Re: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements
THanks all of you! I did not see any individual messages, just this whole string at once. I picked up the OLED hack bits, and will install thena and then go with FlashFloppy firmware, and the utilities I have found I have a virtual PC (98, XP, 7) and one windows 8 machine i picked up used specifically for SBC6120, DMII and PDP11/Pro fun. I have dug into the Floppy flash data and it looks like that is exactly what I need. Also dug out my Mittsumi and tring to find my stashed TEAC FD55 device. I still have 3 RX50 drives around, maybe a couple more, just gonna take some time and play with all this aiming at DECMate II as first try. I will keep you posted, THanks again for all the comments!! Appreciate the experience comments on the Gotek and that means I have a chance to get this to work with RX50! bob On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 5:56 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 7/15/20 2:30 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > > I have several and I have used them on several machines, so IBM 3174 screen > > controller, IBM Pentium Server and Atari ST but not DEC, with the > > FlashFloppy software mentioned elsewhere. > > I programmed the Gotek on a Windows machine but there are instructions for > > Linux. > > It appears it supports RX50 but as I said I haven't tried it. > > It doesn't matter which version (720 or 1.44) once programmed with Flash > > Floppy it can be either drive. > > RX50 and RX33 support is claimed: > > https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/commits?author=keirf=2018-06-01T00:00:00Z=2018-06-25T00:00:00Z > > > --Chuck > >
Re: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements
On 7/15/20 2:30 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > I have several and I have used them on several machines, so IBM 3174 screen > controller, IBM Pentium Server and Atari ST but not DEC, with the FlashFloppy > software mentioned elsewhere. > I programmed the Gotek on a Windows machine but there are instructions for > Linux. > It appears it supports RX50 but as I said I haven't tried it. > It doesn't matter which version (720 or 1.44) once programmed with Flash > Floppy it can be either drive. RX50 and RX33 support is claimed: https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/commits?author=keirf=2018-06-01T00:00:00Z=2018-06-25T00:00:00Z --Chuck
RE: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements
I have several and I have used them on several machines, so IBM 3174 screen controller, IBM Pentium Server and Atari ST but not DEC, with the FlashFloppy software mentioned elsewhere. I programmed the Gotek on a Windows machine but there are instructions for Linux. It appears it supports RX50 but as I said I haven't tried it. It doesn't matter which version (720 or 1.44) once programmed with Flash Floppy it can be either drive. Dave > -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Derek Newland > via cctalk > Sent: 15 July 2020 19:44 > To: Bob Smith ; General Discussion: On-Topic and > Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 > replacements > > I was hoping to see some discussion about the Gotek. I too have one, but > have not used it yet (mainly due to lack of a Windows machine), and am > curious about the firmware and software requirements. > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 1:55 PM Bob Smith via cctalk > wrote: > > > Two questions, > > 1. If anyone is using these devices, which firmware/software do you > > use in the device and why did you choose it? > > > > 2/ Is anyone specifically using one as a replacement or adjunct or and > > RX50 et al on a Pro, pdp11, uVax, DecMate, or Pro box, and same > > question set as 1? > > > > Yes, i picked up one, and looking at the capabilities, documentation > > first, and considering reflashing the beast to give more control of > > formats. > > > > TIA > > bob smith > > > > > -- > *Derek Newland* | (828) 234-4731 | derek.newl...@gmail.com
Re: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements
> On Jul 15, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > For what it's worth, take a look at the FlashFloppy firmware for the Gotek: > > https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy > > Open-source and handles a lot of different formats. Doubtless the RX50, > if not one of them already, could be easily made so. > > I've installed it on a couple of Goteks and it seems to work okay--do > consider replacing the 7-segment LED display with a cheap OLED--more > information is displayed. I have two of them, but haven’t considered using them on a DEC system. Then again, I’ve barely ever used a floppy on my DEC hardware, and then it was 20+ years ago. My target is my Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200. I have an old one I picked up at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo five or so years ago, and a new one that I got from AmigaKit recently. The AmigaKit one is nice, as I had it upgraded with the OLED and dial. They’re very nice. I really like being able to use a USB stick, rather than a floppy. The next computer I’d like to see about converting to flash will probably be an Apple ][e. My C-64 has used SD cards for year. Zane
Re: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements
For what it's worth, take a look at the FlashFloppy firmware for the Gotek: https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy Open-source and handles a lot of different formats. Doubtless the RX50, if not one of them already, could be easily made so. I've installed it on a couple of Goteks and it seems to work okay--do consider replacing the 7-segment LED display with a cheap OLED--more information is displayed. --Chuck
Re: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements
On 7/15/20 12:43 PM, Derek Newland via cctalk wrote: I was hoping to see some discussion about the Gotek. I too have one, but have not used it yet (mainly due to lack of a Windows machine), and am curious about the firmware and software requirements. I've got a GoTek 1.44 MB. I've not done much with it. I remember that loading images onto the flash drive was annoying without the software. Obviously you can change to the disk image number and copy the contents to it from the host. But purportedly there is software that will work with the flash drive directly under Windows and Linux. (I've not used it.) I've also read that the GoTek treats the flash drive as a big block of storage that is simply divided up such that each disk image number is at a different address range of the device. I have read that there is a 3rd party firmware that will allow the GoTek to read and write files off of a normal file system on the flash drive. I've not yet experimented with this. My understanding are based on a brief foray into the GoTek when I got it a few years ago. I could easily have been wrong at the time and / or mis-remembering now. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Re: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements
I was hoping to see some discussion about the Gotek. I too have one, but have not used it yet (mainly due to lack of a Windows machine), and am curious about the firmware and software requirements. On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 1:55 PM Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: > Two questions, > 1. If anyone is using these devices, which firmware/software do you > use in the device and why did you choose it? > > 2/ Is anyone specifically using one as a replacement or adjunct or and > RX50 et al on a Pro, pdp11, uVax, DecMate, or Pro box, and same > question set as 1? > > Yes, i picked up one, and looking at the capabilities, documentation > first, and considering reflashing the beast to give more control of > formats. > > TIA > bob smith > -- *Derek Newland* | (828) 234-4731 | derek.newl...@gmail.com
Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements
Two questions, 1. If anyone is using these devices, which firmware/software do you use in the device and why did you choose it? 2/ Is anyone specifically using one as a replacement or adjunct or and RX50 et al on a Pro, pdp11, uVax, DecMate, or Pro box, and same question set as 1? Yes, i picked up one, and looking at the capabilities, documentation first, and considering reflashing the beast to give more control of formats. TIA bob smith
