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popolon33
msx friend
Mensajes: 8 |  Publicado: Mayo 29 2008, 18:46 |
Here is a floppy disk drive emulator who works on every MSX with standard floppy connector (34 pins)
I made an awful video to show to you the result with Laydock on Philips 8280 :
http://minilien.com/?560EPUkHnO
More info soon...
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PingPong
msx master
Mensajes: 1069 | Publicado: Mayo 29 2008, 19:20 |
G R E A T !
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SaebaMSX
msx addict
Mensajes: 268 | Publicado: Mayo 29 2008, 20:05 |
Hey, this rocks!
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manuel
msx guru
Mensajes: 3638 | Publicado: Mayo 29 2008, 20:15 |
Reminds me of the NoWind USB interface...
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ant0niutti
msx novice
Mensajes: 17 | Publicado: Mayo 29 2008, 20:21 |
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popolon33
msx friend
Mensajes: 8 | Publicado: Mayo 29 2008, 20:29 |
Absolutely, i'm the MSX beta tester 
All is working perfectly with the NMS8280 and the HBF700
Next step with the non standard SVI738 and TurboR... |
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cax
msx master
Mensajes: 1053 | Publicado: Mayo 29 2008, 21:04 |
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popolon33
msx friend
Mensajes: 8 | Publicado: Mayo 29 2008, 21:23 |
I knew all of these projects. Let's say it's another one ( a French one) and it's an open project because you can build it yourself with the schematics on the above link.
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ant0niutti
msx novice
Mensajes: 17 | Publicado: Mayo 30 2008, 00:23 |
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| Absolutely, i'm the MSX beta tester
All is working perfectly with the NMS8280 and the HBF700
Next step with the non standard SVI738 and TurboR...
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Cool!
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ro
msx guru
Mensajes: 2353 | Publicado: Mayo 30 2008, 09:11 |
Cool.
does it also work with REAL flops ? -> flop in PC instead of image
since my turboR disk failed....
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popolon33
msx friend
Mensajes: 8 | Publicado: Mayo 30 2008, 10:31 |
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| does it also work with REAL flops ? -> flop in PC instead of image
since my turboR disk failed....
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Very good idea. That could be possible in the future (and it's easier to make a turboR cable for this interface than replacing drive with a PC one because you can adapt the pinout configuration by software)
At the moment, you must make a floppy image in the traditional way and drop it onto the software.
That's also the charm of this interface with a PC at hands. You take Disk manager for exemple, put files in the window, save and drop the dsk on the software. The files are ready to run on the MSX. |
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hapzee
msx friend
Mensajes: 9 | Publicado: Mayo 30 2008, 14:21 |
When is is available? (and what would be de costs?)
Is is possible to get it as a solderkit? (DIY)
Hapzee
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legacy
msx professional
Mensajes: 519 | Publicado: Mayo 30 2008, 14:32 |
@popolon33,
This is a very useful and interesting project , I like to build this thing, but the scheme (I mean the "SchemaHxCFloppyEmuSDCARD.jpg" are not very clear, if you know the developer, could you ask him to publish a more readable picture of the scheme?
I'm sure that a lot of the MSXusers will appreciate this. |
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popolon33
msx friend
Mensajes: 8 | Publicado: Mayo 30 2008, 18:00 |
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| When is is available? (and what would be de costs?)
Is is possible to get it as a solderkit? (DIY)
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Unfortunately, there was a batch of 20 USB cards but no other batch is planned.
As for the DIY, i have a list with all the components but you must know that some are a little expensive, like the main FPGA.
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This is a very useful and interesting project , I like to build this thing, but the scheme (I mean the "SchemaHxCFloppyEmuSDCARD.jpg" are not very clear, if you know the developer, could you ask him to publish a more readable picture of the scheme?
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The picture seems clear to me (when you click on it  but i will ask the main developer (Jeff). If you want, you can go to the english board of the project and ask all the questions that you want. |
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legacy
msx professional
Mensajes: 519 | Publicado: Mayo 30 2008, 19:10 |
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The picture seems clear to me (when you click on it but i will ask the main developer (Jeff). If you want, you can go to the english board of the project and ask all the questions that you want.
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It's possible that it depend on my monitor that I can't read the values of the components, I'm using a laptop since my PC had a crash.  |
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