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Hmmm. All embroidery machines I have seen in the last - say - ten years were retrofitted with a floppy emulator like the Gotek, (only as an example, there are

by jaclaz 4y ago

Hmmm. All embroidery machines I have seen in the last - say - ten years were retrofitted with a floppy emulator like the Gotek, (only as an example, there are tens of possibly the same devices sold under n brands/names): https://www.gotekemulator.com/ https://www.gotekemulator.com/ https://www.gotekemulator.com/P_view.asp?pid=61 https://www.gotekemulator.com/P_view.asp?pid=61

wkjagt 4y ago
Gotek are awesome. I use one in an old 486 and it works really well as a floppy drive replacement. Especially with the FlashFloppy firmware replacement.
- FredPret 4y ago
  You have a working 486? If I had one, I'd spin up Civ1 just for old times!
  - wkjagt 4y ago
    Yeah! A DX2 66Mhz, with a real mechanical hard drive, in a real beige case with a turbo button :D Some modern "amenities" I have are the gotek, and a CF Card to IDE adapter, so I can more easily copy files to it. I use it mostly for Borland C++, but also Solitaire in Windows 3.1. I also have an 8088, a 286 and a 386...
    - FredPret 4y ago
      That’s awesome. Is it a vintage drive as well? I wonder about the failure points - CMOS battery meltdown, moving parts. If you can eliminate these, you can probably run that 486 for life.
AdamJacobMuller 4y ago
as soon as I saw the article title I figured someone had figured out a simple/cheap emulation solution and the comments would link to it. Thanks! They seem super cheap on ebay too https://www.ebay.com/itm/364063791560 https://www.ebay.com/itm/364063791560
abruzzi 4y ago
gotek is fine if your device uses FAT formatted floppies. If your device has a custom format, you need an HxC drive or HxC firmware fr a Gotek drive. Also, I have some devices that don't use standard 34 pin floppy connectors so I had to learn Kicad to build 26 to 34 pin adapters. All of my floppy using devices are synthesizers or samplers, and keeping them around is not a matter of not being able to afford to upgrade, but rather than many of these devices have very unique sounds that aren't replicated by newer equipment.
- snvzz 4y ago
  >If your device has a custom format, you need an HxC drive or HxC firmware fr a Gotek drive. It used to be the case. Nowadays, the Open Source FlashFloppy firmware will handle any custom format, including the HFE formats HxC use.
askvictor 4y ago
I was imagining something like a cassette tape->line in adapter like used to be common go play your ipod through your car stereo. I.e. something that would emulate the actual disk, not the disk drive.

by jaclaz 4y ago

wkjagt 4y ago

Gotek are awesome. I use one in an old 486 and it works really well as a floppy drive replacement. Especially with the FlashFloppy firmware replacement.

FredPret 4y ago
You have a working 486? If I had one, I'd spin up Civ1 just for old times!
- wkjagt 4y ago
  Yeah! A DX2 66Mhz, with a real mechanical hard drive, in a real beige case with a turbo button :D Some modern "amenities" I have are the gotek, and a CF Card to IDE adapter, so I can more easily copy files to it. I use it mostly for Borland C++, but also Solitaire in Windows 3.1. I also have an 8088, a 286 and a 386...
  - FredPret 4y ago
    That’s awesome. Is it a vintage drive as well? I wonder about the failure points - CMOS battery meltdown, moving parts. If you can eliminate these, you can probably run that 486 for life.

AdamJacobMuller 4y ago

as soon as I saw the article title I figured someone had figured out a simple/cheap emulation solution and the comments would link to it. Thanks! They seem super cheap on ebay too https://www.ebay.com/itm/364063791560 https://www.ebay.com/itm/364063791560

abruzzi 4y ago

gotek is fine if your device uses FAT formatted floppies. If your device has a custom format, you need an HxC drive or HxC firmware fr a Gotek drive. Also, I have some devices that don't use standard 34 pin floppy connectors so I had to learn Kicad to build 26 to 34 pin adapters. All of my floppy using devices are synthesizers or samplers, and keeping them around is not a matter of not being able to afford to upgrade, but rather than many of these devices have very unique sounds that aren't replicated by newer equipment.

snvzz 4y ago
>If your device has a custom format, you need an HxC drive or HxC firmware fr a Gotek drive. It used to be the case. Nowadays, the Open Source FlashFloppy firmware will handle any custom format, including the HFE formats HxC use.

askvictor 4y ago

I was imagining something like a cassette tape->line in adapter like used to be common go play your ipod through your car stereo. I.e. something that would emulate the actual disk, not the disk drive.