Installing a Gotek in a MSX Computer NMS 8255 This weekend I started installing a gotek in my Philips NMS 8255. The NMS 8255 is a dual drive system, so one of the 2 drives needs to be replaced. It is (or has been) a road full of difficulties that…
Great, you’ve seen part 1 of the KickstartSwitch story, and are now wondering what it takes to actually build a Kickstartswitch into your Amiga 500 / 600 / 2000. Note 1: This description is based on an Amiga 500, the Amiga 600 and 2000 are functionally similar, differences are in the way…
SD card based solutions for the C64 Compared I regularly get the question what someone should choose if he wants a (more) modern storage for his Commodore 64 (and C128 in most cases too). It is not easy to see the wood for the trees, given the number of different…
Amiga IDE interface functionality Further explored The weather has been so bad the past few days that I finally had the time to put the IDE interface to the test and to test the extensive possibilities myself. Of course the interface already worked fine in the basic setup, but theoretically…
Absolute Beginners: You want to add a Gotek to your Amiga (Part 2) Welcome to the sequel to the first article in the Absolute Beginners series, this time with the theme of what else do you need to equip an Amiga with a Gotek floppy drive emulator. There are two…
Suppose you want to install an Amiga 2000 Internal IDE Interface in your A2000, what are the possibilities? I spent a lot of time designing and determining the best footprint for a Gotek.nl IDE interface for your Amiga 2000. The reason for this is that there are several revisions of…
Absolute Beginners: You want to add a Gotek to your amiga Welcome to the first article in the Absolute Beginners series, focusing on Amiga and Gotek floppy drive emulators. I’m going to try not to write a lengthy story, but to briefly address a number of frequently asked questions. This…
Inleiding Amiga IDE FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Over time, The IDE interface has gone through quite a number of revisions, but the questions about the IDE interface have generally remained the same. I’m going to try to cover some of those frequently asked questions in this Amiga IDE FAQ. But…
I am frequently asked how to get flashfloppy to work with disk images : A little introduction : The Gotek Floppydrive emulator with flashfloppy is an advanced Floppydisk Emulator, advanced because you no longer have to deal with 100 partitions on a USB stick with names that mean nothing. Flashfloppy…
Connecting the Eiffel Deluxe to the Atari ST, new revision is ready I already had been asked if it was possible to connect the Eiffel deluxe to the Atari ST. Theoretically this should be no problem, and since i received a new revision PCB of the Eiffel deluxe, that had…