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Re: [emax] Anyone tried the HxC Floppy Emulator?

2012-06-05 by Ted Summers

It all depends on what drive you get.
I don't think my Emax 1 or 2 keyboard look bad at all (granted they aren't
the PCD-50b).

It would have been nice if the PCD-47b worked in Emax as those the cards
don't stick out- but alas no dice!



On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Carl Lofgren <carl_lofgren@yahoo.com> wrote:

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>
>
> Really! Wow! The thing why I would prefer the floppy emulator is because I
> think the cf kits for the Emax looks so bad. I am most interested in how it
> will perform with the Casio FZ1 as well - got one of those too and I would
> love to use the emulator for that one as well.
>
> /C
>
> >________________________________
> > From: jammie <jammie.emma@...>
> >To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 1:53 PM
> >Subject: Re: [emax] Anyone tried the HxC Floppy Emulator?
> >
> >
> >
> >yes it does work and the new 3.5 drive is perfect have one here that im
> testing on synths with floppy drives
> >
> >my list for testing at the moment is sy85 sy99 with a special conversion
> board flat cable to 34pin floppy idc connection
> >
> >korg m1 t1 01w
> >
> >gem s2turbo
> >
> >ensoniq eps classic
> >
> >sd1 ts10/12
> >
> >tx16w
> >
> >fz1/fz10
> >
> >if you can do scsi conversion on your board then i would go for that as
> the costs of the emulator and the scsi upgrade with the scsi cf drives are
> comparable
> >
> >but if you are unlucky enough to own a rev2 or 1 board that cant be
> upgraded not many of those about then the floppy emulator is up your street
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Carl Lofgren
> >To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 12:05 PM
> >Subject: [emax] Anyone tried the HxC Floppy Emulator?
> >
> >Hi - it seems the people behind the HxC floppy emulator is coming out
> with a new - much better designed - floppy emulator:
> http://www.lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=42
> >
> >According to the info it should be 100 percent compatible with the older
> versions - which would mean support for the Emax. I think it looks pretty
> good and I am on the edge of ordering one.
> >
> >Anyone with experience with the HxC emulators?
> >
> >http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
> >
> >/C
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