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Mounty 07 April 2014 18:38
A gold star to the first Amigan who can work out what's going on in this pic..
 
Can you beat the Cube?

Never mind the Cube, check this out...

http://i57.tinypic.com/2cgec6r.jpg

Arnie 07 April 2014 18:47
external gotek board.

Mounty 07 April 2014 18:52
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Originally Posted by Arnie (Post 947865)
external gotek board.
Correct!!!

Just passed functional testing, and will be on eBay tomorrow!

Happy days!!!

Arnie 07 April 2014 20:15
Great, when do I get my gold star?

I'll swap it for one of those boards :D

Retro1234 07 April 2014 20:20
If im right thats df1:+ so most games wont work.

Mrs Beanbag 07 April 2014 21:05
um there seems to be something ographic in the "also" section...

Mounty 07 April 2014 21:16
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Originally Posted by Boo Boo (Post 947878)
If im right thats df1:+ so most games wont work.
Nope you're not right, but good guess...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Beanbag (Post 947891)
um there seems to be something ographic in the "also" section...
Eh???

Big-Byte 07 April 2014 21:24
lol!

Check the 'images you'll also enjoy' under the main pic'

dlfrsilver 07 April 2014 21:35
ahahaah :) i saw it too.... the guy looks like an alcoholic, and the girl looks like a whore of the seventies XD !!! ahaha :P just my 2 cts :)

Mounty 07 April 2014 21:36
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Originally Posted by Big-Byte (Post 947896)
lol!

Check the 'images you'll also enjoy' under the main pic'
Haha!!

I didn't notice that before! How did they get that camera into my bedroom???

:lol

Retro1234 07 April 2014 21:38
So it connects to df0?

Mounty 07 April 2014 21:41
Quote:
Originally Posted by Boo Boo (Post 947902)
So it connects to df0?
No, it appears as DF1:

You can boot from it from the early boot menu (at least on the A1200 you can).

Nothing wrong with DF1: thousands of games use it.

Retro1234 07 April 2014 21:44
Thousnands? Sorry wrong most games or decent commercial games wont work - just a warning :)
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=695468#post695468
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=620381#post620381

Mounty 07 April 2014 21:51
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Originally Posted by Boo Boo (Post 947906)
Thousnands? Sorry wrong most games or decent commercial games wont work - just a warning :)
My friend, I'm not going to get into an argument with you about how useful external drives can be.

It's all been said before many times.

Also, you don't think HM gave his firmware DF1: support for nothing do you?

Arnie 07 April 2014 22:22
Could these boards be used with a normal floppy drive? I have an external drive that needs a new board.

Would it be possible to create a board that suports HD disks?

john1979 07 April 2014 22:44
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mounty (Post 947909)
My friend, I'm not going to get into an argument with you about how useful external drives can be.

It's all been said before many times.

Also, you don't think HM gave his firmware DF1: support for nothing do you?
Boo Boo has a point though. A LOT of trackloading games aren't going to work from DF1.

As a second drive for games that support disk 2 in DF1, probably very useful though. It was sweet having a second drive back in the day.

Mounty 08 April 2014 06:16
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arnie (Post 947916)
Could these boards be used with a normal floppy drive? I have an external drive that needs a new board.

Would it be possible to create a board that suports HD disks?
That's one thing I'm going to be investigating today. My gut feeling is that it will work.

I don't think it would be possible to attach a HD to a floppy port directly, although you could attach one via a Gotek drive.

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Originally Posted by john1979 (Post 947923)
Boo Boo has a point though. A LOT of trackloading games aren't going to work from DF1.

As a second drive for games that support disk 2 in DF1, probably very useful though. It was sweet having a second drive back in the day.
It's not just about games. Still, I would be interested in seeing a list of those games if anyone has compiled one. Perhaps this issue has been blown a little out of proportion.

Hewitson 08 April 2014 10:13
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mounty (Post 947977)
It's not just about games. Still, I would be interested in seeing a list of those games if anyone has compiled one. Perhaps this issue has been blown a little out of proportion.
It hasn't. Many multi-disk games didn't even support a second drive. The list of single-disk games which won't run off a second drive is going to be absolutely HUGE.

jbenam 08 April 2014 10:41
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Originally Posted by Hewitson (Post 947993)
It hasn't. Many multi-disk games didn't even support a second drive. The list of single-disk games which won't run off a second drive is going to be absolutely HUGE.
That's why a lot of people have DF0:<->DF1: switches in place :agree

If you want to use an external drive with track loader games you need to fool the Amiga in thinking that the external drive IS DF0:.

Mounty 08 April 2014 10:52
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Originally Posted by jbenam (Post 947999)
That's why a lot of people have DF0:<->DF1: switches in place :agree

If you want to use an external drive with track loader games you need to fool the Amiga in thinking that the external drive IS DF0:.
LOL the moment Mounty brings out an external drive adapter the entire world goes anti-external drive.

;)


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