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Last Update : February 25, 2021

New website/server online ! : https://hxc2001.com
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Introduction

Floppy disks have disappeared from the market since many years now, but surprisly the machines needed them still largely being used in various domains : Video games, Retro computing, Music, CNC machines (manufacturing/industrial process)... Early 2000s an alternative to the floppy disks was needed for these machines because the floppy support in PC machines started to disappear and the floppy disks reliability and quality was getting worse and worse.
I personnally started this project in 2006 to revive my Atari ST & Amiga machines and make them easier to use in the incoming world without floppy disks and floppy drives. The project have grown with the various support requests received during all these years. It now supports hundreds of machines and floppy formats. See the showroom to have a preview of the currently supported machines.
The HxC Floppy Emulator project main idea is to completely replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device. This electronic device emulate the floppy disk drive behavior and functionnalities. The HxC Floppy emulators are designed to be very versatile and to support a large variety of computers / keyboards / samplers / CNC machines at a reasonable price. The HxC Floppy Emulators support most existing floppy formats.
Today the HxC Floppy Emulator is a well established floppy disk drive replacement solution present into the retro-computing domain, Music domain and industrial domain.
See the showroom to have a preview of supported machines.

The HxC project currently offers different floppy emulation hardware and software solutions :

- A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.
For more information on this interface, go to the 'SD HxC Floppy Drive Emulator' part.

- A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
For more information on this interface, go to the 'USB HxC Floppy Drive Emulator' part.

- An advanced firmware for the Gotek floppy emulators.
For more information on this firmware, go to the 'HxC Firmware for Gotek Floppy Emulator' part.

Supported Machines

In the table below, you can find a preview list of supported machines and floppy file images.
For a more complete list, please visit the HxC Floppy Emulators compatibility table.

Note : Some computers/hardwares are probably missing in these lists.
If you have tested the HxC Floppy Emulator successfully with another hardware or if you want a new file/hardware support, don't hesitate to contact us.

Supported Computer/Hardware	*Supported File Formats*	*Notes*
Atari ST (STE/STF/Falcon...)	*.ST	9,10,11 and 18 (1.44MB) sectors/track format supported.
	*.DIM
	*.MSA
	*.STT	Steem Imager file format.
	*.IPF
	*.STX / Pasti
	'Non images' files.	The HxC Floppy Emulator software allows to create an virtual FAT12 (Atari ST/ MS DOS) floppy disk containing files present in a PC folder.
	*.IMA Hard Disk Image	Hard disk drive emulation done by the HxCMount driver. More details on : https://hxcmount.atomas.com/
Amiga (500/600/1000/1200...)	*.ADF
	UAE / Extended ADF	New and old version supported.
	*.ADZ	Based on the zlib.
	*.DMS	Based on xdms.
	*.IPF	26/03/2008 > New software and CPLD core -> Full support of protected floppies image. Variable bitrate and flakeys bits protection are now supported.
	'Non images' files.	The HxC Floppy Emulator software allows to create an virtual AmigaDOS floppy disk containing files present in a PC folder.
Amstrad CPC6128/CPC6128+	*.DSK
	*.DSK (extended)
	*.IPF
Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3	DSK and Extended DSK
	TRD (BetaDisk)
	SCL (BetaDisk)
	*.FDI
	*.IPF
MSX2	*.DSK	Caution : Some MSX2 computers use a non-standard floppy connector pinout. Please check that the computer pinout is compatible with the HxC Floppy Emulator or use an adaptator.
Thomson TO8D MO5 + CD90-640	*.SAP	Based on Libsap.
Thomson TO8D MO5 + CD90-640	*.FD	FD files can be loaded with the raw image loader (in the gui software) with these parameters : MFM-256bytes/sector or FM-128bytes/sector, 16 sectors/tracks, 2 or 1 sides.
Oric+MicroDisk	*.DSK	Oric & MicroDisc support tested at the Infoticaires 2008 convention party
C64 + 1581	*.D81
Dragon 32/64	*.VDK Dragon 32/64 disk image
Sam Coupé	*.MGT
Sam Coupé	*.SAD
TI99/4A	TI99 PC99	MFM & FM tracks supported.
TI99/4A	*TI99 V9T9 (.V9T9 / .PC99)*	MFM & FM tracks supported.
TRS-80	*.JV1
	*.JV3	JV3 support done by Gustavo E. A. P. A. Batista. Thanks to him. Video demo JV3 write support done by David Barr. Thanks to him too ! :) And another video here !
	*.JVC	Jeff Vavasour Color Computer Disk Image
	*.DMK
Acorn A3000	*.ADF
Acorn BBC	*.SSD
	*.DSD
	*.ADL
ACT/Apricot	ACT Apricot disk image
Robotron KC 85/X	*.TD0
Kaypro 4-84	*.IMD
RML 380Z/480Z	*.IMG	More details on the forum
CamputerLynx	*.LDF	Tests on the real hardware done .
PC-6601/PC6601SR	*.D88
PC88	*.D88
x68000	*.HDM	360RPM, 500Kb/s, 8 1024Bytes sectors, 2 sides, 77 tracks floppy format.
x68000	*.XDF
FM Town II	.D88 .BIN (raw image)
Super Wildcard DX-SWC3201	*.SMC	Create a MS-DOS FAT12 floppy disk containing the SMC Super NES / Super Famicon ROM file.
PC	.IMG/.IMA/*.IMZ	720kB and 1.44MB floppy image files supported
Korg DSS-1 Keyboard	*.DSK (CopyQM)	Note : Here a demo : http://www.reflexmusic.de/DSS-1/
Korg Is40 Keyboard	.IMG/.IMA/*.IMZ MS DOS Floppy disk image

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