Amiga A1200 - Fitting a GoDrive 

Thank you Daph. Yeah, I find myself just staring at it sometimes, thinking ‘Wow!’. 😎

Great to know. Enjoy. 😁👍

Awesome, thanks for saying so. 😎

That sounds really cool Darth, I’m wondering if hardware people have considered making something like that. I guess it’s only a matter of time before something like that emerges. 😎

After shooting that scene I did think about resting it against a wall. 🤦‍♂️ Ah well, everything is clearer in hindsight. 😅

@@YawningAngelRetro Sadly, that is true. Ha ha.

Thank you for the comment. Glad you found it useful. 😁 I’ll be trying out the booting from ADF functionality soon. I don’t see why it would not work, but we’ll see. 😎

Thank you for the comment. I’m not familiar with how this would work on an A500, but the GoDrive documentation says it does work with the A500 as it has a power cable splitter in the box for the GoDrive and df0 power cable. Also I’m not sure on how to source a case for the Gotek. I would assume they should be easy to get given Gotek drives are common on a number of platforms. Sorry I can’t offer much in the way of help, and good luck with your search and finding a solution.

I ended up purchasing GoEX drives for both my A500 and A1200. These are slimline internal "goteks" except they mount perfectly in the floppy bay, they use an external oled screen and slim case mount. They use SD Cards instead of USB so they're almost invisible when inserted plus they have a jogwheel that also acts as a button to select folders and such. The jogwheel button and sd card slot fit perfectly in the floppy disk gap of your Amiga case. Highly recommend these drives, they cost around 57GBP with screen and screen mount. The internal GoEX mounts are different for A500 and A1200, you select which type you need when you purchase plus a choice of colours. There's also the "GoEX on Pills" edition which allows "Gotek" interaction on your Amiga monitor instead of using the little oled screen, requires some soldering though and costs a bit more.

@@off1k seems like a great solution - unless you still want to have a working floppy drive?

@@stephenelliott7071 Yeah true but I have an external floppy as well. I also used an internal Gotek drive (after I replaced it with the GoEX) in an external floppy drive case to replace a dead floppy drive. I use this for a different A500 that has a normal internal floppy. It's great for copying to and from ADF to real floppy.

@@off1k sounds like a cool setup.

Ah, I brought mine from him at a show a few months ago. Didn’t know they were a build to order option now. Never tried it with df0 disconnected, but I assume it should work as ling as it can get power, which it draws from the motherboard, and in turn df0 draws power from the GoDrive board.

I imagine that if you keep the switch in the floppy off setting, it will work fine on it's own.

@@YawningAngelRetro ah ok thanks very much . that is kinda how i was expecting it too work . i have done loads of mods to my amiga since i go it back out of the loft 5 years ago. after being u there since 1996 i was gunna get the gotek but the godrive suits my needs alot better . i also have the black case and keys like you and a mk3 scan doubler . i might try the re-amiga mod soon .

@@frankowalker4662 yeah thats kinda what i was hoping for tbh i have hundreds of disks that i have to go thru but dont have a working floppy atm . so this will get me back up and running in the mean time . then its just a case of a strong magnet and the disc cleaning if some are failing then re-write them back to floppy thru adf

It always been like that, you need to contact seller to order one. They are not build to order, but due to high demand you'll probably be put on the waiting list.

I guess because it is essentially using the same ports as the internal floppy you can only have once device active on that port at a time. The floppy controller was never meant to handle multiple devices from what I can see. But your point is fair. 😉

Yes, you can by using simple solution like x-copy. Load your disk or .adf file to memory, flick switch to either GoDRIvE or FDD and store it.