This article is based on the Commodore Amiga, but for the Atari ST and other systems it works almost the same, only the actual tooling to copy disks will be different. Converting a Physical Disk to an ADF Image to be used on a Gotek Floppydrive I am regularly asked…
Installing A Gotek For Dummies is intended for those people who have absolutely no or very little experience with installing a Gotek Floppy drive emulator or with (Computer) Hardware in general. So you’re thinking about purchasing a Gotek drive (or maybe you already have one) and you want to try…
Oled Displays, verschillen en overeenkomsten, Introductie De Oled displays hebben geen backlight nodig en hebben een zeer goede contrast verhouding. Derhalve zijn de Oled Displays ook erg goed bruikbaar in slecht verlichte omstandigheden. Een extra bijkomstigheid is dat het energie verbruik erg efficient is, omdat alleen die pixels die oplichten,…
XUM1541 Interface to connect a Commodore Diskdrive to the PC. There are several ways to get data from a PC to a Commodore 64 (and vice versa). Most are cumbersome or unreliable and are not easy to use. The XUM 1541 changes that, with this interface it is possible to…
Flashfloppy support for IPF images is now available. From now on it is possible to use IPF files on your gotek if it is equipped with FlashFloppy. Unfortunately, this cannot be done in 1 go. Unfortunately, there is no direct support for IPF files, but you must first convert the…
What is an Amiga Boot Selector : This interface makes it possible to use an externally connected Disk Drive (or Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator) as a boot disk. This is made possible by making the amiga believe that the external drive is DF0: (Kickstart 2 and newer also have this…
Amiga 500 Internal IDE Interface options, possibilities : I spent quite some time designing and determining the best footprint for a Gotek.nl IDE interface for your Amiga 500 / 500+. The reason for this is that there are various revisions of the Amiga 500, all with their own layout, roughly…
How to connect a Gotek Externally to the Amiga. This Youtube video explains how to connect a Gotek Floppydrive Emulator to your Amiga as DF1: The video shows that an old external floppy disk drive is reused to house a Gotek Floppydrive Emulator, unfortunately these 3.5 inch housings are not…
Instruction : Installing a Rotary Encoder in a Gotek floppydrive emulator. inbouwen Rotary Encoder [pagina 1] inbouwen vervolg [pagina 2] inbouwen vervolg [pagina 3]
Installing a Gotek in the MSX Family of Computers Some Info on installing a Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator into an [MSX / MSX2] the MSX Computer Family has 2 different types of internal Floppy connectors : A 14 pin Philips connector in the following models : VG8235/00 VG8235/20 NMS8245 VY0010…