[Coco] Floppy emulator - WAS Re: Can I replace my CoCo 1's ROMs with 2764's?

[Brian Blake]

On 12/4/2012 2:37 PM, Ken H. wrote:
> The hxc2001 floppy emulator works with the CoCo.
> http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
>
> The CoCo  sees the disk images that are  uploaded to the hxc2001's SD card
> as they were real floppy disks, achieving full compatibility with all CoCo
> software.
> I have successfully tested it with both the CoCo and the Dragon under RSDOS
> and NitrOS9.
> It works nicely and it is easy to copy disk images. All disk formats are
> supported (35 / 40 / 80 tracks single or double sided), and up to 2 disks
> can be emulated (drive 0/drive 1 under dos or /d0 /d1 under OS9).
> The main drawback is that there is practically no speed improvement
> compared to real floppies.
> Ken
>

Ken,

I've been looking at this device for a while; it does require the use of 
the CoCo's floppy controller, right??

Also, have you tried loading games like Goldrunner 2000 or Sinistaar?


Thanks,

Brian