The Gotek drive can be bought quite cheap from places like Aliexpress. However it is a lot cheaper and it also supports most (perhaps all.?) copy protections. This means it's pretty slow compared to using floppy images with a mass storage device like the MFR of Carnivore. It can also use HXE images so it's still possible to convert DMK images to HXE and use those.īecause it connects to the floppy controller in the MSX is also emulates the actual speed of the floppy drive. With the FlashFloppy firmware it is possible 360k and 720k dsk images directly from the USB flash drive. DSK and DMK images can be converted to HXE with the included tool.Īlternatively there is the open source FlashFloppy firmware. This costs 10 euro and allows the Gotek to read HXE images from the USB flash drive.

The standard firmware on the Gotek is not very useful, but luckily there are alternatives. It is also possible to connect a speaker to emulate the stepping motor sound for those who miss it. It is possible to replace this with a lcd or oled screen so you can see the filename of the image selected. Instead of floppies it uses a regular USB flash drive.īy default the Gotek comes with 7 segment display on which you can see the number of the image selected with the buttons on the Gotek. So if the MSX is able or converted to use pc floppy drives, it can also use the Gotek drive. It connects to the floppy cable just like a regular pc floppy drive. That way you can easily replace your old floppy drive without any additional changes. It imitates the work of a normal floppy drive using the floppy interface inside your equipment. N-Drive USB emulator has the same size and connectors. The Gotek drive emulates an floppy drive. N-Drive floppy emulator will perfectly replace almost all existing 3.5, 5.25 or Slim floppy drive.

They can be replaced with pc drives but a nice alternative is a Gotek drive. The drives are getting old and unreliable.

The most unreliable part of the MSX is probably the floppy drive.

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