A gold star to the first Amigan who can work out what's going on in this pic..

Mounty · 07 April 2014, 18:38

Can you beat the Cube?

Never mind the Cube, check this out...

Arnie · 07 April 2014, 18:47

external gotek board.

Mounty · 07 April 2014, 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arnie

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boo Boo

If im right thats df1:+ so most games wont work.

Nope you're not right, but good guess...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs Beanbag

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big-Byte

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???

Retro1234 · 07 April 2014, 21:38

So it connects to df0?

Mounty · 07 April 2014, 21:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boo Boo

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boo Boo

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

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

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by john1979

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hewitson

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbenam

That's why a lot of people have DF0:<->DF1: switches in place

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.

07 April 2014, 18:38	#1
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