flashfloppy VS TRS80gotek

FYI (or others using retro equipment with floppy disks) there's a cheap floppy disk emulator called Gotek that can be connected in place of your 3.5" drive and has an USB connector where you can put a thumb drive with disk images.

For that device there's an Open Source firmware project called FlashFloppy [0] that enhances its features. And I've found today that there's an Open Hardware reimplementation [1] of the Gotek hardware that's compatible with the FlashFloppy Firmware.

  0: https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy

The other side of this coin is emulating a floppy drive in software: https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy

Flashfloppy.

If you're not too particular, you can pick up a GoTek unit for $30 and use it as-is, with no firmware or hardware mods.

For wiring see the diagrams on this page https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/wiki/Hardware-Mods

I prefer to retrofit old equipment with more reliable technology.

Highly recommend Keir Fraser's Flash Floppy project: https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy

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I thought so, too, when I got mine. Some people do the modifications before selling them on ebay or wherever and so they are effectively plug and play, but I discovered that unless that's the case I needed to do some stuff to make it work. As the other user suggested, you want to get FlashFloppy. The installation process was a little involved to be honest, but not impossible with the step by step instructions I had found. Unfortunately I can't easily link you anything because there are different versions of Flashfloppy and different versions of the Gotek and different steps depending on what you have. I'd start by looking up flashfloppy and looking through the various instructions. Here is a place to start: https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/wiki/Firmware-Programming

Specifically, one that supports Flashfloppy.

I've also read through https://github.com/GrantMeStrength/TRS80gotek and it seems a bit out-dated.