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MFDC, new hardware available in the next RU in Barcelona

Xavirompe never stops inventing things that make life easier for those of us who have an MSX. After his interfaces to connect USB flash drives to the MSX, a controller…
MFDC, new hardware available in the next RU in Barcelona

Xavirompe never stops inventing new things that make life easier for those of us who have an MSX. After his interfaces to connect USB pendrives to the MSX, a paddle controller and an interface for USB diskettes, among other developments, comes the Micro Floppy Disk Controller (MFDC) .

This is an interface that allows you to connect a PC floppy drive to the MSX via an IDE cable, obtaining a 100% functional double-sided and double-density floppy drive. This is an ideal option to give a second life to those floppy drives that we still have and that can now expand the versatility of the MSX by reading the software contained in the already classic 3.5-inch floppy disks.

MFDC will be available at the next RU in Barcelona this Saturday, January 25, where it can be purchased and also seen in operation in situ .

We certainly welcome the creation of new hardware that improves the connectivity of our old MSXs.

Related link: Xavirompe in X

Source: https://www.msxblog.es/mfdc-nuevo-hardware-disponible-en-la-proxima-ru-de-barcelona/

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