Restoring Amiga 3000T - Part 7 - Flash Floppy
This is un update about floppy disk emulation. The H.M. firmware for the gotek floppy is no longer maintained, but Keir Fraser developed a new firmware, FlashFloppy : https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy FlashFloppy pros: is open source is compatible with a wide range of image formats supports external speaker, rotary encoder and LCD/OLED Displays Instead of using an usb-to-serial adapter to flash the firmware I tried an USB-to-USB connection. Gotek USB port can be used to program the microcontroller. You have to set the Gotek in "program mode", connecting the pins as in picture: Using linux to flash the gotek, you need a tool named dfu-util ; on debian like OS run the command: sudo apt-get install dfu-util Next step is connect the USB-to-USB cable from PC to Gotek floppy and execute the following commands: sudo dfu-util -a 0 -s :unprotect:force -D yourflashfloppyfw.dfu sudo dfu-util -a 0 -D yourflashfloppyfw.dfu yourflashfloppyfw.dfu is th...