Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33 replacements

[Dave Wade]

I have several and I have used them on several machines, so IBM 3174 screen controller, IBM Pentium Server and Atari ST but not DEC, with the FlashFloppy software mentioned elsewhere.
I programmed the Gotek on a Windows machine but there are instructions for Linux.
It appears it supports RX50 but as I said I haven't tried it.
It doesn't matter which version (720 or 1.44) once programmed with Flash Floppy it can be either drive.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Derek Newland
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> Sent: 15 July 2020 19:44
> To: Bob Smith <bobsmithofd at gmail.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic and
> Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: Gotek Floppy Drive Emulators in general and as RX50/RX33
> replacements
> 
> I was hoping to see some discussion about the Gotek. I too have one, but
> have not used it yet (mainly due to lack of a Windows machine), and am
> curious about the firmware and software requirements.
> 
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 1:55 PM Bob Smith via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Two questions,
> > 1. If anyone is using these devices, which firmware/software do you
> > use in the device and why did you choose it?
> >
> > 2/ Is anyone specifically using one as a replacement or adjunct or and
> > RX50 et al on a Pro, pdp11, uVax, DecMate, or Pro box, and same
> > question set as 1?
> >
> > Yes,  i picked up one, and looking at the capabilities, documentation
> > first, and considering reflashing the beast to give more control of
> > formats.
> >
> > TIA
> > bob smith
> >
> 
> 
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