Questions from yet another Gotek noob

Amiga1992 · 16 May 2017, 05:59

So I took the plunge and after finding a really cheap local source for a Gotek plus the necessary things to flash it, I'm ready to go, but am a bit afraid to fuck up. So here are some questions:

- My serial adapter does both 3.3V and 5V. Can I use 5V as set by default?
- I connected RX to TX and viceversa, the GND pin and now I need power. The serial adapter has a VCC pin. Am I right in assuming that would provide +5V that I can use? (assuming the previous answer is "yes you can use 5V")
- Does the USB-TTL need any drivers?
- I'm going to be using the Cortex firmware first just to test that the drive works, but I will eventually have the HxC firmware. Is the process exactly the same, to flash the gotek, as explained on the cortex page?

Here's how everything is looking like right now, any mistakes?

USB-TTL driver is installed and working as far as I can tell.

thgill · 16 May 2017, 06:13

I've flashed a couple of these now. Should do a video on it...

1 - 3.3 or 5v should work fine. To be safe I would switch it to 3.3. This is only in reference to the TX/RX pins and not Vcc. Vcc will be 5v regardless.
2 - yep, 5v from the vcc pin is fine to the gotek
3 - depends on windows version. Plug it in and see if it's detected.
4 - the HxC firmware process has it own tool that goes out and downloads a bootstrap/boot loader for the gotek. That's what you pay 10 euro for. After that you just install the hxc firmware to the floppy drive via a USB thumb drive.

Amiga1992 · 16 May 2017, 06:27

Thanks for that man! I'll switch to 3.3V and hope it all works out!

16 May 2017, 05:59	#1
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Questions from yet another Gotek noob So I took the plunge and after finding a really cheap local source for a Gotek plus the necessary things to flash it, I'm ready to go, but am a bit afraid to fuck up. So here are some questions: - My serial adapter does both 3.3V and 5V. Can I use 5V as set by default? - I connected RX to TX and viceversa, the GND pin and now I need power. The serial adapter has a VCC pin. Am I right in assuming that would provide +5V that I can use? (assuming the previous answer is "yes you can use 5V") - Does the USB-TTL need any drivers? - I'm going to be using the Cortex firmware first just to test that the drive works, but I will eventually have the HxC firmware. Is the process exactly the same, to flash the gotek, as explained on the cortex page? Here's how everything is looking like right now, any mistakes? USB-TTL driver is installed and working as far as I can tell.

16 May 2017, 06:13	#2
thgill Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mason, Ohio / USA Age: 48 Posts: 391	I've flashed a couple of these now. Should do a video on it... 1 - 3.3 or 5v should work fine. To be safe I would switch it to 3.3. This is only in reference to the TX/RX pins and not Vcc. Vcc will be 5v regardless. 2 - yep, 5v from the vcc pin is fine to the gotek 3 - depends on windows version. Plug it in and see if it's detected. 4 - the HxC firmware process has it own tool that goes out and downloads a bootstrap/boot loader for the gotek. That's what you pay 10 euro for. After that you just install the hxc firmware to the floppy drive via a USB thumb drive. Last edited by thgill; 16 May 2017 at 06:28.

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16 May 2017, 06:27	#3
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Thanks for that man! I'll switch to 3.3V and hope it all works out!

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