Hi,
I have a lot of Acorn BBC games that are in .ssd format.
I would like to convert them to FM DS 80 track .hfe.
Using the HxC Floppy Emulator "RAW File Format configurator" I was able to create a FM 80track DS .hfe that my BBC can read, Drive 0 and 2.
I saved the layout as a "predefined Disk layout" .fpf file.
How do I now convert an existing game SS .ssd file to a DS .hfe?
Thanks.
Converting BBC .ssd to FM DS
Re: Converting BBC .ssd to FM DS
Acorn ssd files are directly supported by the HxC firmwarefor Gotek. Unless you want to do something "special" ?Remklep wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:25 pmHi,
I have a lot of Acorn BBC games that are in .ssd format.
I would like to convert them to FM DS 80 track .hfe.
Using the HxC Floppy Emulator "RAW File Format configurator" I was able to create a FM 80track DS .hfe that my BBC can read, Drive 0 and 2.
I saved the layout as a "predefined Disk layout" .fpf file.
How do I now convert an existing game SS .ssd file to a DS .hfe?
Thanks.
Anyway i will add the xml description in the HxC software.
EDIT : Already supported natively by the HxC software : Just load/drag and drop them on the main window !
Re: Converting BBC .ssd to FM DS
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the help.
The problem I had/have is that the original .ssd file seems to be a single sided disk image.
There is no Drive 2.
In the case of Elite, that is a problem, as I cannot save my commander on the same drive Elite runs from (drive 0), it reports "Catt Full" as there cannot be more than 31 files on a disk with DFS 1770.
So I would like to convert the Single sided disk image to double sided, so I can then utilize Drive 2 for the savegames.
There is another way offcourse, I created an empty disc image and saved the savegames there.
This however is ver cumbersome as I need to change the active image on the Gotek twice while playing (once to jump to the emty drive to save and then back to the Elite image).
Thanks for the help.
The problem I had/have is that the original .ssd file seems to be a single sided disk image.
There is no Drive 2.
In the case of Elite, that is a problem, as I cannot save my commander on the same drive Elite runs from (drive 0), it reports "Catt Full" as there cannot be more than 31 files on a disk with DFS 1770.
So I would like to convert the Single sided disk image to double sided, so I can then utilize Drive 2 for the savegames.
There is another way offcourse, I created an empty disc image and saved the savegames there.
This however is ver cumbersome as I need to change the active image on the Gotek twice while playing (once to jump to the emty drive to save and then back to the Elite image).