Load last loaded floppy” flag is now supported in indexed and file selector mode.
- Normal mode Fix : ST files are visible again !
- “Load Last selected image” : Save & Restore previous folder position.
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.1.4a (955)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.1.1a:
- Fix broken Rotary support in normal mode. (Connection points reminder : Clock -> J7 pin 2,Direction -> J7 pin 1)
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.1.1a (812)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.1.0a:
More direct raw formats support :
- Akai formats (*.IMG)
- Casio FZ1 (*.FZ1)
- Emax machines formats (*.IMG)
- Ensoniq EPS & Mirage series formats (*.IMG)
- General Music formats (*.IMG)
- Korg formats (*.IMG)
- X68000 (*.HDM,*.XDF)
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.1.0a (751)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.0.4a:
Major update!
- New direct file formats support (Read & Write !) :
- Acorn machines : *.ADL,*.ADM,*.SSD,*.DSD and *.ADF file support
- Camputer Lynx : *.LDF
- Commodore C64 : *.D81
- Thomson machines : *.FD
- Sam Coupé : *.SAD, *.MGT
- MSX Machines : *.IMG, *.DSK
- Spectrum : *.TRD, *.SDD
- New menu entry : Target system family selection.
- This reduce a lot the risk of erroneous raw file identification.
- Lots of RAW file support improvements :
- All sector sizes supported, advanced track skew and interleaving support.
- FM & MFM support.
- Amstrad CPC DSK support : Fix for the One Disk/double sided Batman demo.
- Fix attempt of the “diymore.cc” OLED screens : OLED init screen delay menu option added.
- (Note : Please avoid these “diymore.cc” screens until i got an idea what is the root cause of the issue.)
- Internal improvement : Track cache layer improved, RAW files support/identification improved.
Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.0.33.12a:
- Extra LCD size option added :
- 2×40 characters (for 2×40 I2C-HD44780 screens)
- Clear internal settings function : Press “up” button at power up to Clear the settings with the default values.
- SP1200 write support fix.
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.0.4a (1096)
source: hxc2001.com
Gotek HXC Alpha Firmware with OLED Display.
You can download here the Alpha Firmware Update.
Gallery:
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.0.33.4a:
- CPC DSK / RAW DSK : If not a CPC DSK file, open it as a RAW image.
- RAW Image : *.DSK and *.OUT files support added.
- System tick optimization.
- OLED screen support : Characters generator code speed optimization.
- Config-Less Mode :
- More CPC DSK format variant support.(again !)
- More CPC DSK format variant support.
- Amstrad CPC EDSK & DSK : Fix some DSK identification issues.
- Amstrad CPC EDSK & DSK : Fix file type detection with CPC File selector v2.5
- Amstrad CPC EDSK & DSK : Write Support working !
- Amstrad CPC EDSK & DSK support : Fix issues with non-standard sector size images (Midline Process…).
- Amstrad CPC DSK direct support added (Old and new format) : Read only for the moment. Write support and simple copy protection support incoming ;).
- New setting menu item : auto selection setting. You can now set the desired timeout for the auto selection function or disable it.
- Normal mode : Fix random “Bad file” and IMG read issue at power up/USB stick change.
- Some optimizations.
- Write pipeline issue fixed.
- Fix : IMG/IMA/DSK and ST files are now visible in normal/direct browsing mode.
- Rotary support added. Connections points : Clock -> J7 pin 2,Direction -> J7 pin 1.
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.0.33.4a (856)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.0.20.1a:
- Low level I2C & LCD IO redesigned and optimized.
- Long names are now scrolling on the LCD during floppy emulation.
- Short name image type identification issue fixed.
- USB “Hot plug” support fixed in autoboot/”file selector” mode.
- Fix the config file access error when the file haven’t the archive flag set.
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.0.20.1a (1212)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.0.19.2a:
- New buttons behaviour and better debouncing filter. Navigation user-experience should be better now.
- Disk Eject function : Press both buttons to eject the disk. Working in indexed, autoboot mode, and normal mode.
- “Eject at power up” option added.
- Support up to 999 Images in autoboot mode (with the File selector) (Use the new CFG file and selector to use this feature)
- LCD : Display refresh improvements.
- New CFG file format : Some new flags and no more slots/disk drive limitation.
- Some critical parts rewritten in assembly. Huge code speed improvement -> Better HD density reliability. ED density to be tested ;).
- Code size reduced.
- Advanced USB mass storage cache implemented to improve read/write reliability. (Btw : Now when track size can be stored into the SRAM, the emulator will not read forever the data from the stick but use the cached data instead).
- IMG/ST file write support done.
- Huge RAW (*.ADF/*.ST/*.IMG) Write performance enhancement (Write 2 tracks at once !)
- RAW *.IMG files can be used in indexed mode : Name the files DSKA0000.IMG,DSKA0001.IMG,DSKA0002.IMG,…
- HFE write performance enhancement.
- “Autoboot.hfe not found” message added.
- 7 segments display “dots” glitch fixed.
- 128 & 256 bytes sectors support added in raw mode.
- FM support : Write to HFE file fixed.
- FM support : Raw (*.dsk) read/write support.
- New File format support (WIP) : HFEv3. Can now support copy protected images converted from IPF and others similar formats ! Variable bitrate supported (CopyLock & SpeedLock). Weak/Flakey bits support to be added !
- Fix IPF support for these games: Jim Power, Z-Out,Xenon 2,Ghosts’n Goblins,Rainbow Islands,B.A.T II and probably some others !
- Slot number printed on the second line during slot search with an LCD.
- XCopy write issue fixed.
- Sound buzzer output on the “JB” jumper position. You can connect a piezo or a magnetic buzzer (transistor needed for the magnetic version). The sound output can be disabled or enabled into the selector settings. (Note : Please remove these old sound mod using directly the step signal, they are producing reliability problems…)
- Mixed track format/density write support fixed (To be tested!).
Current direct images support:
- *.HFE (RW),*.HFE V3 (RW) (early write support), *.ADF (RW), *.ST (RW), *.IMG (RW).
Note : HFE files is a multiplatorms floppy image format supporting many systems and disk formats.
Selector software:
- New Bootblock for the Amiga version : The file selector is now “trackloaded” and start faster.
- Speed up the sub-directory change/browsing.
- Can start an image from the slot page with the F7 key.
- The File selector is now available under Windows and Linux ! : You can now edit the list from a PC !. (Compatible with all SD/USB HxC drives !) To launch it : HXCFEMNG -disk:[SD/USB drive letter:] See the selector readme file for more details. This is a new selection solution for all others machines without native file selector available.
- Linux/Windows version : You can now import from txt file / export to txt file / auto populate / check / fix and clear your slots configuration. Very useful for fast populating and compilations duplication ;)
- Windows version : Fix big size (>8GB) usb stick/sd access issue.
- populateslots option : autoboot.hfe filtered.
Converter / HxC Software:
- WIP : HFEv3 Import/export support added. This format support copy protections (variable bitrate protections and soon weakbits protections).
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.0.19.2a (1367)
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) today has released via Facebook a new Amiga Files Selector for HXC STM32 (Gotek) & SD HxC Floppy Emulator.
The main improvement of this version v1.48a is the bootup of the file management program that is loaded much faster.
Download:
source: hxc2001.com
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.
Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.6.0:
- XML format definitions : Korg DSS1 DD disks added.
- XML format definitions : Emax II disks added.
- Command line tool : USB loader -> Raw loader added.
- Amstrad DSK file added to the batch converter export list.
- New Writer : Thomson *.FD writer.
- Thomson *.FD loader fixed : Side 1 ID corrected to 0.
- D88 Writer fixed : Cylinder and Side ID correctly set.
- ImageDisk (*.IMD) export : Deleted data mark and data CRC error flags supported.
- FAT12/16 Disk browser : Entries First cluster readback corrected. (With high word uninitialized).
- IMG loader : More disk sizes support added.
- DosDiskBrowser : 1.743MB & 1.764MB added.
- 64bits systems : Batch converter and Dos Disk browser issues fixed.
- MacOS X & Linux version : file export -> Auto-append the file extension.
- Track editor : Disk flux stream reverse function.
- Track viewer & editor : GUI layout changed/updated.
Download:
source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports:
Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.0.8.2a
- HD floppy disk format issue corrected : write buffer size corrected.
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.0.8.2a (1181)
source: hxc2001.com
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