[vcf-midatlantic] Floppy emulators, any experience?

[J. Alexander Jacocks]

That would be very handy.  Especially along with the case plastics to make
the drive look right in the slot, after replacement.  If you make the
adapter board, I'd be happy to design the adapting plastics.

- Alex

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 6:55 PM, Jameel Akari <jakari at bithose.com> wrote:

> Thanks, I think I’ll start with a cheap Gotek for now, and throw down for
> one of the nicer ones later.
>
> (Also, I should make an adaptor board that fits the PS/2 centerplane
> connectors, since this problem is only going to get more common.)
>
> --
> Jameel Akari
>
> > On Apr 10, 2018, at 5:18 PM, J. Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> >
> > For generic cheap use, I'd suggest a Gotek.  For a bit better
> compatibility
> > for more unusual formats, I'd suggest a Gotek with HxC firmware.  And for
> > the ultimate in hardware design and flexibility, I'd buy an HxC from
> > Lotharek:
> >
> > https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=27
> >
> > - Alex
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 5:05 PM, jakari via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> >
> >>> On 2018-04-09 16:27, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 04/09/2018 02:53 PM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Some are listed as 720k, some 1.44MB, some with 2 digit display, some
> >>>> with
> >>>> 3 digits, and a couple without a display and just 2 LEDs. So I’m a bit
> >>>> confused as to which are the “right” ones to try to get.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >> Likewise... This is a timely thread since I'm zero for two on working
> IBM
> >> PS/2 floppy drives.  I will attempt to repair at least one of them, but
> one
> >> of these things would make things easier to get things re-installed.
> >>
> >> So, is there one that people like?  Or dislike?  (In my case I'm talking
> >> normal PC-ish drives.)
> >>
> >> I suspect most are the same hardware. The main difference for the
> emulator
> >>> between a 720 and a 1.44 is the clock rate of the data (125, 250, 500).
> >>> After that the tracks, sectors and sides are just software. I'm
> surprised
> >>> they don't mention that they device can be multiple drives. Wonder if
> it
> >>> can use the mux setup for 8 drives. ;-) (just kidding).
> >>>
> >>
> >> The written descriptions I'm seeing on Amazon make me think this level
> of
> >> detail is unlikely. ;)
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jameel Akari
> >>
>
>