Tutorial: access HD, ED and up to 14mb floppies using FlashFloppy on a stock ST

[leech]

I actually meant the opposite, can I use all of the floppy image formats on the HxC 2001? I bought two of them ages ago before the Goteks really kicked off, and I love that they use SD cards instead of USB Flash sticks, but having to convert everything to .hfe was the annoying part. I think the newer versions of those supported more formats, but I don't think there is a firmware update for the old Lotharek built HxC 2001s, are there?

It is true that current model of SD HxC can use all those format. The SD HxC model just need to flash to the newer firmware.
Yours is from 2001 ? Mine is before 2010 I guess or earlier.... I cannot remember.... getting old.

Anyway what I remember is that my SD HxC model can be flashed to the newer firmware that supports more formats but it turns it to read-only device. Which is not optimal for my usage. My SD HxC lack the proper amount of SRAM and there was some instructions to "upgrade" it to more SRAM. (I think it is SRAM or may be something else). Unfortunately soldering is among the things I am lousy at, I did not do the upgrade and so stuck not being able to read those format when I reverted back to the last read/write version.

My guess is that you can flash the newer firmware (or the the last version supported by your model), if you do not care for writting on to the SD/floppy.
Or looks like your are OK with soldering.... and so may attempt that SRAM (better say hardware) upgrade.

Not sure when I bought mine, I thought that was just the model. It is a Rev F, which I believe is the last version of that made.
Always annoyed that the Goteks used USB cards instead of the more "floppy-like" SD cards. Which is why I really like Centuriontech's GoEX. But they are always out of stock...

[wongck]

Not sure when I bought mine, I thought that was just the model. It is a Rev F, which I believe is the last version of that made.
Always annoyed that the Goteks used USB cards instead of the more "floppy-like" SD cards. Which is why I really like Centuriontech's GoEX. But they are always out of stock...

I purchased a 4GB micro USB stick for it, which just protrude few mm out. Looks better than having a long stick out. LOL.

[leech]

Not sure when I bought mine, I thought that was just the model. It is a Rev F, which I believe is the last version of that made.
Always annoyed that the Goteks used USB cards instead of the more "floppy-like" SD cards. Which is why I really like Centuriontech's GoEX. But they are always out of stock...

I purchased a 4GB micro USB stick for it, which just protrude few mm out. Looks better than having a long stick out. LOL.

Ha, I found these.
DSLRKIT 32GB USB Flash Drives Slim Thumb Mini Nano Micro Waterproof https://a.co/d/eL4rHZA

[phjanderson]

Update: I added images for HD floppy capable machines, included in the HD/ folder, these provide higher throughput by using a 500 kbit/sec data rate (tested on an Atari Mega STE configured for HD floppies)

See: https://github.com/phjanderson/flashflo ... ee/main/HD

[metalages]

There is no need to any special configuration file on the HxC Floppy emulator and Gotek with the HxC firmware for this : This is an HxC feature since more than a decade .

To create one with the HxC software : "Disk Browser" -> Choose one of the big disk format -> "Create Disk" -> Drag and drop some files if you want -> "Save/Export". Done.

Anyway : Be aware that some TOS versions limit the number of usable tracks (you can't go above track 85) and that too much sectors on a track will increase the access time so much that you may trigger some read/write timeout errors.

Does the 3.42MB DD format work on STE TOS 1.6 (or 2.06) ? (I can see the files but then the drive can not read those files correctly)

[leech]

I could be wrong, but you probably need the updated hardware for 1.44mb? I have only tried these in my Falcon.

[metalages]

In hxc software there are a bunch of big floppies for hd and one for dd of 3.42mb. I have understood the target rpm was lowered for this in order to keep the same bitrate but maybe there are other aspects i have missed ?

[Jeff_HxC2001]

I could be wrong, but you probably need the updated hardware for 1.44mb? I have only tried these in my Falcon.

no, no HD support needed.

[Jeff_HxC2001]

In hxc software there are a bunch of big floppies for hd and one for dd of 3.42mb. I have understood the target rpm was lowered for this in order to keep the same bitrate but maybe there are other aspects i have missed ?

The 3.42MB was tested on an SD HxC on a STE with a 1.62 TOS . No idea if this work with other firmware than HxC

For sure the > 2.XX TOS machines can't be used with these images since these TOS limit the track access around 80 (these images have 255 tracks)

[metalages]

In hxc software there are a bunch of big floppies for hd and one for dd of 3.42mb. I have understood the target rpm was lowered for this in order to keep the same bitrate but maybe there are other aspects i have missed ?

The 3.42MB was tested on an SD HxC on a STE with a 1.62 TOS . No idea if this work with other firmware than HxC

For sure the > 2.XX TOS machines can't be used with these images since these TOS limit the track access around 80 (these images have 255 tracks)

It is a hxc sd firmware 1.8.6.20a. Ste tos 1.62 i suppose as saving favorite desktop can start medium resolution.