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should I buy the HxC?
« 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?

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Re: should I buy the HxC?
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: should I buy the HxC?
« Reply #2 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. :)

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Re: should I buy the HxC?
« Reply #3 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.
Earth has a lot of things other folks might want... like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and room for their way of life. - William S. Burroughs
 

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Re: should I buy the HxC?
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: should I buy the HxC?
« Reply #5 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.