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Gotek Drive pre-flashed with FlashFloppy (Generic)
£29.99 Ex. VAT
Gotek drive is a inexpensive solution to replace your Commodore Amiga floppy drive (plus many other makes of computers). These are generic units that simply replace your existing floppy drive or put in an external enclosure. The Gotek drive is pre flashed with FlashFloppy which allows it not only to work with the Commodore Amiga, but also Amstrad CPC computers*, Sinclair Spectrum*, Atari and DOS / IBM PC’s*
You will need a USB memory stick (NOT included) with your loaded ADF files.
This Gotek drive will work with all Commodore Amiga computers including:
- Amiga A500
- Amiga A500 Plus
- Amiga A600
- Amiga A1200
- Amiga A1000
- Amiga A1500
- Amiga A2000
- Amiga A3000
- Amiga A4000
- Amiga 4000T
You can also choose from a selection of add-ons below which include
- OLED Display instead of the 3 Digit Display
- Internal Gotek Speaker to hear those floppy sounds!
- Gotek Rotary knob for easily selecting that game, app or demo
We also sell Amiga Gotek Drives with 3D printed mounts that fit neatly in your Amiga:
Amiga A500 Internal Gotek Drive with OLED Display
Amiga A500 Plus Gotek Drive with OLED Display
Amiga A600 Internal Gotek Drive with OLED Display
Amiga A1200 Internal Gotek Drive with OLED Display
What are gotek drives in detail? Read here
What is FlashFloppy? Check out this link
Want to know even more about them, checkout retro32.com’s review of them here
Also checkout one of our favorite youtube streamers TheGebs24 and her views on the Gotek drive!
*Amstrad / Spectrum or computers with 3″ disk drives or old PCs with 5.25″ drives and such. You just need the correct floppy IDE or Ribbon connection cables NOT INCLUDED.
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Amiga 1200 Gotek Drive (Flashfloppy) with Mount, OLED Header
Amiga 1200 Gotek drive pre-installed with FlashFloppy, these Gotek drives are based on a more modern OpenFlops floppy emulator which provides many improvements over the original Gotek drive, these units are a great replacement for your failing Amiga 1200 floppy drive or you wish to simply replace your current 3.5" floppy drive.
These are plug and play in that you simply remove your existing Amiga 1200 floppy drive and replace it with this unit (you use your existing bracket). 3 new screws will also be supplied to secure it to the Amiga 1200.
The Amiga 1200 Gotek drive also comes with an OLED Header unit will need 4 wires passing through the vent, the end plastic boots will be supplied so you add them after you have passed them through the vent. This provides easy viewing of what game or program you wish to use.
You will need a USB stick (any size) formatted as FAT32. You can add a pre-configured USB stick as an option below.
What's included:
- OpenFlops Gotek Drive
- 3D Printed Amiga 1200 Gotek Mount
- OLED Display with 3D Printed Header
What is OpenFlops Gotek Drive?
OpenFlops is an Open Hardware implementation of such an emulator, inspired from the ubiquitous Gotek hardware. It is designed to run the FlashFloppy firmware, which gives it several improvements over the original Gotek:- Can be installed on many different platforms.
- Directly supports a wide range of image formats.
- Flexible track layout for Raw Sector Images.
- Extremely configurable.
- Supports AutoSwap for games with a large number of disks.
- Easily accessible pin headers for connection of a i2c display (either OLED or LCD), rotary encoder (including power).
- Easily-accessible pin header for an external speaker.
- Connected Motor signal.
- Has additional 3.3V, 5V and GND power pins.
Amiga 600/1200 Gotek OLED Display Header Only
*This unit is if you already have a FlashFloppy Gotek drive.
The Amiga 600/1200 FlashFloppy OLED header unit is the perfect companion for the Amiga 600/1200 Gotek FlashFloppy. It allows easy viewing the current ADF file loaded on the Gotek. This requires zero hacking of your Amiga case. These units are ready built and are very easy to install.
What you will receive:
- 3D Printed Header
- OLED Display
- 30cm of cable from the header to the Gotek drive.
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Amiga 600/1200 Gotek (FlashFloppy) with Printed Mount, 3 Digit
These units are a great replacement for your failing Amiga 1200 or Amiga 600 floppy drive or you wish to simply replace it with a Gotek drive. These are plug and play in that you simply remove your existing Amiga 1200/600 floppy drive and replace it with this unit (you use your existing bracket). 3 new screws will also be supplied to secure it to the Amiga 1200/600.
You will need a USB memory stick (NOT included) with your loaded ADF files.
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PiStorm32-Lite Rear Panel HDMI – USB – SD
PiStorm32-Lite Rear Panel which provides easy access to the internal PiStorm32-Lite HDMI, USB and SD card slot, negates the need to open up the A1200 trapdoor and access the SD card when updates are released.
The panel is 3D printed and available in:
- White
- Black
- Gray
- Rear Panel
- Micro HDMI Extension Cable
- MicroSD Extension Cable
- USB Extension Cable
- M3 Screw and nut
Amiga A1200 HDISK/FDISK LED Adapter
Amiga A1200 HDISK/FDISK LED adapter provides 2 separate inputs to show the activity of and not limited to, Icedrake V4, PiStorm32-Lite SD slot, hard drives or PCMCIA port using the original LED module on the Amiga 1200 LED panel.
Signals for the internal HDD and DISK are transmitted as is, also this module corrects the constant LED light that may occur with some SD or CompactFlash cards.
There are also LEDs on the module itself that show floppy and hard drive activity. This can be especially useful when the Amiga 1200 is operated without the original keyboard.
Configuration
There are a total of 2 pins available on J3 , which have the following characteristics.
- A = HDD input - (output via HDISK LED)
- B = FDD input - (output via FDISK LED)
Amiga 1200 Accelerator or Ram Connector Replacement
Amiga 1200 edge connector replacement service will replace a broken edge connector on a wide range of amiga 1200 accelerators or ram cards, a few examples below:
- A1208 8Mb card
- Any generic Amiga 1200 8Mb card
- ACA Accelerator cards (ACA 1221, ACA 12xx, ACA 1230)
- Apollo Accelerators
Amstrad CPC 6128 Gotek Drive, OLED Display, FlashFloppy
Amstrad CPC 6128 Gotek Drive is a great replacement for your failing Amstrad CPC 6128 3" floppy drive or you wish to simply replace it with a Gotek drive. These are plug and play and come pre flashed with FlashFloppy. installation is simple, you simply remove your existing floppy drive and replace it with this unit, the Gotek drive also comes with the correct interface cable and modified power lead. You will need a USB memory stick (NOT included) with your loaded DSK files but we offer an option for a pre-configured USB stick below.
What are gotek drives in detail? Read here What is FlashFloppy check out this link
What's included?
- Amstrad CPC 6128 Gotek Drive and mount.
- Modified Ribbon Cable.
- Modified Power Cable.
What are DSK files?
DSK files is the standard Amstrad CPC 6128 disk images (including Spectrum +3) for floppy disk images. No different to Sega or Nintendo roms, DSK files are images of Amstrad CPC 6128 games and programs. Not only could you have access to a huge back catalogue of retro Amstrad CPC 6128 games and programs, but there are still brand new games being released today, for example: The Shadows Of Sergoth or the awesome Pinball Dreams (Preview) these are all available as DSK files.What are gotek drives in detail? Read here What is FlashFloppy check out this link