Hi,
I need some advise regarding the following problem.
I used the HxCFloppyEmulator software to dump a floppy disk and followed the instructions to create a sd card with cfg and hfe files.
After several tries i was succesful. (the sd was read by the host)
Then i tried to dump another (different) disk to make it work but with no luck. Every time the host cannot access the hxc emulator.
Then i tried to create a sdcard using the hfe of the second disk with the cfg of the first disk. This time i was succesful!
But now i am not sure how on earth i managed to make it work the first time. So my question is:
- how can i "retrieve" all the settings from the cfg that works?
My host is using the same controller of the atari st.
the fdd i am replacing uses jumpers for pin 2 to the ground because the host controller needs a low to know that a dd disk is present.
pin 34 needs to be the ready signal.
As i remember, creating the first disk, the procedure i followed was:
dump the floppy disk > create the .cfg with "HFE file interface mode to ibm pc 720kb" and "HxC floppy emulator i/f settings IBM PC DD/HD(auto) pin 2:Low pin 34:Ready" > EXPORT the hfe. I also tried to export the hfe first and then to create/save the cfg.
But i cannot make the second disk to work like this.
Maybe it was the begginers luck but i need a way to find out the settings of the first disk.
To use the same cfg file with different hfe is not an option to me. I need to know what i am doing wrong.
I am new to this, sorry for my english, i am kindly waiting for your advise.
Nikos
Help with my problem, .hfe and .cfg files
Help with my problem, .hfe and .cfg files
Last edited by nikosGR on Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Help with my problem, .hfe and .cfg files
following my previous post....
if i load the hfe (of the sd that works) at the emulator settings i have:
HFE file Interfacemode "ibm pc 720kb" dimmed, auto is checked!
sd Hxc floppy emulator interface settings mode "ibm pc dd/hd", pin 2 auto!, pin 34 auto!
Enable auto boot mode checked
load last loaded floppy checked
i cannot make a cfg with different than "auto" for pins 2 and 34
is there a way i can create a cfg with
- HFE file Interfacemode "ibm pc 720kb",
- sd Hxc floppy emulator interface settings mode "ibm pc dd/hd", pin 2 low, pin 34 ready
?
EDIT: I used an older version HxCFloppyEmulator 2.5.6.6 and it seems i can create a cfg interface settings mode "custom", pin 2 low, pin 34 ready
i think there is a bug in the latest software 2.14.4.1
if i load the hfe (of the sd that works) at the emulator settings i have:
HFE file Interfacemode "ibm pc 720kb" dimmed, auto is checked!
sd Hxc floppy emulator interface settings mode "ibm pc dd/hd", pin 2 auto!, pin 34 auto!
Enable auto boot mode checked
load last loaded floppy checked
i cannot make a cfg with different than "auto" for pins 2 and 34
is there a way i can create a cfg with
- HFE file Interfacemode "ibm pc 720kb",
- sd Hxc floppy emulator interface settings mode "ibm pc dd/hd", pin 2 low, pin 34 ready
?
EDIT: I used an older version HxCFloppyEmulator 2.5.6.6 and it seems i can create a cfg interface settings mode "custom", pin 2 low, pin 34 ready
i think there is a bug in the latest software 2.14.4.1
Re: Help with my problem, .hfe and .cfg files
after many trials i am finally happy.
using version HxCFloppyEmulator 2.5.6.6 was much better for me. I was able to select/create a custom cfg for pins 2 and 34. With the latest version i couldnt create / save and then recall a setting.
other than that everything else are great.Thanks for your work.
just for your information below is my workaround:
from the first post i said i was very lucky to make a working sd . with this sd i made my host run system utilities program (read write delete format etc).
Using the emulator options i created an empty.hfe of an ibm 720kb dd floppy and i tranferred it in the sd as a second hfe. After loading the utilities program on my host (the autoboot.hfe or the first.hfe), i selected the empty .hfe with front panel buttons and then i formatted it with the host utility.
With the emulator software (with view tracks and/or when i loaded the empty hfe) i discovered that the empty .hfe was "generic shugart".
Then everything was straight forward, all the other floppies i created as generic shuggart worked succesfully.
using version HxCFloppyEmulator 2.5.6.6 was much better for me. I was able to select/create a custom cfg for pins 2 and 34. With the latest version i couldnt create / save and then recall a setting.
other than that everything else are great.Thanks for your work.
just for your information below is my workaround:
from the first post i said i was very lucky to make a working sd . with this sd i made my host run system utilities program (read write delete format etc).
Using the emulator options i created an empty.hfe of an ibm 720kb dd floppy and i tranferred it in the sd as a second hfe. After loading the utilities program on my host (the autoboot.hfe or the first.hfe), i selected the empty .hfe with front panel buttons and then i formatted it with the host utility.
With the emulator software (with view tracks and/or when i loaded the empty hfe) i discovered that the empty .hfe was "generic shugart".
Then everything was straight forward, all the other floppies i created as generic shuggart worked succesfully.