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- Index signal behavior corrected while the host system attempt to format a
drive without image loaded.
- Write Support : Write issue with VIA VT82C686A chipset based motherboard
corrected.
- SDCard Support : Delay added right after any command (PNY microSD support).
- Watchdog delay changed to 16s.
- Brownout reset setting changed.
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---- Major Update ! ----
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The host computer/machine can now do low level format of the disk images !
By this way the floppy disk image can be formatted with the right disk
layout from the machine.
All the tracks parameters used by the machine (sector size, interleave/skew,
gap, format value, index mark...)
will be written to the virtual disk tracks !
By this way the user have just to copy some blank HFE images to the SDCard,
and format them with the host machine
as with a real floppy disk to make them usable.
Some blank disk images with various density will be available for download
on the HxC2001 website.
- SD/DD/HD sector write support : all sector sizes are now supported ! : 128B,
256B, 512B, 1024B, 2048B, 4096B, 8192B...
-> SDCard file system support enhanced : Now support FAT 12, FAT 16 & FAT 32
formatted SDCard ! Any SDCard size are now supported !
-> Direct access mode : New function to get and set easily the current index
number in "file selector" & indexed mode.
-> Low level LCD routines improved, file name scrolling behaviour changed :
pause of ~1s before starting the scrolling.
-> Embedded files browser : Files are now filtered : Only HFE files & folders
are shown and can be selected.
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-- Important !! : This version is not compatible with the old Revision B boards
(2010 version)
-- The add-on SRAM chip is now needed for all write support ! (for more details
please see the release 22/08/2010 below)
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- New embedded setting menu : To access this menu remove the SDCard and press
the select button
By this menu you can :
->Change the floppy Interface mode
->Change the bitrate
->Change the track step mode
->Enable/disable the drive B
->Enable/disable the step sound
->Set the user interface sound volume
->Set the backlight timing
->Set the standby timing
->Check the software and bootloader version
(integrity test included).
->Clear/reset the settings and reset the
Emulator
->Exit this menu...
- New track seek algorithm : Faster track seek/settle time -> Faster Loading
time !
- Flip disk function : the disk image can now be flipped (reverse side 0<->side
1).
- Experimental "Rev2" HFE support : Correct some issue with some Amiga
games/demos.
- File browser : The file browser now jump to the start/end of the file
list once you reached its end/start.
- Write support : No more glitch on the read data line during writing
(Correct write problem on some FDC).
Write gate management bug corrected in 500Kbits/s MFM
mode. (765A FDC write bug).
- Some important parts of the floppy write support fully rewritten : Important
codes improvement (speed & size)
-> MFM ISO Sector write support speed & code size improvement.
-> Amiga write support speed & code size improvement .
General result: Faster write data throughput.
- SDCard HxC Floppy emulator settings (sound/blacklight...) are now stored into
the eeprom
and used at power up. At power up the last known settings are used.
To activate this new features you need to add a Microchip 23K256 SPI SRAM chip
and 4 resistors.
The connection to do is :
After this modification you should see the message "SRAM OK" at power up.
10/08/2010: Firmware SD HxCFloppyEmulator v1.2.0.1
- SDcard code optimizations
- Dead loop bug corrected in Slot mode (if a bad file is in the list
AUTOBOOT.HFE is selected).