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Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator? - Mark Power - 04-25-2021 06:36 AM
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.
RE: Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator? - Garth Wilson - 04-25-2021 07:41 AM
Or how 'bout SD card? (SD card is much, much simpler than USB, particularly in SPI mode.) (Edited for typo.)
RE: Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator? - Martin Hepperle - 04-25-2021 10:15 AM
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
RE: Replace 9114 FDD with Floppy USB Emulator? - Craig Bladow - 09-20-2021 11:15 PM
(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.