Gotek as DF0 and internal HD floppy as DF1

Amon_RA · 08 May 2016, 14:00

I was wondering if it's technically possible to have a Gotek as DF0, and at the same time have a real HD floppy drive as DF1 in an Amiga 4000? How would I set this up?

I would like to use the Gotek, but still keep the HD floppy drive once in a while to read a real floppy disk.

Jope · 08 May 2016, 14:24

Just set it up as normal, but don't close the DF1 present jumper on the motherboard.

Amon_RA · 09 May 2016, 12:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Just set it up as normal, but don't close the DF1 present jumper on the motherboard.

Could you please explain what you mean with "normal"?

Which cable should be used?
Should I change any jumpers on the Gotek, or on the Floppy drive?
Which drive should I connect where on the cable?

I'm using the standard floppy drive cable with my Amiga 4000, with the wires 3-5 twisted. After a search on Google it seems that those wires are incorrectly twisted...

-> http://relay.pp.fi/Amiga/A4000/A4000FloppyCableFix/

spannernick · 09 May 2016, 13:33

I think by normal he means,put your gotek in DF0,it will not boot from DF1.

Amon_RA · 09 May 2016, 13:40

Re-wired the cable correctly (twisted 4-6 instead of 3-5) and all is working correctly now!

I didn't touch the Gotek jumpers, and connected it to the end connector of the cable (after the twists).
Changed the Chinon FZ-357A jumper to the 2 leftmost of the bottom row, and connected it on the middle connector of the cable.

Now the Gotek is recognised as DF0 and the Floppy as DF1.

Jope · 09 May 2016, 15:26

Good job! Did you leave the motherboard jumper open?

glenn · 11 May 2016, 15:23

Great, and it still work with HD-floppies in DF1: ? and you use the cortex firmware ?

I have a gotek I was going to use for this in my A4000 but I wasn't sure that it work in HD-mode then.

Amon_RA · 13 May 2016, 16:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by glenn

Great, and it still work with HD-floppies in DF1: ? and you use the cortex firmware ?

I have a gotek I was going to use for this in my A4000 but I wasn't sure that it work in HD-mode then.

Yes, it still works with HD-Floppies in DF1.
I just formatted a Floppy to 1.6MB without a problem.
I can also still read all my older HD floppies.

I'm not using cortex firmware, but the latest HxC firmware :
14 April 2016: Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.0.8.0a

glenn · 19 May 2016, 13:19

Nice, then I must try it in my A4000, but with cortex firmware.

..I have registred hxc but never got it to install.. anyway I didn't register it for the Amiga anyway.

08 May 2016, 14:00	#1
Amon_RA Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Belgium Posts: 132	Gotek as DF0 and internal HD floppy as DF1 I was wondering if it's technically possible to have a Gotek as DF0, and at the same time have a real HD floppy drive as DF1 in an Amiga 4000? How would I set this up? I would like to use the Gotek, but still keep the HD floppy drive once in a while to read a real floppy disk.

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08 May 2016, 14:24	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,882	Just set it up as normal, but don't close the DF1 present jumper on the motherboard.

09 May 2016, 13:33	#4
spannernick Retro Nuts Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/UK Age: 53 Posts: 1,184	I think by normal he means,put your gotek in DF0,it will not boot from DF1.

09 May 2016, 13:40	#5
Amon_RA Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Belgium Posts: 132	Re-wired the cable correctly (twisted 4-6 instead of 3-5) and all is working correctly now! I didn't touch the Gotek jumpers, and connected it to the end connector of the cable (after the twists). Changed the Chinon FZ-357A jumper to the 2 leftmost of the bottom row, and connected it on the middle connector of the cable. Now the Gotek is recognised as DF0 and the Floppy as DF1.

09 May 2016, 15:26	#6
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,882	Good job! Did you leave the motherboard jumper open?

11 May 2016, 15:23	#7
glenn Repulsive Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: stockholm Sweden Posts: 89	Great, and it still work with HD-floppies in DF1: ? and you use the cortex firmware ? I have a gotek I was going to use for this in my A4000 but I wasn't sure that it work in HD-mode then.

19 May 2016, 13:19	#9
glenn Repulsive Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: stockholm Sweden Posts: 89	Nice, then I must try it in my A4000, but with cortex firmware. ..I have registred hxc but never got it to install.. anyway I didn't register it for the Amiga anyway.

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