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Title: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Gryzor on 08:42, 19 October 11
very simple, very elegant, works.
(http://i.minus.com/jvD3vzi2Jw4eo.JPG) (http://min.us/lvD3vzi2Jw4eo)


(http://i.minus.com/jbppnBbwwfzipg.JPG) (http://min.us/lbppnBbwwfzipg)
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Bryce on 08:49, 19 October 11
I gave you the Like for putting the MegaFlash in the picture too :)

Bryce.
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Gryzor on 08:53, 19 October 11
Didn't mean to, but what the heck, it's always there :D
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Bryce on 09:05, 19 October 11
And... Hiding bills behind your monitor won't make them go away! You have to pay them eventually :D

Nice ABBA switch too by the way :)

Bryce.
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Gryzor on 09:21, 19 October 11
Bills go directly to the incinerator. This is a receipt :D
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: SyX on 14:58, 19 October 11
Nice!!! :D I'll try to clone it :D
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: redbox on 18:56, 19 October 11
Looks good Gryzor.

Negative points for not having so many ROMs that the screen has scrolled on boot-up though  ;)
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: TFM on 22:48, 19 October 11
Quote from: Bryce on 09:05, 19 October 11
And... Hiding bills behind your monitor won't make them go away! You have to pay them eventually :D

Nice ABBA switch too by the way :)

Bryce.

Hold on, he will pay you later  :laugh:
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Gryzor on 08:14, 20 October 11
Quote from: redbox on 18:56, 19 October 11
Negative points for not having so many ROMs that the screen has scrolled on boot-up though  ;)

I've been loading and off-loading so many ROMs that this is the light stage by now... Only Nyancat stays :D
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: MacDeath on 11:11, 21 October 11
Yep, this is quite elegant indeed, nice idea, This can give some ideas.

Is this some mundane IDE flat-cable ?


Also : OMG, is dat a Cat ? I love Cats.!!!!
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Bryce on 11:45, 21 October 11
It's a standard Shugart cable, ie: the flat cable used to connect floppy drives in a PC.

Bryce.
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Gryzor on 07:33, 22 October 11
Yes it is.

It came as a slight surprise that I don't have to change the pins shorted on the board itself, it works just by flipping the switch; I half-expected it to need to change the pins as well...

Also, I haven't tried changing drives with the machine on. I don't think anything terrible will happen, maybe the machine will get confused... yet it's itching me :D
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Bryce on 13:32, 22 October 11
As long as the CPC isn't accessing a drive at the moment you switch, then there's no problem switching back and forth while the CPC is running.

Bryce.
Title: Re: HxC Floppy Emulator cable with integrated ABBA switch
Post by: Gryzor on 17:30, 22 October 11
Yeah, makes sense. For some reason I was thinking in terms of modern computers that occasionally communicate with drives even when you don't specifically use them...
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