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.

Download:

• HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware v1.8.2.24 (1205)

Firmware SD HxCFloppyEmulator v1.8.2.24:

• Write Support completely redesigned / reworked :
  • Low level track format support added!
  • The host computer/machine can now do low level format of the disk images !
  • By this way the floppy disk image can be formatted with the right disk layout from the machine.
  • All the tracks parameters used by the machine (sector size, interleave/skew, gap, format value, index mark…)
  • will be written to the virtual disk tracks !
  • By this way the user have just to copy some blank HFE images to the SDCard, and format them with the host machine
  • as with a real floppy disk to make them usable.
  • Some blank disk images with various density will available for download on the HxC2001 website.
  • SD/DD/HD sector write support : all sector sizes are now supported ! : 128B, 256B, 512B, 1024B, 2048B, 4096B, 8192B…

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A new version of the firmware for the interface C64SD Infinity + ITS Module by Manosoft is released.

Changelog:

• Added support for the long filenames and the ones containing special characters.

Download: C64SD Firmware v0.10.3.8 (1560)

source: manosoft.it

A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate II is released. This version runs only on the 1541 Ultimate II cartridge (new fpga).

Version 2.6h includes some new features and fixes:

• Timing fixed for C64C
• Newer version of built-in MOD player.
• Bug fixes regarding USB stick removal.
• Enhancements under the hood for networking support. Network support will be enabled later, is not part of this version!

Release notes:

• Version 2.6h contains some small fixes on top of 2.6d.  This build is a DUAL DRIVE version with NO SID emulation.

Download: 1541 Ultimate II Firmware v2.6h (1514)

source: 1541ultimate.net

I have upgraded my Personal Computer IBM 5160 by adding an 8-bit ISA Sound Card (adlib) and Video Card Vga 8/16 bit ISA from Octek.

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Below some videos of the tests done:

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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 v2.0.16.0:

• FAT12 Loader/generator : Files size, disk size & disk free size displayed, lots of sanity checks added.
• TRS80 Writer : Bad free() removed.
• General : Software passed with valgrind : Some memory leaks and possible issues corrected.

Download:

• HxCFloppyEmulator v2.0.16.0 (1067)

source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl

It was released a new firmware for the C64SD Infinity + ITS Module by Manosoft which fixes some minor compatibility issues present in the previous release with some C64 Filebrowser.

Download: C64SD Firmware v0.10.3.7 (1490)

source: manosoft.it

This is the official demo party results from BFP (Baroque Floppy People) Top 3 Entries only. See also the BFP homepage for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• 1. Wonderland XII by Censor Design
• 2. Scrollwars by Fairlight, Offence, Prosonix
• 3. 20 Years Is Nothing by Hack n’ Trade

C64 Music:

• 1. Da Cheese Cut by Scarzix
• 2. Alice in Wonderland by Magnar Harestad
• 3. Frozen Yoghurt by Qdor

C64 Graphics:

• 1. The West Is Not Too Wild by Yazoo
• 2. Fearless by Sphinx
• 3. Skål by AcidT*rroreast

Download: BFP (Baroque Floppy People) full Party stuff (1134)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb BFP Homepage