New computers - how to start ?

feldti · **Joined:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:05 pm **Posts:** 6

I would like to have support for Sharp MZ-800/MZ-80B and MZ3500 computers. I bought a HxC Floppy Drive Emulator and have base software images for CP/M system discs for these machines.

What do I have to do to convert these files into the HxC compatible format and where is the format documented ?

Marten

Jeff · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:48 pm

feldti wrote:

I would like to have support for Sharp MZ-800/MZ-80B and MZ3500 computers. I bought a HxC Floppy Drive Emulator and have base software images for CP/M system discs for these machines.

What do I have to do to convert these files into the HxC compatible format and where is the format documented ?

Marten

Hi,

First can you try to dump/read a floppy disk with the HxC
software and send me the HFE file ?
http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emu ... r_soft.zip

http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator

feldti · **Joined:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:05 pm **Posts:** 6

I tried to attach an old 5.25 drive to my PC, but it simply did not. The drives work on my old machines, but not at my newest PC.

But I have already file images of disk for these computers - done by other persons.

I looked into these files and the header begangs with

"EXTENDED CPC DSK File Disk-Info CPDRead v 3.2.4"

Therefore I beleive, that the emulators work with some kind of CPC format.

Marten

Jeff · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:16 pm

This file format is already supported by the hxc.
So there are nothing special to do for this new computer

HxC Floppy Drive Emulator

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