Here’s how to access a vintage 3.5- or 5.25-inch floppy disk on a modern Windows PC or Mac. Eventually, they were replaced, and floppy disk drives vanished from new computers. Video games, Retro computing, Music, CNC machines (manufacturing/industrial process).Ğarly 2000s an alternative to the floppy disks was needed for these machines because the floppy support in PC machines started to disappear and the floppy disks reliability and quality was getting worse and worse.Remember floppies? Back in the day, they were essential. I personnally started this project in 2006 to revive my Atari ST & Amiga machines and make them easier to use in the incoming world without floppy disks and floppy drives.

The project have grown with the various support requests received during all these years. It now supports hundreds of machines and floppy formats.

See the showroom to have a preview of the currently supported machines. The HxC Floppy Emulator project main idea is to completely replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device.

This electronic device emulate the floppy disk drive behavior and functionnalities. The HxC Floppy emulators are designed to be very versatile and to support a large variety of computers / keyboards / samplers / CNC machines at a reasonable price. The HxC Floppy Emulators support most existing floppy formats. Today the HxC Floppy Emulator is a well established floppy disk drive replacement solution present into the retro-computing domain, Music domain and industrial domain. The HxC project currently offers different floppy emulation hardware and software solutions : See the showroom to have a preview of supported machines. A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.įor more information on this interface, go to the 'SD HxC Floppy Drive Emulator' part. #DISC EMULATOR MAC PC#Ī USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.įor more information on this interface, go to the 'USB HxC Floppy Drive Emulator' part.

An advanced firmware for the Gotek floppy emulators.įor more information on this firmware, go to the 'HxC Firmware for Gotek Floppy Emulator' part. In the table below, you can find a preview list of supported machines and floppy file images.įor a more complete list, please visit the HxC Floppy Emulators compatibility table.

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