Looking forward to see it!

>While the former is a more flexible solutions, the latter does not require
> another power cable, it can be hidden inside the Amiga without any problem,

The solution on my video too : All the power come from the floppy powersupply cable of the machine.

>and it’s cheaper.
Not sure that the Slim HxC is a lot more expensive that this RPi solution if you count all the hidden charges…

Anyway as i said in my post i am working on something with a better implementation (OS support is a must!), but with a cost similar to this RPi drive…

Thank you for sharing it! It’s a very nice idea and surely at a higher level than the Amiga one.

This one is cheaper, though: the USB HxC costs 55€ (+ the RPi), and you can find the SD version at ~60€. While the former is a more flexible solutions, the latter does not require another power cable, it can be hidden inside the Amiga without any problem, and it’s cheaper.

This one is still the cheapest option ever, which is good if you have many computers. On the other hand, if one is not on a thight budget will appreciate the quality of your work.

Well, it seems that i should used an Amiga instead of An Atari ST to make this demo some months ago… 🙁 :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wJEekEhZtD8 (the video demo)

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=58345

http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1120

This is the old USB HxC Floppy Emulator working with the Raspberry PI (Rev B) under linux.
In the present demo the file images (ADF,ST,MSA,IPF,…) are uploaded to the Raspberry PI throught the Ethernet port.
Since all is working under Linux (Unlike the above solution…) the same can be done through a wifi interface, or an simple USB key, or what you want.

All sources are availables since years there :
http://sourceforge.net/p/hxcfloppyemu/code/HEAD/tree/HxCFloppyEmulator/
All the software and libraries are working under Linux (and Raspberry Pi), Mac OS X, Windows…

Here is the file images loaders currently present in the library:
http://sourceforge.net/p/hxcfloppyemu/code/HEAD/tree/HxCFloppyEmulator/libhxcfe/trunk/sources/loaders/

Please note that there is no conversion to do for the user: all is done “on the fly”…

To build your own USB HxC all is there :
http://sourceforge.net/p/hxcfloppyemu/code/HEAD/tree/HxCFloppyEmulator/USB_HxCFloppyEmulator/USB_HxCFloppyEmulator_PCB/
I know that some of you on this forum have built some boards long time ago 😉

So yes, i am actually working on the next generation HxC. All the software is already there.
Just need to finish the new hardware part to replace the old USB version. It will be probably very cheap to build but i want it decent enough to be able to use Linux and its network possibilities.. (and emulating the protected disk images like IPF… 😉 ) …

indeed! I really love the open aspect of this.

It is.

But even more beautiful is the fact that this guy will post his sourcecode on github, so probably someone will create other floppy emulators too. Or a better interface.

This could well become the killer disk emulator: cheap, easy to find, expandable.