2.5MB virtual disk on a Tandy 1000 EX? (Or any PC or XT)

Can you imagine 2.5 megs of space on a floppy with a Tandy 1000 EX? It is possible using a Gotek Floppy Emulator with HXC firmware. This gives you a lot more room for larger games than would normally fit on a single 720k or 360k diskette. (All testing done with DOS 6.22.) This does not require any modifications to the PC or special adapter cards inside the computer.

You can use this same flashed emulator on other computers like the Atari ST and Amiga as well!

GoTek Floppy Emulator from eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SFR1M44-U100K-Black-3-5-MFM-Floppy-Disk-Drive-to-USB-emulator-Simulation-1-44MB/382011372956

(Search for SFR1M44.)

Flash HXC firmware €10 from http://hxc2001.com/store/index.html

Larger volumes won't read correctly without BIOS patch in config.sys that comes with NFORMAT:
http://toastytech.com/files/nformat.html

Use the HXC utilities to make large floppy images and load them up with apps and games!

Examples of stuff you can do: All of Deskmate 3.0.5 fits onto a single 2.5mb image. You can run many games that were originally on high density floppies on a machine without a hard drive.

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