Preparing the Gotek Floppy Emulator for the Atari ST

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This video demonstrates the simple process to prepare the ubiquitous Gotek floppy emulator for the Atari ST range of computers. This will also work for the Commodore Amiga though with a slight jumper change.
The parts, tools and software required are:
1. Gotek Floppy Drive, preferably with the LED display
2. Soldering iron
3. Header pins - 4
4. USB to serial adaptor
5. STM32 firmware flashing utility
6. Flash Floppy firmware: github.com/kei...
7. USB flash drive, 8GB or more recommended
8. HxC file manager and configuration file:
hxc2001.com/dow...
Optional parts include:
1. 0.91"128x32 OLED display
2. Piezo buzzer
3. Rotary encoder
4. Socket-to-socket jumper leads
5. Dremel, or similar tool, for modifying the case

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@ANTandTEC 5 лет назад

Good video clear instructions on how to do the conversion. Will this just read .ST files or is there a way of reading .MSA files too?

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 5 лет назад

Ant2110 this is using the Flash Floppy firmware, which as of version 0.15, doesn’t support MSA images. You can use the HxC conversion utility to convert MSA to HFE format but that defeats the purpose of one of the benefits of MSA ie smaller size format.

@Miesiu 9 месяцев назад

Good movie !

@atariandre5014 6 лет назад

Thanks for this video ! Thanks to this I bought a Gotek and successfully flashed it using an old PC I had to dig out from my attic but at least it worked :) Also successfully installed the OLED display, regretfully at my age, it's impossible to read the tiny letters on the screen without reading glasses..... :D Still having some issues though...when I boot I get a message that the firmware is outdated so looking for a more recent one now....but at least all the hardware works.

@amihol Год назад

Hello, can I load into Atari some program (e.g. Steinberg PRO 24, that I own) from original FDD (Epson 480L in my case), then connect Gotek floppy emulator in place of FDD and save PRO 24 into Gotek? I'd like to use Gotek instead of FDD, but have this sequencer PRO 24 only on original DD floppy disk. Don't know how to transfer sequencer from floppy disk to Gotek. Many thanks for your help.

@waldevv 5 лет назад

Well that was easy... Funnily enough I waited about 6 weeks for the eBay gotek to arrive and yesterday I decided to get one from amigastore because I thought it was lost or something, well of course it arrived the day after I ordered the expensive preconfigured one from amigastore... Oh well, the good thing is the one I got for the Amiga is one that has a custom plate for fitting inside the Amiga and I can use my cheap one purely for the ST without swapping around jumpers all the time, good to have multiple goteks anyway in the long run. Very simple and easy tutorial to follow, only thing that stumbled me for a bit was the pinout for the TX and RX for the Gotek but that was one google search away and it would've been easy to swap the 2 around if they were backwards

@dussie920 5 лет назад

Have a gotek here for years, but never got it to work. This weekend I'll try again... With this tutorial with all good comments!

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 5 лет назад

dussie920 good luck! I’m sure you’ll have a working drive in no time!

@MikePovey69 4 месяца назад

Great video, many thanks for sharing 👍 Mike 🇬🇧

@Ghostie_Mecha Год назад

Awesome this was exactly what I needed to get mine up and running!

@CFalcon030 6 лет назад

So basically you just need to connect the floppy connector upside down? I thought you had to rearrange the cables.

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 6 лет назад

Looking at the front of the drive, Pin 1 is on the right hand side. On the ST, STE and Mega ST, Pin 34 is on the right hand so the twist is needed to have Pin 1 on the drive and connector aligned (line 1 on the cable is generally shown as a red wire). For the Falcon, no twist is required as Atari placed Pin 1 on the right hand side, unlike the other models

@MechE2012 6 лет назад

Nice video. Got me up and running in no time!

@GeekTherapyRadio 5 лет назад

Great video! Quick question if you have a moment. I'm on FlashFloppy 0.10 and have a 520STfm. I believe it's TOS 1.0, no version info is visible under info. No rainbow logo. Anyway, I have the jumpers set correctly. No matter how I flip the ribbon cable, I can't cycle through "floppies" with the GoTek buttons and I can't format the "floppies" from the desktop format utility. It tells me that the disk is physically write-protected. Any thoughts? Thank you beforehand for your time!

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 5 лет назад

Geek Therapy Radio Podcast are you using the AUTOBOOT.HFE file manager? How did you create your disk images you’re using for writing?

@GeekTherapyRadio 5 лет назад

@@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 Sorry, not actually sure. It's whatever the seller included on the root of the USB. Let me check in a few hours and get back to you. Thanks!

@robdimambro1674 2 года назад

Just to add, if its a 520stfm, then you probably have TOS 1.2.

@retrocomputingwizard 5 лет назад

My Falcon 030 seemed to kill two different GoTec LCD readouts - but the GoTec functions correctly otherwise - just can't see which slot is selected... Anyone else seen similar results or know of any reason this would happen or if it could be reset somehow?

@RosalvoParadella 4 года назад

Desculpe amigo, não sei falar sua língua. Mas como seria o processo pra uso num sequenciador midi Roland Mc 50 ? Lhe agradeço muito se puder me ajudar.

@147alfaluigi 6 лет назад

ciao ho comprato emulatore Emulatore di unità floppy USB da ebay ma lo metto nella macchina da ricamo e non mi riconosce la porta usb ho MESSO UN ALTRO l'emulatore di un amico che ha la stessa macchina da ricamo e va bene solo che vicino ce scritto SFR1M44 U100 ora come potrei fare si deve aggiornare il fw grazie

@2000stephenellis 4 года назад

Hi great video quick question how did you get your Atari disks onto pc ? Aren't the formats different ? ..cheers steve

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 4 года назад

2000stephenellis the Atari TOS formatted disks have a variation of the FAT12 file system which can be read by PCs. If they are in this format, you can read these on your PC. There are also programs that run under Windows that can convert to the ST disk image format which can then be put in your Gotek’s USB stick. www.8bitchip.info/atari/floimgd.php

@2000stephenellis 4 года назад

@@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 Thanks for that i`ll check it out i was trying to copy / backup some atari disks the other day when i put them into my p.c. i got "not formatted" error ..so was just wondering ... but thanks for the info .... i`d love to do the gotek upgrade but i have many many old music files that i need to put onto it ...so i need to be sure they will work beforehand ..cheers...steve

@atariandre5014 6 лет назад

Works ! Use this for all files: github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy

@maxg3952 2 года назад

What software did you use to create images on the usb flash drive ?

@Kppot 3 года назад

Do I understand that correctly you actually no need for rotating encoder as well as LED display since you have an onscreen browser (unlike Acorn or amiga)?

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 3 года назад

The rotating encoder and OLED display are really optional extras for the Gotek, as you have the standard two buttons on the unit and numerical LED display that serve the purpose of being about to change disks and display the current active allocated disk "slot". The onscreen browser is for allocating the disk image files on the USB drive to the disk slots on Gotek. The Amiga does have the same HxC browser available to do this too (it's available here: hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/SDCard_HxC_Floppy_Emulator_Manager.zip)

@deejayatari 5 лет назад

This floppy virtual drive cant read 800kb images. Too bad for games

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 5 лет назад

The firmware is able to read 80 track / 10 sector formatted disks. Have you tried the latest firmware?

@acbc2k 6 лет назад

What model is this? Trying to order one and found 2 models, namely SFR1M44-U100K and SFRM720FU. Thanks.

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 6 лет назад

This is the SFR1M44-U100K. It's the most common and cheapest from what I've seen. The model number, the "U100K" indicates it's a 3 digit LED display. The "1M44" part of the model number suggests this contains 1.44MB firmware, but this won't matter if you are flashing your own - the underlying hardware is the same.

@acbc2k 6 лет назад

Modernising your Retro Computer Thanks. Will get it for my Atari ST.

@ANTandTEC 5 лет назад

I am using exactly the same devices and USB>Serial that you did in the video. When I run ST Flashloader Demo I keep getting 'unrecognized device .. please reset your device and try again' or ' No response from target bootloader cannot started please verify bootmode configuration and the flash protection status.. rest your device and try again'

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 5 лет назад

Ant2110 I’ve seen this before. Check the soldering around the header pins you’ve put in, making sure there’s no solder whiskers and that the pins and vias are surrounded by even solder

@ANTandTEC 5 лет назад

@@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 Thank for the reply. Yes the soldering is good, have tried few time and just the same, any other suggestions? www.powerlineit.com/temp/1.jpg www.powerlineit.com/temp/2.jpg

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 5 лет назад

Soldering work looks better than mine! These two things may be obvious, but check the jumper is bridging the header pins, the contacts inside the leads haven’t been pushed in and are making good contact and lastly ensure the right COM: port is selected in STM32 software.

@ANTandTEC 5 лет назад

@@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 Yeah all that checked too. Maybe I should just purchase one that someone has already modded from eBay. Just was keen to do it myself

@ANTandTEC 5 лет назад

@@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 I tired using DFU file manager and a USBA>USBA cable and it worked. So have got it done. Do you have a repository at all with your ST images you have gathered?

@trainingtheworld5093 5 лет назад

You're a genius! Thank you for your help!!

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 5 лет назад

Thanks..and you're welcome!

@CFalcon030 6 лет назад

Great video. Since I am thinking of using this with my MSTE, does it support plain files? Not in disk images that is.

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 6 лет назад

CFalcon030 all data, including plain files, must be inside disk image files for the Gotek to read them unfortunately

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 6 лет назад

I believe he is suggesting the Atari directly accessing the FAT32 file system on the USB stick. Extensions such as HxCMount will allow you to do this but it will require the HxC firmware or later versions of the FlashFloppy firmware. The Gotek (unflashed) will work with the Atari with the native firmware, but by updating to Flash Floppy, you are able to use the ubiquitous .ST format as well as the .HFE format that allows for other formats such as 800Kb extended formats. The standard Gotek firmware and utility will partition a USB stick but since Windows will only mount the first one on USB sticks, the convenience is lost.

@atariandre5014 6 лет назад

It's a shame it doesn't support STX and MSA formats....

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 6 лет назад

There was some discussions on the FF forums around July 2018 about supporting other formats. MSA was raised again and Keir (the FF developer) didn't seem opposed to it so hopefully it will be supported in a later revision.

@justinbrown3061 6 лет назад

Is this the same on the atari falcon

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 6 лет назад

justin brown , the Falcon won’t require the twist in the floppy drive cable, but otherwise the installation process is the same.

@justinbrown3061 6 лет назад

Modernising your Retro Computer are you going to do videos on the falcon , and how to install a cf card kit hdrivers and the gotek. No one has made any videos

@modernisingyourretrocomput3866 6 лет назад

justin brown I happen to have an open Falcon at the moment. I will put this on the “To Do” list!

@Astimoff 6 лет назад

Yes Please..... I have aThree Falcons.... and a bunch of STs (Two STacys as well) and just starting to plan my GOTEK setups... Thanks for all your support of these systems!

@justinbrown3061 6 лет назад

Modernising your Retro Computer update on a video to install cf card kit and install hd drivers.

@atariandre5014 6 лет назад

Naturally there is no Mac version of the flashing software....it is 2018...not everyone uses bloody Windows