FlashFloppy - new firmware for Gotek drives, open source - Page 13

Daedalus · 17 August 2017, 18:00

Perhaps it's already been thought about (and apologies too if I'm repeating a suggestion), but I just thought I'd throw this in here: Crystalfontz have a 16x2 I2C LCD module that also has a set of menu buttons integrated. I've used Crystalfontz parts before and they're pretty decent - albeit only serial and parallel versions. But adding support for the keys might be a nice little option for some. They are a little pricey though at $50 each...

More info on them, datasheets etc are here: https://www.crystalfontz.com/product...2c-lcd-display

Keir · 17 August 2017, 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daedalus

Perhaps it's already been thought about (and apologies too if I'm repeating a suggestion), but I just thought I'd throw this in here: Crystalfontz have a 16x2 I2C LCD module that also has a set of menu buttons integrated. I've used Crystalfontz parts before and they're pretty decent - albeit only serial and parallel versions. But adding support for the keys might be a nice little option for some. They are a little pricey though at $50 each...

More info on them, datasheets etc are here: https://www.crystalfontz.com/product...2c-lcd-display

Regarding fancy UIs, I have a driver for this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302347160024

It need rather a lot of pins though. But probably doable with an I2C backpack for the control lines, and the SPI interface is broken out on the Gotek board
to an SPI Flash IC footprint, which wouldn't be too bad to solder wires to.

BarryB · 17 August 2017, 20:55

Now where have I seen one of those before

bebek · 17 August 2017, 21:03

Oh,oh and AGA emulation please

Thank you for your work kaffer.

17 August 2017, 21:31

[QUOTE=Daedalus;1178850]Perhaps it's already been thought about (and apologies too if I'm repeating a suggestion), but I just thought I'd throw this in here: Crystalfontz have a 16x2 I2C LCD module that also has a set of menu buttons integrated. I've used Crystalfontz parts before and they're pretty decent - albeit only serial and parallel versions. But adding support for the keys might be a nice little option for some. They are a little pricey though at $50 each...

realy if you spend that much on a display why not buy a HxC Floppy Emulator

Keir · 17 August 2017, 22:28

FlashFloppy on Zaxon's Flopper

Amiga1992 · 17 August 2017, 22:35

AWesome!

Daedalus · 18 August 2017, 01:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaffer

Regarding fancy UIs, I have a driver for this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302347160024

It need rather a lot of pins though. But probably doable with an I2C backpack for the control lines, and the SPI interface is broken out on the Gotek board
to an SPI Flash IC footprint, which wouldn't be too bad to solder wires to.

Ooh, that would be nice indeed! (Sidetracking slightly) I've toyed with the idea of having a clockport-driven LCD panel like that to read IRC or whatever while the monitor is being used by another machine or turned off. Semi-headless operation. I2C & SPI are nice for removing the need for lots of pins alright.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tino_M

realy if you spend that much on a display why not buy a HxC Floppy Emulator

You're probably right... But it does no harm to have options - people sometimes have surprising bits of hardware like that lying around at home doing nothing, so it might be more a case of getting bonus features for free.

Shatterhand · 18 August 2017, 03:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Higgy

I have now flashed this new firmware over my Cortex firmware. I used the USB-USB method, which is really quick and easy.

USB-USB Installation software is here: https://mega.nz/#!rkoVCYqS!bPACrEEUB...bK-XoO7UR4gyjI

Flashing GOTEK via USB: [ Show youtube player ]

Now testing on my A500 with 512MB upgrade.

Tried to do what's shown on the video,but when I plug the USB on my PC the Gotek turns on, but it's not recognized by my PC. Any help?

alpine9000 · 18 August 2017, 03:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shatterhand

Tried to do what's shown on the video,but when I plug the USB on my PC the Gotek turns on, but it's not recognized by my PC. Any help?

Double checked the two jumpers are configured correctly for DFU mode ?

Shatterhand · 18 August 2017, 03:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpine9000

Double checked the two jumpers are configured correctly for DFU mode ?

The jumpers are exactly as the video shows... I even changed the other jumper to S1 just to be identical to the video...

This drive already has the Cortex firmware, does this make any difference?

Shatterhand · 18 August 2017, 03:36

Also, I am just plugging the USB on Gotek, I am not connecting the power plug on it, but I think the USB power will be enough to power it properly?

alpine9000 · 18 August 2017, 03:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shatterhand

The jumpers are exactly as the video shows... I even changed the other jumpt to S1 just to be identical to the video...

This drive already has the Cortex firmware, does this make any difference?

My other jumpers were S0, so I don't think that makes any difference.

I had to initially hunt it down in device manager to install the driver (windows 10 device manager looked quite different to the one in the video), but apart from that it was as in the video.

I also had cortex firmware.

alpine9000 · 18 August 2017, 03:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shatterhand

Also, I am just plugging the USB on Gotek, I am not connecting the power plug on it, but I think the USB power will be enough to power it properly?

Yes, it gets power from the USB.

Shatterhand · 18 August 2017, 03:39

Usually when I plug a new device on USB, Windows makes a sound. It's not making any sound here... I tested it on both my Desktop with Windows 10 and my wife's notebook with Windows 8 and nothing :/

alpine9000 · 18 August 2017, 03:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shatterhand

Usually when I plug a new device on USB, Windows makes a sound. It's not making any sound here... I tested it on both my Desktop with Windows 10 and my wife's notebook with Windows 8 and nothing :/

I don't think I heard a sound either (I normally do).

Shatterhand · 18 August 2017, 03:59

Yeah ,but nothing new appears on the device manager either :/

When the Gotek turns on the red led flashes pretty quickly... I had never even seen this red led before (First time I opened it, I thought it would be easier to insert a wire in the jumpers with it open)... dunno if this says anything.

Shatterhand · 18 August 2017, 04:22

I dunno, maybe I should also use the RESET jumpers? I am afraid to use it as I don't know what will do and I don't want to lose the Cortex FW if I can't flash it with another one.

Shatterhand · 18 August 2017, 05:01

Well, don't know what I did, but now I got the device recognized..... trying to flash it now

EDIT: Flashed it allright, that's what I tested so far:

Jaguar XJ 220 - fails to detect the disk swap (It also happened on Cortex)
Sensible World of Soccer 96 - fails to detect disk swap (It happened randomly on Cortex.. sometimes I could make it work, sometimes I couldn't. Only tried once with the FF)
Z-out - Guru at cracktro, and I was nearly sure this worked with Cortex.
Prime Mover - Crashed after crakctro
R-Type 2 - Worked
Wonderboy in Monsterland - Worked.

Now keep in mind the ones that crashed could be problem with the ADF file. I was eager to test stuff that I couldn't make work with the Cortex firmware either.

Shatterhand · 18 August 2017, 07:14

Sorry for the series of posts, but there has been some time between them

I just found out this firmware WORKS on MSX. Got a 360kb .DSK image, converted to HFE, used the Amiga* selector to select a slot in the file, plug the Gotek in my MSX... AND IT WORKS.

This is GREAT news for me and probably for the MSX scene too.

Now, I tried to boot Aleste 2 on MSX and this one failed.... I guess it's because it's a 720kb disk and the firmware still does not support it? I know Aleste 2 disk has a protection that makes no files appear on disk, but the loading is all done sector-wise... I dunno if that would be a problem for the firmware (I'd guess not, since it can load similar Amiga disks), or it's really a matter of not supporting 720kb disks.

And if that's the case... would it be possile to make it support 720kb disks? That would be really great.

*I Used the Amiga selector because I still hadn't figured out there's a selector for Windows that works just like the Amiga one

17 August 2017, 21:03	#244
bebek Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Poole UK Posts: 349	Oh,oh and AGA emulation please Thank you for your work kaffer. Last edited by bebek; 17 August 2017 at 21:21.

18 August 2017, 05:01	#259
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	Well, don't know what I did, but now I got the device recognized..... trying to flash it now EDIT: Flashed it allright, that's what I tested so far: Jaguar XJ 220 - fails to detect the disk swap (It also happened on Cortex) Sensible World of Soccer 96 - fails to detect disk swap (It happened randomly on Cortex.. sometimes I could make it work, sometimes I couldn't. Only tried once with the FF) Z-out - Guru at cracktro, and I was nearly sure this worked with Cortex. Prime Mover - Crashed after crakctro R-Type 2 - Worked Wonderboy in Monsterland - Worked. Now keep in mind the ones that crashed could be problem with the ADF file. I was eager to test stuff that I couldn't make work with the Cortex firmware either. Last edited by Shatterhand; 18 August 2017 at 05:38.

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17 August 2017, 18:00	#241
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	Perhaps it's already been thought about (and apologies too if I'm repeating a suggestion), but I just thought I'd throw this in here: Crystalfontz have a 16x2 I2C LCD module that also has a set of menu buttons integrated. I've used Crystalfontz parts before and they're pretty decent - albeit only serial and parallel versions. But adding support for the keys might be a nice little option for some. They are a little pricey though at $50 each... More info on them, datasheets etc are here: https://www.crystalfontz.com/product...2c-lcd-display

17 August 2017, 20:55	#243
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,676	Now where have I seen one of those before

17 August 2017, 21:31	#245
Tino_M Posts: n/a	[QUOTE=Daedalus;1178850]Perhaps it's already been thought about (and apologies too if I'm repeating a suggestion), but I just thought I'd throw this in here: Crystalfontz have a 16x2 I2C LCD module that also has a set of menu buttons integrated. I've used Crystalfontz parts before and they're pretty decent - albeit only serial and parallel versions. But adding support for the keys might be a nice little option for some. They are a little pricey though at $50 each... realy if you spend that much on a display why not buy a HxC Floppy Emulator

17 August 2017, 22:28	#246
Keir Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Cambridge Posts: 682	FlashFloppy on Zaxon's Flopper

17 August 2017, 22:35	#247
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	AWesome!

18 August 2017, 03:36	#252
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	Also, I am just plugging the USB on Gotek, I am not connecting the power plug on it, but I think the USB power will be enough to power it properly?

18 August 2017, 03:39	#255
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	Usually when I plug a new device on USB, Windows makes a sound. It's not making any sound here... I tested it on both my Desktop with Windows 10 and my wife's notebook with Windows 8 and nothing :/

18 August 2017, 03:59	#257
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	Yeah ,but nothing new appears on the device manager either :/ When the Gotek turns on the red led flashes pretty quickly... I had never even seen this red led before (First time I opened it, I thought it would be easier to insert a wire in the jumpers with it open)... dunno if this says anything.

18 August 2017, 04:22	#258
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	I dunno, maybe I should also use the RESET jumpers? I am afraid to use it as I don't know what will do and I don't want to lose the Cortex FW if I can't flash it with another one.

18 August 2017, 07:14	#260
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	Sorry for the series of posts, but there has been some time between them I just found out this firmware WORKS on MSX. Got a 360kb .DSK image, converted to HFE, used the Amiga* selector to select a slot in the file, plug the Gotek in my MSX... AND IT WORKS. This is GREAT news for me and probably for the MSX scene too. Now, I tried to boot Aleste 2 on MSX and this one failed.... I guess it's because it's a 720kb disk and the firmware still does not support it? I know Aleste 2 disk has a protection that makes no files appear on disk, but the loading is all done sector-wise... I dunno if that would be a problem for the firmware (I'd guess not, since it can load similar Amiga disks), or it's really a matter of not supporting 720kb disks. And if that's the case... would it be possile to make it support 720kb disks? That would be really great. *I Used the Amiga selector because I still hadn't figured out there's a selector for Windows that works just like the Amiga one

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