LightNews — News, ranked by scholars

jfdelnero.bsky.social

@jfdelnero.bsky.social

HxCFloppyEmulator v2,16,10,1 released

First online/browser experimental version : hxc2001.com/hxcfesw/

And many more new features and fixes !

Please have a look to the release notes for the details !

github.com/jfdelnero/Hx...

hxc2001.com/download/flo...

#hxc2001 #floppyemulator

January 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM

gloriouscow.bsky.social

@gloriouscow.bsky.social

Here's the disk image in HxC.

hxc2001.com

A visualization of the disk image in the floppy disk image tool HxC

July 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM

IoI_xD

@ioi-xd.net

appearently i could get a gotek, flash custom firmware to it, and then wire it up in a weird way and it'd work? hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-f...

Gotek HxC Floppy Emulator firmware manual - Quickdisk

hxc2001.com

March 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM

Blake Patterson

@blakespot.bsky.social

The Atari 520STm shown has
- 8MHz MC68K
- 4MB RAM (up from 512K)
- HxC2001 floppy emu
- ACSI2STM HD emu
- RGB and mono monitors

The 12-inch SM124 monitor showing PCS is nearly identical to the early Mac display in terms of clarity, bluish-white phosphor, etc. A very nice CRT running at 71Hz.

March 31, 2026 at 2:49 PM

Blake Patterson

@blakespot.bsky.social

My ongoing saga @ AtariAge forums, where several folks are being very helpful:

forums.atariage.com/topic/380627...

I am trying to get two volumes mounted - first (ICD boot) is easy, but I cannot get the system to see this Mac volume (for Mac emulator), though others can mount them fine. 1/2

Spectre / Magic Sac with HxC2001 floppy emulator

I finally ordered (eBay) an SM124 to add to my 520STm (4MB) which is currently on an SC1224. I would enjoy playing around with Spectre or Magic Sac as far as Mac emulation. I have an HxC2001 floppy em...

forums.atariage.com

April 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM

fenarinarsa :pokeball:

@fenarinarsa.shelter.moe.ap.brid.gy

New release of the HxC firmware for Gotek adds direct support for Apple II disk formats:
.dsk, .do and .po

.woz still needs conversion to .hfe using the HxC tool

https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/HXCFEUSB_Gotek_HxC_firmware.zip

Release notes:
https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_…

A Gotek screen showing "BRIAN.dsk" on top of an Apple IIc keyboard.

May 31, 2024 at 11:13 AM

Fenarinarsa

@fenarinarsa.com

New release of the HxC firmware for Gotek adds direct support for Apple II disk formats:
.dsk, .do and .po

.woz still needs conversion to .hfe using the HxC tool

hxc2001.com/download/flo...
Release notes:
hxc2001.com/download/flo...

#appleII #retrocomputing #retrogaming

May 31, 2024 at 11:13 AM

Rowan Hall

@rowanhall.co.uk

Welcome to the dark side… I have always used an hxc2001 on my ST. Works grand so never tried to put one of my goteks onto it. Have tonnes of st pruck if you’re needing anything.

February 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM

𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕤𝕤

@veensaw.net

Je vais pas être très objective mais bon oui ça reste une plateforme à découvrir même aujourd'hui

Moi j'avais déjà un HxC de lotharek (hxc2001.com/floppy_drive...) donc j'utilise ça sur un de mes Amiga, dans un autre j'ai un disque dur en Amiga OS 3.5 et dans un 3ème j'ai juste une compact flash

HxC2001 HeadQuarters : HxC Floppy Emulator

HxC Floppy Emulators project page

hxc2001.com

September 6, 2024 at 8:16 AM

Lars The 18Th

@larsthe18th.bsky.social

If you want to run a copy protected diskimage (DMK) on your MSX with a Gotek drive. (With FlashFloppy firmware)

The best way to do this is to convert the .DMK image to .HFE (v3) format with the HxCFloppyEmulator_Software Export function.
Works like a charm.

#MSX

hxc2001.com/download/flo...

February 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM

El Xip

@elxip.bsky.social

Un Atari 520ST amb 4 MB de RAM i dues pantalles, una de monocrom i una de color, connectades a un commutador MonitorMaster. També hi té un HxC2001 i un ACSI2STM.

https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/1wdlsl1/atari_520st_setup_w_dual_screens/

#retrocomputing

Un Atari 520ST amb una pantalla de color i una de monocrom, connectades a un commutador.

September 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM

jfdelnero.bsky.social

@jfdelnero.bsky.social

This is possible and this feature come from the SD HxC Floppy Emulators :

hxc2001.com/download/flo...

hxc2001.com

July 15, 2026 at 7:32 AM

David Shadoff

@dshadoff.bsky.social

I kind of doubt it, but the HxC firmware for Gotek drives seems pretty versatile. They mention extensibility and even if it doesn't exist, it may possible to add such a feature.

hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-f...

Gotek HxC Floppy Emulator firmware manual - Introduction

hxc2001.com

July 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM

jboi74.bsky.social

@jboi74.bsky.social

I thought I would share this Scan just in case it is useful to someone: hxc2001.com/download/dat...

hxc2001.com

June 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM

michael bosshard

@n4n0.ch

it's not pretty but it gets the job done (create/edit ADFs for #Amiga on macOS):

HxCFloppyEmulator

https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/HxCFloppyEmulator_soft.zip

November 21, 2024 at 7:33 PM

Rowan Hall

@rowanhall.co.uk

Offer still open to lend this for testing as I’m not using it currently. Also have been using this old hxc2001 for eons now. Not pretty where I have it but works fantastically well.