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External floppy drive emulator for the Sharp X68000 (two drives support)
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**FOR COMPACT MODELS USERS

PLEASE, NOTE THAT IF YOU WANT TO SET THE EMULATOR AS DRIVES 0/1 YOU MUST SET THE REAR INTERNAL FDD NO. SWITCH TO POSITION 2/3.

FOR X68030 AND TOWER/DESKTOP MODEL USERS

PLEASE, NOTE THAT IF YOU WANT TO SET THE EMULATOR AS DRIVES 0/1 YOU MUST OPEN YOUR X68000 AND UNPLUG THE RIBBON CABLES FROM THE INTERNAL FLOPPY DRIVES OR SET THEM AS UNIT 2/3 BY MOVING THEIR JUMPERS. **


FLIP-FLOP' is a standalone external floppy drive emulator for the Sharp X68000 (all models supported by the the use of proper adapter), a home computer created in 1987 by Sharp Corporation and sold only in Japan.

FLIP-FLOP' plugs to the external FDD connector on the back of X68000 (all models supported by the use of proper adapter).It emulates two floppy drives that can be set as 0/1 or 2/3 by moving the onboard switch.

'FLIP-FLOP' loads disk images (in .HFE and .HDM format) stored on a USB pen drive (2.0 or higher, NOT INCLUDED) and it's powered by FlashFloppy firmware.'FLIP'FLOP' emulates some of the proprietary X68000 FDD signals meaning it can properly run all software.LED blinking and disk image auto-eject features are supported.

Technically speaking 'FLIP-FLOP' emulator consists of the following parts :

-The mainboard which embeds 0.96" OLEDs displays, the rotary encoders and USB connectors :

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-Adapters to connect the emulator mainboard to the DB37 (on tower/desktop models) or MDR40 (on Compact/X68030 models) external FDD connector on the back of X68000 :

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Ribbon cable to connect 'FLIP-FLOP' emulator thru the DB37 (on tower/desktop models) or MDR40 (on Compact/X68030 models) adapters :

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USB to floppy Berg cable to provide power to 'FLIP-FLOP' emulator thru a USB charger (CHARGER NOT INCLUDED) :

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'FLIP-FLOP' - Sharp X68000 external FDD emulator

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