Omega-TI Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 5? What FDC are you using?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Sorry, I just meant HxC-drive No. 4 & 5, in PEB No. 4 & 5 But I want to test my Geneve+HFDC-PEB next time with another FDC besides...for more drives.... just for fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 The real smart money goes on purchasing a cheap Gotek drive from China and flashing it with the latest HxC firmware Have you tried this? Does it work? The raw Gotek drives where denounced in another thread, but the hxc2001 guy did make a firmware for these drives. You don't get to use nice file names... DSKA0000.HFE, DSKA0001.HFE... Supposed to work just like the SD based HxC drives, but uses USB-thumbdrive instead of SD. Anyway, I grabbed one for kicks that has been flashed with this firmware, but am having difficulty getting an HFE file that is compatible with TIFDC, 40 track single-density. So right now it is still looking more like a waste of real money, instead of real smart money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 yep, confirmed ♫♫ time is cash, time is money ♫♫ (BAP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Have you tried this? Does it work? The raw Gotek drives where denounced in another thread, but the hxc2001 guy did make a firmware for these drives. You don't get to use nice file names... DSKA0000.HFE, DSKA0001.HFE... Supposed to work just like the SD based HxC drives, but uses USB-thumbdrive instead of SD. Anyway, I grabbed one for kicks that has been flashed with this firmware, but am having difficulty getting an HFE file that is compatible with TIFDC, 40 track single-density. So right now it is still looking more like a waste of real money, instead of real smart money. Ok, with some learning and help, the gotek drive with the usb-stick firmware from hxc2001.com does work in the TI. I mostly needed to understand how to use the image creating tools, and then the load them correctly into the hxc - hfe conversion software. The gotek device still lacks, in that the hfe files must be named sequentially DSKA0000.hfe, etc... it cannot be EA.hfe. Which means I have to document what disks are on which images. But it did cost considerably less. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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