Gotek Mount

The Gotek drive is, for retro computers lovers, one of the most useful product: you can replace a floppy drive with a device that can not only emulate it but gives the possibility to load, using an USB pen drive, every floppy image you want.

Using the Gotek you can save your aging floppy drive and disks, and make your experience better, bringing your retro computer to a futuristic level of use…
So you just need to buy a Gotek drive, change the firmware, modify it adding an oled screen and maybe a buzzer and a rotary encoder, print a support and replace the old unit (possibly without cutting the original case).
It’s not hard but requires some work.

For the Gotek hardware there are two firmwares:
The first is HxC, it supports hundreds of computers, costs around 10 Euro and is available at https://hxc2001.com/store/; the second is FlashFloppy, free and open source.
Flashfloppy is available on GitHub https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy, actively developed with a growing list of supported systems.

For each computer you need a custom mount, different for each hardware Gotek configuration: if you keep the original LCD screen you will use a mount, if you have an OLED screen another, and so on.

I’ve created this page to have a comprehensive guide for all the mounts I have found (but please write me if you find more!).

I’m selling many of this mounts on ebay, contact me if you need one that is not available.

Computer Screen Rotary encoder Cable/adapter needed Download Link Notes
Amstrad PCW 8256 / 8512 OLED 0.91” No Yes https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2850367
Amstrad CPC 6128 / 664 OLED 0.91” Yes Yes https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2874996 http://tomdalby.com/other/gotek.html
Amstrad CPC 6128 / 664 OLED 0.91” Yes Yes https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2874996
Amstrad CPC 6128 / 664 OLED 0.91” ??? No Yes https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3525441
Amstrad CPC 6128 Plus OLED 0.91” Yes No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3044864
Atari ST LED No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2664753
Atari ST OLED 0.91” No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2664753
Amiga 500 LED No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2098110
Amiga 500 OLED 0.91” External No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2745049
Amiga 600 LED No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2000074
Amiga 600 OLED 0.91” External No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2745095
Amiga 1200 LED No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2102839
Amiga 1200 OLED 0.91” External No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2788991
Amiga 1200 OLED 0.91” Internal No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2882331
Amiga 3000 LED No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2514544
Amiga 3000 OLED No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2514544
Amiga CDTV LED No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2333370 It’s necessary to desolder the USB port, buttons, leds and one capacitor before placement
Amiga CDTV OLED 0.91” No No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2333370 It’s necessary to desolder the USB port, buttons, leds and one capacitor before placement
Philips NMS-8245 MSX2 OLED 0.91” Yes Yes https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3567489
Sinclair Spectrum +3 OLED 0.91” Yes Yes https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2874996 http://tomdalby.com/other/gotek.html
Generic External Mount OLED 0.91” Yes No https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2878265

Last update: 24/7/2019

Simple Wifi RS232 Modem

The ‘Simple’ Wifi Modem it’s a device I’ve designed and built to connect a computer with a standard RS232 serial port to a telnet BBS. It does not use an analog phone line but internet through a WiFi connection. Behaves like a Hayes dial-up modem, and it is designed and built for old computers.
My idea was to create a device with the same look and feel of a real modem: a lot of big, flashing, red LEDs and only a few SMD components.

Main characteristics:
– Emulation of a Hayes modem
– Available with DB25 or DB9 (both female)
– Uses 5v micro USB cable port for power
– LEDs for status, as in old modems
– Flow control hardware
– Optional 3D printed case (PLA)

This is the page to get more informations about it and to buy one!

 

Non capita tutti i giorni di incontrare persone che condividono gli stessi interessi, le stesse passioni, le stesse emozioni, gli stessi obbiettivi.
Quando ho telefonato, nel Giugno 2002, per prenotare un appuntamento per poter visitare quello che oggi è il primo e più completo museo Apple al mondo non mi aspettavo certo di conoscere delle persone come quelle che costituiscono l’All About Apple. Solitamente, e questo è oramai abbastanza risaputo, i collezionisti informatici sono sempre persone, nel bene e nel male, un pò particolari e ve lo assicura uno che ne fa parte…
Sta di fatto che dopo aver passato cinque minuti con Alessio e tutti i suoi colleghi mi sembrava proprio di conoscerli da sempre. Così, dopo quel primo incontro, abbiamo organizzato il loro intervento a Varese Retrocomputing 2003 (che è stata in pratica la loro prima uscita ufficiale) e successivamente abbiamo continuato a incontrarci e fare progetti assieme. Qui trovate il loro resoconto e qui il mio.
Nel 2004 c’è stata l’inugurazione della prima sede pubblica del museo a cui purtroppo non ho potuto partecipare; l’ho fatto ad Agosto 2005 in compagnia di due colleghi collezionisti, Giorgio e Tix con i quali ho potuto ammirare il più bel museo Apple di questo pianeta che, guarda caso, si trova proprio in Italia…

Il viaggio iniziato da questa associazione è partito proprio da Quiliano in provincia di Savona dove il comune aveva messo a disposizione dei locali nella scuola media ‘Martiri della Libertà’ in via Valleggia Superiore. Oggi il museo ha una nuova sede e una esposizione veramente fantastica.
Le foto che qui vedete sono relative a quella prima esposizione. Per informazioni sugli orari e come arrivare nella nuova sede visitate il sito ufficiale di All About Apple.

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