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IMPORTANT TIPS
The default loaded firmware is from the GOTEK manufacturer, support 1.44M, 34pin - IBM/PC interface, the format is DOS/FAT12, and the chip is AT32F415 Cortex-M4.
Please make sure your machine could support these important points.
Attention in Installation
Do not be reverse when installing the cable;
The USB drive must be formatted into 1.44M FAT12 format , then it could be identified by our GOTEK emulator.
If you would like to use our Gotek floopy emulator on AMIGA, please change our default firmware to FlashFloppy firmware first.
Features:
* 32-bit CPU designed, high integration, and reliable performance.
* Connected to the device via the floppy drive interface, simple to install and use.
* Use ordinary USB flash drive for data storage, instead of the floppy disk.
* Suitable for all kinds of textiles, electronics, machinery which use floppy disk and driver.
GOTEK system Floppy to USB emulator
Model: SFR1M44-U100 code*: U00
Suitable Machines:
Machines use normal 1.44MB floppy disk an driver, example : STOLL flat knitting machine, MULLER3 BONAS STAUBLI JC4 JC5 label weaving machine, YAMAHA KORG etc music instruments which use normal 1.44MB floppy disk and driver.
Floppy driver with below function needed:
Floppy driver with 34pin interface, and 5V DC power plug
Use 2HD flpppy disk with 1.44MB capacity
Format of disk : Cylinders: 80 Tracks: 160 Sectors/Track: 18
Bytes/Sector: 512 Data transfer rate: 500 kbps
Encoding method: MFM.
Features:
1.34pin floppy driver interface, 5V DC power supply, easy to install.
2.Use ordinery usb flash drive as the medium for transfer design.
3.1000pcs partitions in usb flash drive can be used.
4.Built-in self-format function. (read relevant documents to use this function)
Panel:
8segment numbers: represent partitions number
Green led: status of read and write operation
USB port: connect usb flash drive
Button Function:
Left button used to rise ten-digit, right botton used to rise single-digit, press 2 button together to rise hundred-digit.
pboom
Reviewed in Canada on February 7, 2025
Lots of options are available for this product. Choose this one because other reviews indicated it worked with a Yamaha ClaviNova, which it does. Hardest part of the installation was opening the ClaviNova, which had me stumped for a bit. The pictures show how it is done. The ClaviNova can format a USB drive as a single floppy using this emulator. There is no need to use special Windows software, unless you want multiple emulated floppy drives on one USB stick. The emulator formats the USB drive as FAT12, readable by any Windows computer. However, any new ClaviNova that uses USB drives directly will not read the FAT12 format. Files will need transferring to a USB drive formatted in FAT32 on a windows computer. Sorry I have no experience using FAT12 formatted drives in a MAC.
Sean P. Darrenkamp
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
Gets the job done.
Anonymous
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024
I used this product to replace the floppy disc drive on my old Yamaha DGX-500 Portable Grand keyboard. Took some time to get used to it and figure out how to use it, but installation was simple, and after you figure out how to use it it's a very cool upgrade to the old floppy drive. As someone else mentioned, install was just plug and play, and the flash drive if it's too long will be in front of some keys, but slim flash drives are pretty cheap now, so that problem is easily remedied.If you've got some patience, and the skills to install, this is a great cheap product that works well. Cost about the same as a pack of floppy discs on Amazon, and gives a ton more functionality than a floppy would in today's world.
Jeff
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2024
As others have pointed out, the stock firmware doesn't work in every machine. Had to buy a USB A to USB A cable, install a jumper, and flash the open source FlashFloppy firmware on it. Worked like a charm afterwards. Not for the non-technies.
Samuel Fortin
Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2024
Works perfectely on my old 2005 HAAS TL1.Allow you to do parameter backup and easy program transfert.Installation is easy, just remove the back panel of the control panel.
Clubbby
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2024
I picked this up to connect to an XT PC. I was aware of the existence of gotek's, but I hadn't really done any homework on what was needed to install them. Figuring it'd be fairly plug play. It wasn't in my case, and the provided documentation wasn't very helpful. But I do have it up and running and I'm happy with it!I put the flashfloppy firmware on there. A search for flashfloppy wiki should get you where you need to start if you wish to do the same. I also had to attach the gotek after the twist in my floppy cable for it to work. I think that might have something to do the jumpers being set to unit 1? Since it's working I didn't test other configurations.
jd64
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
This is the older (pre July 2022) GOTEK based on the Artery AT32F415. This model only has 32K SRAM and therefore will not be great for some applications of Flash Floppy.Sellers should have the new (post July 2022) models using Artery AT32F435, which has 384K of SRAM.Sellers should also be encouraged to post information about which microprocessors are being shipped.
Ham Radio Guy
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024
The first thing I will tell you is this was absolutely Plug and Play for my Haas CNC Milling machine. I'm literally took it out of the box plugged it in mounted it up and it started working like a champ. Even worked with the old brackets. If you have an older CNC machine that still uses floppies 100% go out and buy several of these and put them on your shelf. They're a great price point and they work like a champ.If you need a decent manual or don't already have an innate understanding of how this ancient technology works you might be in trouble and need to rely on the web for support. It does have a single slip sheet manual and is good for a minimal amount of troubleshooting but that's it. If you have a non-standard application then you might be in trouble or need some additional help because the manual absolutely sucks. As far as being a trouble-free install I give it 100% five stars.
David Smith
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2023
Great item highly recommended
sateesh
Reviewed in India on September 20, 2023
Don't buy this item
Perry Harrington
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2023
Getting images onto the USB stick was a bit fussy, I found that letting the GoTek format the USB stick was the easiest way to get it in a state I could transfer images to it. It would be a TREMENDOUS improvement if they added an OLED display that would show the volume name of each "disk", so you don't have to rely on more draconian means to keep track. It works, but is surprisingly just as slow as a normal floppy. The 1.44MB drives require the more advanced controller that can do 500Kbit/s, I can tell you that this does not come close to achieving that speed.The fastest floppy drive I ever used was an old Toshiba 1.44MB drive back in the 90's, there was something magical about that drive and it transferred data very fast, faster than the typical 22KB/s.
Todd Brandt
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2021
Easy to install. I opened the bottom of the korg trinity and slid the floppy drive out. The GOTEK fits in perfectly into the slot, connects to power and ribbon cable easily, and works well out of the box with a 2GB+ usb key. You can format the disk by either pressing both buttons as you boot the korg, or by using their windows software. It's far superior to floppy disks, but there are a few minor drawbacks you should be aware of:1) The windows software only formats 100 disk partitions, not 10002) Does not work well under linux, Linux can only mount disk 000, the remaining disk partitions are invisible as they're coded in some proprietary format that only the GOTEK windows software can read.3) switching disks while using the korg doesn't always work easily. Sometimes I change disk numbers, re-press the screen, and the light shows like it's reading, but it just sits there with the list of the former disk's files. I have to round robin the disk number and try again, and again, and again, until it finally takes and mounts the disk I want. It can take anywhere from 1 to 6 tries. It's the most annoying bug in the device.In spite of the few issues, this tool is infinitely superior to floppies and I'm extremely grateful it was made and sold. I'm considering writing some linux software to mount all 100 disks in linux if I can get my hands on the format spec.
Ronster
Reviewed in Australia on January 28, 2021
The only issue was no instructions, so it took a number of searches on You Tube to get it working. (Playing Midi files on a Yamaha PSR 640)
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