HxC Floppy Drive Emulator

Just found out that the 1581 internally uses cable & PS connector just like A500,A600.
So thinking might not be so much trouble to support it.
Any thoughts?
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Very interesting !
In fact i have added the D64 file format support some year ago, but this wasn't tested yet with a real hardware.

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04/03/2009: HxCFloppyEmulator 1.2.0.11
-> GCR encoding support added.
-> New file Support : D64 file format (Commodore 64). (Experimental only at this date).
-> HFE file interface mode can now be changed through the settings dialog box.
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But i supposed that the track format is different than a 1541 disk ?

I wonder if this could also be applied to the 1541.

I've got an Emulator SP12 sampling drum machine, and they use a 1541 to backup. these are massive tanks of a drive..

I was also thinking that it would be good to hack apart a 1541 and use the circuit board and a SDHxC instead.

(Sorry to derail your thread)

No Prob! Glad u posted. The 1541 is an"Intelligent Floppy" it's on processor,ram & all,very complicated.In fact that's what made it superior to other "Dumber" drives for other systems.No Disk Dos had to be loaded to use it.But the drive itself is a Newtronics or ... can't rem other brand 5.25 floppy drive.Have dissected a few in my time!
Jeff the 1581 has it's on image format (.d81),totally diff & prob simpler than the 1541.Uses partitions,etc like hard drives i believe.Someone else can join in with more info perhaps.As usual got my mind on too many things at once. ; 0 )

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It's very interesting if the HXC can emulate the 1581. I'm very interested in this matter too.

Yes, the .d81 images are for the 3.5" discs of the 1581 disk drive, totally different format than .d64 (5,25"" discs)

i just have a look to the d81 format.
You should already be able to use this kind of disk image with the HxC Floppy Emulator.
To load a .D81 :

Beta version with the D81 support:
http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emu ... t_beta.zip
to be tested!

Thanks! very nice news...

question now is... how can I connect the HXC to the C64? it needs that special serial IEEC cable that Commodore disk drives use

No. you need the 1581 disk drive of course !

I understand, thanks

Question is.... Well I have one... but broken PSU was down because a low quality USA-EU converter... I think the only part broken is the PSU but I'm not 100% sure...

Perhaps I can made something from all this. I will open the 1581 and I'll see it.

This is what I want the HxC for. I even already have a half-hacked/low-profile 1581 PCB sitting there, waiting for a suitable mech (I was going to build all of this into a flat C= 128).

Question tho: does the HxC support write?

yes (the sd version..).