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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.
by 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 agoYou have a working 486? If I had one, I'd spin up Civ1 just for old times!
- wkjagt 4y agoYeah! 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 agoThat’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.