HxC File Selector for FlashFloppy

A modified version of the HxC project's file selector/manager for enhanced compatibility with FlashFloppy on Amiga and Atari ST. The FlashFloppy project should work with unmodified original HxC selectors (AUTOBOOT.HFE) on other platforms (notably Amstrad CPC).

This software is licensed under GPLv3. See COPYING_FULL for full copyright and license information.

This project is cross-compiled on an x86 Ubuntu Linux system. However other similar Linux-base systems (or a Linux virtual environment on another OS) can likely be made to work quite easily.

This project uses exe2adf written by Bonefish/Reality. For convenience I have included the Linux 64-bit binary within this repository. You can find the original download on Bonefish's exe2adf website. Check it out!

Building for Amiga

You must build and install bebbo's GCC v6 port for Amiga. GCC has prerequisites that are listed in the README, along with instructions on how to install them in various environments. The build can be done to a private path in your home directory, for example:

 # cd $HOME
 # mkdir -p install
 # git clone https://github.com/bebbo/amiga-gcc
 # cd amiga-gcc ; make update
 # make all -j8 PREFIX=$HOME/install

To produce the final HFE images from ADF requires disk-analyse. Download and build it:

 # git clone https://github.com/keirf/disk-utilities.git
 # cd disk-utilities
 # PREFIX=$HOME/install make && make install

The compiler and disk-analyse must be on your PATH when you build the selector software:

 # export PATH=$HOME/install/bin:$PATH
 # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

To build the HFE image:

 # git clone https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy-hxc-file-selector.git
 # cd flashfloppy-hxc-file-selector/amiga
 # make

Building for Atari ST

This build requires the m68k-atari-mint cross compiler. On Ubuntu you can install Vincent Riviere's pre-built packages:

 # sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vriviere/ppa
 # sudo apt update
 # sudo apt install cross-mint-essential

In other environments, or if a package is unavailable for your version of Ubuntu, then you must build the cross compiler from source. The simplest method is to use Miro Kropacek's automated build scripts into a private path in your home directory:

 # cd $HOME
 # mkdir -p install
 # git clone https://github.com/mikrosk/m68k-atari-mint-build
 # cd m68k-atari-mint-build
 # git checkout 1fd98b25ceb
 # INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/install" make m68000-skip-native

The compiler and disk-analyse (see Amiga build instructions above) must be on your PATH when you build the selector software:

 # export PATH=$HOME/install/bin:$PATH
 # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

To build the HFE image:

 # git clone https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy-hxc-file-selector.git
 # cd flashfloppy-hxc-file-selector/atari_st
 # make

Building All Targets

Install prerequisites as above. Then:

 # git clone https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy-hxc-file-selector.git
 # cd flashfloppy-hxc-file-selector
 # make