This compatibility list contains the machines/computers supported by the HxC Floppy Emulators (SD HxC, USB HxC, or firmware) Usually all you have to do, is to move jumper S1 to S0.HxC Floppy Emulators supported machines/compatibility list Some computers require different jumper settings on the drive. WARNING! If you connect the power cable in the back wrong, IT WILL KILL THE DRIVE. The FlashFloppy firmware ensures that they all work. This drive can be connected to any computer that has the same Shugart 34-pin header, such as Be careful not to disconnect the power during this process. Once the protection has been broken, future updates is as easy as to put the updated firmware in the root of the USB stick, and power on the gotek with both buttons in the front pressed in at once. If I sell one of these, they are already flashed with FlashFloppy.
So you need to circomvent the protection of the drive, and flash it with a new firmware. The drive itself: The drive comes new with a really bad firmware that hardly can be used to anything. OLED screen that replaces the original display, so that the name of the disk is shown in letters instead of numbers, meaning you dont have to keep track of where you assigned your images. Speaker that emulates floppy loading sounds! Its a great way to get rid of those old worn out floppy disks, and great to save space. You can press the buttons back and forth to select images, and your computer will behave as if you inserted that floppy disk. All you have to do, is to press the buttons untill the display shows 005, and the disk will load. Lets say you want to boot from a game or program that you assigned to slot 5. The gotek has 2 buttons in the front, where you can select the disks. These pre made images are usually easy to find on the Internet, but you can easily make a image of a real floppy disk you own.Īll you have to do to use the gotek, is to put the images on a USB pen drive, and assign each disk a number. This image contains the contents of one floppy disk. The gotek has built in 999 locations where you can place a floppydisk image. This is a great solution for replacing a old floppy drive.
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