Denise Mini-ITX Amiga: A Real A500+ Squeezed Into a Lunchbox
#Amiga #Amiga500 #Amiga500Plus #RetroComputing #MiniITX #HardwareHacking #VintageComputing #Gotek #FlashFloppy #TerribleFire #ZorroII #HackBuildRestore #AmigaBelfast
https://theoasisbbs.com/denise-mini-itx-amiga-a-real-a500-squeezed-into-a-lunchbox/?fsp_sid=1988
#FlashFloppy
Also why don't you install a #GOTEK with #FlashFloppy & OLED screen inside that #MT80s?
MAGNETIC MEDIA BAD!
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Finally convinced myself to buy a #gotek so I can emulate these dreaded HP floppy drives before my Sony MP-F52W-30 gives out.
Will be an interesting exercise to get the config going with #flashfloppy
The family of Gotek floppydrives with an 1.3 Oled is complete.
1.3 Oled display Goteks with Rotary encoder and buzzer are now available for :
Amiga 2000 Internally (3,5 bay)
Amiga (Family) external
Atari ST (family) External
Philips MSX 8235
Philips MSX 8250/55/80
5,25 for PC
5,25 with a jog shuttle for PC
#gotek #flashfloppy #MSX #atari #amiga #Commodore #retrocomputing #gotekretro
@thejessiekirk that's because both 5,25" and espechally 8" drives were out of production when 3,5" #USB-FDDs got mainstream.
- You could consider the #KryoFlux a #USB-#FDD - Controller for that, but the problem lies in the lack if (affordable!) drives & -mechanisms for them.
Some folks seem to work on reformulating the Iron Oxide mixture to make new disks from scratch but it's considered cheaper and less hassle.to just backup said media and use i.e. a #FlashFloppy to emulate them.
- Also I'm not shure that TEAC USB-FDD - Adapter can be tricked into accepting anything else but 1440kB 3,5" FDDs.
@PaulaMaddox @rasteri @polpo which makes total sense...
Personally, if I had like €1M I'd propably consider starting a company that basically builds a "#TinyRetro" with like a #FlashFloppy, #PicoGUS, #QuadFlop and all the other parts (incl. #IDE controller & IDE->SATA Adaptor) on a #MiniITX form factor (with one of those SOMs) and a spare #ISA slot which then fits into a compact case like the #M350 or similar.
- Kinda like the #CommanderX16 but for #16bit & #32bit #PC / #DOS gaming.
Think of it as a faster alternative to the #NuXT...
This GoDRIvE is a clone of the Gotek USB floppy disk emulator, but specifically designed for the #Amiga and with a pass-through connector to the original floppy drive. Like the Gotek drive, it also uses the open source #flashfloppy firmware.
It's too bad I'd need to purchase two different GoDRIvE models for my A500 and my A4000, and they're pricey.
https://digitalretrobay.co.uk/products/
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
These Gotek floppy emulators with preloaded #FlashFloppy firmware can come in Beige and in Gray, but "Yellowed" Beige is the most popular color 😆
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335998129043
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #amiga
@wyatt and I guess a #FlashFloppy isn't an option as you want to read genuine physical media and not merely run stuff?
@wyatt And I guess you got niether time nor spoons to fiddle with a #GOTEK with #FlashFloppy?
Cuz these things are easy to install and moddable af!
##gotek Drive with #flashfloppy 3.44 on #amstrad NC200.
Heute ein wenig Bastelei für die #Revision am Wochenende. Bin mir noch nicht sicher, welches System ich dieses Jahr mitnehme. Wenn ich den #FlashFloppy Emulator für das Gotek Laufwerk geflashed bekomme, wird es vielleicht ein CPC 664 - wobei ich die Keyboard Matrix nochmal anschauen müsste. Mal sehen.
@rc2014 IIRC, I had to make one a while ago to flash the #FlashFloppy firmware on the #Gotek floppy emulator, so they may not be totally useless and still very much #retrocomputing related 😉
Now, 75 of them...
Anyone up for a game of #Zork on a GM905 system from #GeminiMicrocomputers featuring a #z80 processor, 64K memory and dual #gotek floppy emulators running #FlashFloppy? Eh? 😜
No backup, no mercy.
I'm currently copying all the previously installed programs from the HDD back to floppy disk images. Cheers and thanks to the inventors of the #FlashFloppy software.
#RetroComputing
The #Gotek floppy emulator installed on the #Amiga 4000 just fried my USB stick with all my ADF files on it! 🔥
Good thing I smelled it burning and removed it right away. Also: I still have the ADF files on my laptop 😌
The #flashfloppy firmware still runs on the Gotek, but doesn't detect another known-good USB stick 😟
If you're a Flashfloppy/Gotek user, and have several different types of them around: *don't* keep your config file on any USB stick you'd want to share between drives. Unless you want all of your drives to be configured the same, which could mean upside-down displays and non-working controls ...
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