GoFloppy V2: Gotek Alternative

[Timtheloon]

Hello Retro Users

I decided to treat my A500+ to a nice Gotek upgrade, The Gofloppy V2 from Retro Supplies

Now it's a bit more expensive than your normal Gotek but I liked the fact it allows me to keep my original internal floppy drive in play in the Amiga

The GoFloppy V2 has a switch on it which allows the user to switch it so that DF0: is the GoFloppy and the internal drive is off or the internal floppy drive is on as DF0: and the GoFloppy becomes DF1:.

In my video and screenshot, I have the GoFloppy setup as DF1:.

It is a shame that the three way switch doesn't have a third option to make it that DF0: is setup has the internal floppy drive and the GoFloppy is off thus allowing the external drives to run correctly, however if I turn my physical external floppy Drive DF1: drive switch to off, it allows the Gotek to run as DF1 correctly and DF2: and DF3: also work correctly as seen in my screen shot. sadly you need a physical drive set to off or it will see the next drive in the queue as DF1 and cause a conflict.



here is a link to the online shop that supplies the device

GoFloppy Floppy Drive Emulator V2 - Amiga edition

GoFloppy is a FlashFloppy based floppy drive emulator, similar to a "Gotek" drive, that uses an SD card for floppy disk images. It is physically the same size as a 3.5" floppy disk and has the following features:1.3" OLED displayJog dial to select disk imagesSimple slide switch to configure the...

www.retrosupplies.co.uk

 

[LinuxJedi]

Thank you for the review.

Re-enabling the external port is not something that has come up in the past. Interesting idea. I'll consider that if I get to work on a v3.

 

[Timtheloon]

Thank you for the review.

Re-enabling the external port is not something that has come up in the past. Interesting idea. I'll consider that if I get to work on a v3.

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