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Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator?
04-25-2021, 06:36 AM (This post was last modified: 04-25-2021 06:42 AM by Mark Power.)
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Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator?
Has anyone tried replacing the Sony floppy disk drive in a 9114 with a floppy emulator that allows you to plug in USB memory sticks?

The Gotek SFRM72-U100 floppy emulator allows 1000 partitions of 720K on a single USB stick, selectable by push button. See this advert on eBay.

FlashFloppy with the Gotek drive already supports many unique retro drives.
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04-25-2021, 07:41 AM (This post was last modified: 09-21-2021 02:53 AM by Garth Wilson.)
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RE: Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator?
Or how 'bout SD card? (SD card is much, much simpler than USB, particularly in SPI mode.) (Edited for typo.)

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04-25-2021, 10:15 AM (This post was last modified: 04-25-2021 10:17 AM by Martin Hepperle.)
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RE: Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator?
Mark,

I have replaced the infamous early SONY drives with a HxC (slim) emulator. At the time, no alternative firmware for the Gotek drives was available.

Such a replacement should also be possible for the later models in the 9114, but so far I have had no reason to do this (fingers crossed).

You can find some notes in PDF format on my web site https://www.mh-aerotools.de/hp/.

Martin
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09-20-2021, 11:15 PM
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RE: Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator?
(04-25-2021 06:36 AM)Mark Power Wrote:  Has anyone tried replacing the Sony floppy disk drive in a 9114 with a floppy emulator that allows you to plug in USB memory sticks?

The Gotek SFRM72-U100 floppy emulator allows 1000 partitions of 720K on a single USB stick, selectable by push button. See this advert on eBay.

FlashFloppy with the Gotek drive already supports many unique retro drives.

Mark, did you try this with a Gotek floppy emulator? I'm also interested in doing this on my 9114b.

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