The HxC SD Floppy Disk Emulator (Revision F from Lotharek's Lair) The emulator arrived as you see in the photo below a neat compact unit the same physical dimensions (at least in width) as a 3.5 inch floppy drive.įigure 2. An HxC SD Floppy Disk emulator from Lotharek's Lair. Allow quick and painless switching of disk imagesĪfter some hunting around I found one that seem to fit the purpose.Allow a third real drive to be added for copying to and from real disks.Work with all the common TRS-80 model 1 disk images (jv1,jv3,dmk).Store the images on a Flash memory card (CF, SD or Micro-SD).I wanted a device that could do the following: It's also slow, clunky and limited in the size and number of disks it can handle.
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However, it's not convenient as it needs to be connected to the PC for use. It works, and I've maintained a disk library with it. The solution I've been using is a Semi-virtual diskette. This makes transferring Web-sourced images to real disks problematic as most PC-hardware will not write single density to a floppy disk. Double density modifications exist but I like my units to be as authentic as possible when I come to show them off. Disk images abound on the Internet but the original disk drive controllers for these machines read and write disks in single density.
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My TRS-80 Model 1 and Dick Smith System 80 computers face a particular problem regarding their software libraries. Using a PC as a mass storage device works for many machines but recently flash memory cards have become popular.įigure 1. Disk drives can be temperamental things as they age and there are all those floppy disks to secure and store. Over the past few months I've been focused on modern off-line storage solutions for old computers. Terry Stewart's (Tezza's) Projects and Articles (Blog) Blog index and site links Replacement disk drives for a TRS-80 Model 1 or Dick Smith System 80: The HxC SD Floppy Disk Drive Emulator
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