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By coincidence I just got an e-mail telling me that the guys behind the HxC emulator are currently trying to determine the EII disk format specifications (via reverse engineering).
These specs are fundamental for modifying any hardware device to make it able to replace the current EII floppy unit(s). 

So if we are lucky, the EII will be supported by the HxC SD Card emulator soon !
 
The floppy replacement kit of the HxC is using SD cards instead of USB flash ram devices.
But it's great and it uses the very same principle: the SD card would contain tons of EII floppy images (e.g. saved to them on a PC or Mac) and with 3 buttons and a small display, you can select the "floppy disk" on the SD card that you want to "load" and then press the Disk 1/2 button on the EII to actually load the disk. Load time would be the same as the floppy disk load time (25 seconds).
I hope the HxC team will succeed in their reverse engineering process.

I also hope that they will even be able to allow the EII to *write* to the SD card; because as far as I understand reading seems easier to implement than writing...

If this HxC will work on the EII - as it does already on the DPX1 - I will of course also modify EMXP to support full EII disk images (including OS) instead of "just" the soundbank part of the disk image (the current .EII files).

///E-Synthesist   

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Gil" <gilwe@...> wrote:
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> That looks awesome ! I'd really to know about this too...
> Also, where can a 3.5" drive be found for the E-II and how much does it cost ? do you recommend it ?
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> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Gino" <umi4m@> wrote:
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> > Has anyone attempted to make a hacked version of something like this that would work in an EII? I know the drive specs are different and the USB drive would have to be formatted in some special manner to support EII banks.  I've haven't been up to date with things lately so if this has already been done, I apologize in advance. If not what would be required?
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> > http://cgi.ebay.com/3-5-USB-SSD-Floppy-Drive-Emulator-Roland-E50-Korg-/160486191606?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopAccessories_LaptopDrives&hash=item255db8f1f6
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