Casio FZ-1 and HxC Floppy Drive Emulator

[Jeff]

I believe you need a third party software for this since the FZ-1 doesn't use a standard dos floppy format.

This subject was discussed there :
https://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtop ... 8&start=45

[marfemarf]

thanks


Can we all plead and beg for
http://undecyclenate.neocities.org/

to release this software?

Id pay him 150 use for it, or more.

Forget transferring. Just saving to fzf would be worth it
It's a painful thing to see and not be able to use

[marfemarf]

ok, last question. Im selling y Casio Fz and I want to load the sd card with all the fzf and fab files I can. I think I collected as many as I could. Can I put them straight onto the sd card in osx finder or do I need to use HXC floppy emu app ? A lot of files are in folders. Do I have to go into each and everyone and select each file or is there a faster way? Thanks!

[marfemarf]

Does not appear to be an easy way to transfer fzb files. Really relies on hxc software support. I tried transferring over midid with some shitty old xp software. That dixd not work.

[marfemarf]

I made a zip of my sd card for the hxc if anyone cares. Link will expire soon

http://www.mediafire.com/file/99s9lz4kw ... C.zip/file

[uge]

Hello there, sorry if I'm asking something previously asked.

I have a Casio FZ-1 with a Gotek with three-digit LED display. I've installed HxC last firmware. Everything seems to work fine since I can save and load my own sounds in the USB stick using some "Empty001.hfe" file I've downloaded from the internet.

The problem is that I can't load any library on it. I've tried changing names to DSKA0001.hfe, I've also tried other formats like *.fzf but I can't load any sound. When I copy some of these sounds in the stick the Casio says "File not found" or "Disk Error".

The Gotek is showing "nor" in the display. (Which after reading I assume is in normal mode) so it doesn't any *.cfg file in the stick.

Do I need to put something in the stick that I could be don't doing?

Please any help with this would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[Jeff]

Hello there, sorry if I'm asking something previously asked.

I have a Casio FZ-1 with a Gotek with three-digit LED display. I've installed HxC last firmware. Everything seems to work fine since I can save and load my own sounds in the USB stick using some "Empty001.hfe" file I've downloaded from the internet.

The problem is that I can't load any library on it. I've tried changing names to DSKA0001.hfe, I've also tried other formats like *.fzf but I can't load any sound. When I copy some of these sounds in the stick the Casio says "File not found" or "Disk Error".

The Gotek is showing "nor" in the display. (Which after reading I assume is in normal mode) so it doesn't any *.cfg file in the stick.

Do I need to put something in the stick that I could be don't doing?

Please any help with this would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

https://hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-floppy-e ... oting.html

This doesn't work : I see "Nor" on the display when inserting the USB stick

The emulator is in "NORmal mode".

Since you don't have any OLED or LCD screen, you need to use the indexed mode or the "autoboot"/file selector mode if you have an Amiga/Atari ST/CPC.

- In indexed mode you must use the indexed config file and name the files images DSKA0000.XXX, DSKA0001.XXX, DSKA0002.XXX (replace XXX by the original file extension.)

- In "autoboot"/file selector mode you must use the "autoboot"/file selector config file and the autoboot.hfe available for your machine. The images selection is done with a file selector software (autoboot.hfe) to set the "slots" (supported on Atari ST, Amiga, CPC).

See the usage page for more details.

The HXCSDFE.CFG config files and autoboot.hfe files are in the firmware archive.

[Robber]

I made a zip of my sd card for the hxc if anyone cares. Link will expire soon

http://www.mediafire.com/file/99s9lz4kw ... C.zip/file

Hi, marfemarf, I downloaded your HFE files, thanks for those. But some are just like mine 3281KB an others are 3445KB. The FZ-1 with HxC floppy Rev-F accepts both formats, how come? I use the CASIO FZ1 Predefined Disklay out for the FZ when exporting them.

N.B. Some files ask for 'next disk' but I don't see any, to save and load files over 1400KB you have to use 2 HFE disks 'A' and 'B' just as with the original floppydrive.

http://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic ... 30#p726482

[Robber]

Hi,
take a look at this:

http://zine.r-massive.com/casio-fz-sampler-archive/

Utilities
Casio FZ-1 IMG2FZF v0.1

Automatically convert Casio FZ disk images (IMG & HFE) to FZF format for use with Awave Studio or the ancient ‘fzdump’ utility.

Casio FZF2IMG & FZF2HFE v0.1

Automatically convert all supplied FZF files to FZ compatible HFE and IMG disk images. Supports subfolders, and maintains original filenames (no annoying double extensions).

Only for the Casio FZ

Also Play Back Tool:

Playbacktool.zip

(26.85 KiB) Downloaded 956 times

it's an HFE file made with HxC and not the utils above because Playbacktool is not a genuine FZF file.


Thanx to Swissdoc
http://www.swissdoc.de/download/FZplayback.zip

N.B. you need an external keyboard or sequenser for recording, not the FZ keyboard.

[Robber]

I am able to create floppy images from .FZF files that work - no problem. My question is, can you go the other direction? Get the .FZF file out of a .HFE image on the PC? I would like to do this to get .FZF files from floppies onto the PC - I have been using MIDI which is very slow.

FZ10 with floppy drive -->full dump to FZ-1 over "high speed cable" and save to HxC --> Put SD card in PC and extract the .FZF

Does the HxC Floppy Emulator software do this? Thanks

Hi ahaig, I've found a prog that does it, it extracts FZF and IMG files from HFE but I don't know who wrote it:

http://zine.r-massive.com/casio-fz-sampler-archive/

[Robber]

Hello,

FYI, thanks to Dmitri the aftermarket display for the Casio FZ-1 and VZ-1 has reached its completion.
Two colors are available: green and amber and in the near future perhaps RGB.

https://www.yamahamusicians.com/forum/v ... 170#p94170

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPLTknaEhLI

[belzrebuth]

Does anyone have the disk named "Hard Disk Operator" for the FZ20M ?
I'm trying to find it but I just can't.
If anyone has an image of it I'd appreciate it!

[deep88]

Hi guys


i have a casio fz10m with a gotek and is working properly, i can format, save and so on, all ok

despite this i have few old floppies i would like to dump into the gotek
here is my problem

how the hell can i dump some floppies and then bring into the gotek?
i've seen at the beginning of this thread people saying they have used Hxc and they can save a good .hfe....how??

right now i've tried kryoflux with different settngs but invane, Hxc on mac to convert the kryoflux files, Hxc on windows xp to dump with internal floppy but even here invace, tested omniflop invane as well.... iany help?

[Jeff]

Hi guys


i have a casio fz10m with a gotek and is working properly, i can format, save and so on, all ok

despite this i have few old floppies i would like to dump into the gotek
here is my problem

how the hell can i dump some floppies and then bring into the gotek?
i've seen at the beginning of this thread people saying they have used Hxc and they can save a good .hfe....how??

right now i've tried kryoflux with different settngs but invane, Hxc on mac to convert the kryoflux files, Hxc on windows xp to dump with internal floppy but even here invace, tested omniflop invane as well.... iany help?

Hello,
If you are using a Gotek with a true HxC firmware then i can assist you.
I also offer a floppy disk dump/read service. Please contact me by email if interested : https://hxc2001.com/contactus/

[j1mpst3r]

Hi,

I have an FZ family Sampler (FZ10-M). I can save and load to HxC successfully but I can't Format. If I try formatting it goes through the whole process but after 80 Tracks it will return to 0 and give a "Disk Error" on the FZ screen.
Please advise
Thanks

edit: Gotek version that doesn't take the regular firmware, so using HxCFEUSB_V4_2_5_2a.UPD