Comments on: Virtualizing Floppy Disk Drive – Part 1

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:45:50 +0000

In reply to GL1zdA. If you want the IPF support, i recommend you the USB HxC.

By: GL1zdA

GL1zdA — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:19:37 +0000

In reply to Claunia. His reply about 2.88 MB disks was: "No, or at 500Kb/s (no 1Mb/s support) "

By: Claunia

Claunia — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:58:45 +0000

In reply to GL1zdA. In the HxC forum you can see how the creator says 2.88Mb format is supported. However if you're referring to 2.8" QuickDisk format, it could be a really complicated format to support because of the spiral single track they're made of.

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:48:49 +0000

I tried to do the same review some time ago, but it was not so complete. Nice work!

Personally I’m trying to save some money for the HxC too, it’s by far the best one.

By: GL1zdA

GL1zdA — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:39:52 +0000

Interesting, I was looking for SD/USB Stick floppies a while ago and haven’t found the first two. They seem to be commercial solutions for industrial machines, I’m curious whether they support copy-protected IPF images – yes, I’m a purist, crack-intros were nice at the time, but now I want to have the genuine experience, looking up the symbols in the manual etc.

HxC (non-USB version) seems to be nice and I could get one a bit cheaper since the guy Lotharek builds them in Poland. There are some drawbacks like lack of 2.88″ support or lack of copy-protection support. I asked the HxC designer about full IPF support and he replied that he might sell a new design which can do it, but it will be more expensive.

Looking forward to your HxC review.