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

[Darren A]

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Brian Blake wrote:
> 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?
>

The HxC emulates a floppy drive. You still need a real controller.  I
believe that DMK is one of the image formats it supports, so it *may*
work with games like those you mentioned.

Darren