Gotek questions

Yulquen74 · 06 March 2015, 10:57

1. Does the Gotek allow write protected adf's?

2. Does the USB interface support hot swapping, or do you need to
reset or even powercycle the machine when changing USB sticks?

3. Have anyone thought of making a Dos-driver for the usb interface in the Gotek? (for accessing the usb stick filesystem)

Thanks in advance for answers.

Jope · 06 March 2015, 11:25

1. afaik no .. you could try to attrib -r the file and see, but I doubt it works.
2. it does

ransom1122 · 06 March 2015, 13:29

I bit the bullet and bought one. And it's great. Superb addition to my 500. & I'd add one to a1200 if I had one.

Nobby_UK · 07 March 2015, 02:08

3. I doubt it

AFAIK the USB interface merely swaps a disk image into on-board Ram
which is then read by the Floppy Interface

Jope · 07 March 2015, 07:24

Well, the selector program can find the short + long filenames and also the file sector offsets from the USB drive's FAT, as these are stored to the selector.adf in order for the gotek to be able to select ADFs with the two buttons.

Has HM exposed anything more would require reverse-engineering his firmware.

06 March 2015, 10:57	#1
Yulquen74 Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Kleppe / Norway Posts: 258	Gotek questions 1. Does the Gotek allow write protected adf's? 2. Does the USB interface support hot swapping, or do you need to reset or even powercycle the machine when changing USB sticks? 3. Have anyone thought of making a Dos-driver for the usb interface in the Gotek? (for accessing the usb stick filesystem) Thanks in advance for answers.

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06 March 2015, 11:25	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,885	1. afaik no .. you could try to attrib -r the file and see, but I doubt it works. 2. it does

06 March 2015, 13:29	#3
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,867	I bit the bullet and bought one. And it's great. Superb addition to my 500. & I'd add one to a1200 if I had one.

07 March 2015, 02:08	#4
Nobby_UK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,600	3. I doubt it AFAIK the USB interface merely swaps a disk image into on-board Ram which is then read by the Floppy Interface

07 March 2015, 07:24	#5
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,885	Well, the selector program can find the short + long filenames and also the file sector offsets from the USB drive's FAT, as these are stored to the selector.adf in order for the gotek to be able to select ADFs with the two buttons. Has HM exposed anything more would require reverse-engineering his firmware.

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