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Re: Amiga 1000 + SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator?
« on: August 30, 2012, 11:52:23 PM »
Power is supplied using the same cable the current floppy drive uses. Same as the ribbon cable. Once you have the kickstart image use the conversion software to convert to the .HFC file format (this is what the hxc reads) and off it goes.
 
check this (http://www.torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=663)
 
Honestly I love mine. Download a .ADf and convert using the simple software to .HFC and stick it on a sd card. The onscreen display allows you to navigate through folders and you can even download a file manager for it.
 
It's up to you how you mount this device. I have seen some internal mods but you can buy it in a premade box which can be left outisde the Amiga.
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Re: Amiga 1000 + SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2012, 01:15:45 AM »
I just used the floppy cable that was already in the Amiga. Same as the power cable. However I think Amigakit may have some cables.

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Re: Amiga 1000 + SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2012, 01:23:33 AM »
I have seen mods done to old external floppy drives where the broken floppy internals were replaced with the hxc and hooked into the existing cables withing the floppy housing. Check this thread out at eab for something similar.

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=61244

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Re: Amiga 1000 + SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator?
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2012, 09:53:06 PM »
there is a 3 1/2 inch bay version now. So there will no need to mod anything as it should go into the existing A1000 bay. I am also curious to see how the work has gone on. I have run the relokick without issue so I don't think the 1000 kick disk should have any issues.