Gotek floppy emulator and A1200 Floppy Mod

[iowtheme]

Hi All

Now update My Amiga 1200

A1200, v3.1 Rom Microbotics M1230XA 40Mhz, 32Ram, No FPU, 4Gb CF Card, 24x CDrom, GBS-8200, Gotek USB Floppy Emulator.

Now done the mod, Gotek floppy emulator and A1200 Floppy drive

now running together at same time on a switch show in picture as you can see it ALL work



STD twist PC Floppy lead

You need to untwist the lead for the Amiga to work



Now you need to fine pin 10 as show in picture and then wire up the switch illustrated




Now adding Gotek floppy emulator board to you a1200 ( This is where I put mine, But you could put it anywhere else )





This is where I Put the switch for Gotek and A1200 floppy



Now Back together now ready to TEST



Now test Gotek drive



Load game and it work fine



Now test Amiga floppy drive





As you can see in picture it working




Now WB is load up as you can see in picture I have 3 Icons showing unreadable DF1, DF2, DF3 ( Dos anyone know how I can get rid of these I think it's to do with the Gotek drive ) Before I did the mod, Gotek drive only show DF0 as unreadable ANY help is appreciated

[kipper2k]

Very Nice!

[Arnie]

Can you just explain a bit more. Is it a DF0: DF1: switcher, or does it make only one drive active at a time?

[iowtheme]

Hi Arnie

It is DF0: to DF0: switcher

This means you can Boot from you original Floppy drive or Boot Gotek Drive, ( This gives you the best of both drive, So you can play you OLD game and format Floppys or the NEW way to play from USB )

You can ONLY boot one of the drive at a TIME. The Amiga ONLY see 1 Drive and NOT 2 Drive?

[Jope]

Something is pulling low the ready signal.

[iowtheme]

Originally Posted by Jope

Something is pulling low the ready signal.

Hi Jope

Is this to do with ( jumper block ) on the Floppy drive?

Looks great!

[Jope]

Originally Posted by iowtheme

Is this to do with ( jumper block ) on the Floppy drive?

Probably not the jumpers, unless you have adjusted them when you did this custom cable. Either the Gotek or the physical drive mechanism is doing it, to find out you can unplug the drive that is not currently selected to see if it helps.

[iowtheme]

Originally Posted by Jope

Probably not the jumpers, unless you have adjusted them when you did this custom cable. Either the Gotek or the physical drive mechanism is doing it, to find out you can unplug the drive that is not currently selected to see if it helps.

unless you have adjusted them ( NO ) as STD

I will unplug Gotek or Floppy drive, Will let you know soon would it does

Thank Jope

[fitzsteve]

Really nice idea and looks great

[cpiac64]

i suppose you need excange pin 9 with 11 with double switch, set one drive ds0: and the other ds1:

[Jope]

Originally Posted by cpiac64

i suppose you need excange pin 9 with 11 with double switch, set one drive ds0: and the other ds1:

What difference would it make? To me it seems like one of the drives is misbehaving when it isn't selected.

[cpiac64]

i have read this in old post, but need verify if both drive need set ds0:

[kickstart]

Very nice idea to install a gotek on a1200... but i have a question, are any difference installing a gotek on a commodore or escom amiga?

[Jope]

cpiac ah yes, now I understood. Yes, both drives should indeed be set to DS0 in order for the switch mod to work.. The A1200 has DS1 present in the internal header at least based on the schematics.

[stu232]

My Gotek LED's have just stopped working.

The drive itself is still working fine but I've got no LED display, it's completely blank.

Anyone know where on the board I should check?

[iowtheme]

Hi All

How Tested Gotek and Floppy drive and test the format Floppys to, it work fine.

I have now sorted the problem out.

The problem was my PC floppy lead, It was pin34 was causing the ( unreadable ) problem ( When I untwist the lead I damage the connector )

so I buy new IDC connector 34 way this solve my problem.

Then you are in Workbench and flip the switch same time it will show unreadable flip the switch then it gone.

So I am NOW happy it is all working

[Jope]

You should always remove the floppy / usb stick from the unselected drive before turning the switch..

[ali-b]

bah can the images be revived for this mod? they are showing up dead fo me (and the OP was only november!)

[Superman]

It seems the OP has removed the images himself as there are no links when you quote the post and it was editted by him later when his issue was resolved.