Hey Gang, Does anyone know if any Floppy Drive Emulators exist which can automatically generate disk images on the fly for use with copier devices? As far as I know, most require some kind of bizzard (1-100) partition creation or folder creation in which you format 100 little containers (usually via some sketchy proprietary software) and stuff them with your split ROM images. I don't suppose there exists something that can do all this for you so you can just work with ROM files directly?
Doubt something like that exists. It'd be highly application specific, after all you'd probably want the saves to show up on the same disks as their roms. Too small a market to be worthwhile. If you're not afraid of a bit of coding you might be able to extend one of those open-source C64-, Amiga-or-whatnot drive emulators. I doubt it'd be worth the time though, seeing how cheap flash carts are.
Some more information with pictures on SNES game copiers using floppy emulators with some nice pictures. Probably stuff you already know, but for those interested http://www.chrismcovell.com/texts/usbfloppy.htmlff and then there is the universal floppy emulator project here http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/index.html#SDCARDFloppyemulator
Proud owner of a Game Doctor SF7, 'Mr. Backup' Z64 and Visoly GBA cart (including the GB bridge - if only I could find it) in da hizzle! I know I suggested a flash cart earlier, but I don't mind the floppy drive myself (parallel port's more convenient anyways). Of course with a different device ymmv.
Is it possible to modernise these floopy backup copiers in someway like having the ability to do that IPS patching on-the-fly thing where you have a legit copy of said Japanese Super Famicom and wanted to play a English Fan Translated of the game without having to make a floopy disk of that game. or if that isn't possible could you at least have the ability to use multiple save states/load states?
Could you just replace the floppy drive with one of those usb based emulators? Or did the floppy backup devices use non standard sigangals compares to PC floppy drivea
The gotek USB floppy emulator with original firmware works on my Super Wild Card. It's annoying to write to since the gotek original firmware requires a separate partition for every disk. The Amiga gotek firmware is better since it supports many images on a single partition but that firmware won't work with anything other than an Amiga.
