[Coco] Cheap generic gotek drives

[Walter Zambotti]

Also found this resource

https://www.n4vlf.net/gotek.html

Shows an IDC to card edge adapter and discusses custom shugart firmware
for TRS-80 floppy emulation.  Not sure if this is the same as CoCo or not!


On 2020-07-18 23:00, Salvador Garcia via Coco wrote:
>  Thanks Henry! I also did some research and found this video:
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> https://youtu.be/taFP1J_lZBI
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> This product is strangely appealing to me. i have some old PC in storage that have floppy drives and would like to get them to stop using these devices. I have lots of file on floppies which theoretically I have copied over to CD, so this is the kind of product that I would find very useful, perhaps even thinking of purchasing more than one.
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> Thanks again for all your videos. I find them amusing and educational, definitely a worthwhile watch. Maybe I'll suggest to the CoCo ~123's editor in chief if we can start a new section called Rietveld's Videos! :-D Regards and hope to see you eventually, Salvador
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>     On Saturday, July 18, 2020, 05:01:54 AM CDT, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:  
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>  Yes.
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> Not familiar with the Gotek product, but from looking at the Amazon link I am understanding that this device connects to the computer using a standard flat floppy cable. Is this correct? Then, instead of a floppy disc, I can use any kind of USB flash memory drive to emulate a 1.44MB floppy.? Interesting.
> For example, if I manage to get MS-DOS on the USB flash stick and connect the Gotek to an old PC, will it boot to MS-DOS?
> Thanks, Salvador
>     On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 09:59:31 AM CDT, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>  Here is a link to the cheap gotek style drives I buy for 19 USD.
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> https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07XQK2N45/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_msCdFb1F1YM8F
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