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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: CritAnime on January 22, 2012, 12:15:59 AM

Title: should I buy the HxC?
Post by: CritAnime on January 22, 2012, 12:15:59 AM

The floppy drive on my 600 is starting to sound a little on the unhealthy side. So I was thinking of replacing it with the HxC floppy emulator and was wondering what others think to it. Is it a viable full time replacment to the floppy drive or does it have issues with certain thing? Also does it use .ADF or does it require disks to be converted?

Title: Re: should I buy the HxC?
Post by: Gazbonk on January 22, 2012, 01:18:42 AM

Hi
never used one but found this information maybe you've already seen it http://torlus.com/floppy/ or maybe you could read the forums on the website, you can also contact Gregor at the bottom of the site page.

Hope this helps :)

Title: Re: should I buy the HxC?
Post by: CritAnime on January 22, 2012, 02:21:09 AM

yeah I have been browsing the site. Seems to be a nice bit of kit but I could really do with some real life user feedback on the thing. :)

Title: Re: should I buy the HxC?
Post by: XDelusion on January 22, 2012, 03:20:19 AM

I'd personally go with the SD model over the USB model. A better (windows free) experience all around.

Title: Re: should I buy the HxC?
Post by: CritAnime on January 22, 2012, 03:56:36 AM

yeah thats the one I have been looking at. Browsing the site I can see that they say it comes with the ability to read .ADF files. So I am wondering how to mount the buttons to the front of the 600.

Title: Re: should I buy the HxC?
Post by: kedawa on January 22, 2012, 05:37:07 PM

Is their an external model that can be attached to the floppy drive port?
I don't want to replace my floppy drive, and I don't need to boot from a virtual floppy.