Floppy & Tape Drives-3.5” 1.44MB Sfr1m44-u100k Updated Version USB (Gray)

I bought it to use in an embroidery machine. I know Gotek drives will work but I needed to know the true model number for the right emulator. The emulator for the model this is supposed to be won't work. I have a inquiry into Gotek to see if they can help.

I installed this on a Yamaha DGX-500. By far, this drive was the simplest part of the process.Much more challenging was the nearly complete disassembly of the synth (approximately 60 screws), removal of several critical components, etc. Once I had access to the drive bay, replacement was simple, though the plastic screw threads are easily stripped if you are not careful. Testing required nearly complete reassembly, so I was at loath to have to open it all again if things weren't right. Fortunately, this device comes from the seller jumpered properly for the Yamaha (not sure if it's jumpered for the IBM or Shugart pinout, but since a USB key does not require any motor lines to work anyway, this may not matter).Manual could be a little clearer, but for the most part, things are self-explanatory and easy enough to figure out.This drive allows a few different modes: Disk image mode, where each "disk number" on the display accesses a disk image, and a file mode, where the files are just placed inside of a directory on the USB. My Yamaha was able to read and write to the USB key exactly as if it were using a floppy disk (I love floppy disks, but they're getting harder and harder to work with, find, and find drives for).

Bought this to play games from on my Amiga A500, also bought an OLED display, rotary encoder and speaker so I could go all out on the project. I absolutely hated the button system thats built in, so thankfully theres plenty of walkthroughs on how to build one of these GOTEK's with the better display and the rotary. flashed it with the better software (thats a chore if you don't already have a USB flasher, but those can be bought for just a few bucks from anywhere....do your research, its a fun little project) Anyway, I had someone 3-d print a case for the OLED and the rotary and I made my own USB slot on the 3d printed case so I could stash the GOTEK in the internal slot and mount the controls and USB on the top of the Amiga for really easy use. it turned out great and works perfectly as planned. This is a great product for a project like that. not sure about all the other applications.

This drive (like the title says) replaced a working floppy drive in the XP-80. It was an easy replacement. Just line up the red stripe on the floppy cable with pin 1 on the drive (not pin 34). Make sure to screw in all the mounting screws.On the front panel there are 2 buttons and three LCD numbers. Press one button to increment the first LCD, press the second to increment the second LCD, and press both simultaneously to increment the third LCD.You must format each LCD-numbered section (or partition) before using that partition. If you format all 1000 partitions ("000" counts as a partition), you will still only get 1.44 GB out of a thumb drive, but that's alright. Just get the smallest thrum drive possible (32GB at this writing)...cost $7.00. When you have multiple segments, you may only be able to read the 000 volume on a regular computer.Anyway, this worked great for this particular application. I can't really say how it would work with another hardware platform.

Extremely difficult to figure out how to make it work! No instructions included. I found software needed named V123_SFD on gotekemulator dot com. It does not run on Win 10, 8 or 7. I found an old Win xp machine to run the software. Not the least bit intuitive. Instructions are located at Floppytousb dot net under Documents/Working of Software.The software formats a small flash drive (less than 4 gb?) into 100 blocks each equivalent to 100 1.44mb floppys. The software allows you to transfer midi files into each of those 100 blocks. Then install into the Yamaha Clavinova. It fits very loosely and not a finished install. Nothing else needed. Now I can press the buttons to find the block I want and play the midi music.

These things are for experts as they are not easy to get working and not for average consumers. It gets the job done for the most basic DOS file IOs but it has problems in some programs writing to images on the USB sticks. The best thing to do is buy the hardware and then update the firmware with one of the open source firmware options. And also make use of the hardware modifications to make it even better. Again, for experts only.

I purchased this with the intent of replacing the 3.5in floppy drive in an older Southwestern Industries Prototrak M2 CNC milling machine.Wasn't sure if it would actually work or not other than one web forum mentioning it but no real proof that the person had actually got it working or not. Needless to say, after a bit of trial and error on the software side of things, I got it to work and its been working great and how I had hoped it would.

Pictured with a 3.5 inch to 5.25 inch adapter, that is not included with this product.Pros:- Seems to be compatible with older computers as long as they support 720K and up floppy formats- Can be re-flashed with open source or third party firmware to gain more functionality- Can be easily moddedCons:- The unit arrived in open packaging, inside the shipping envelope- There was no CD included and the software on their website is not in English- Mounting holes for the screw are plastic, the threads can be easily stripped if you are not careful

I wanted to have a better solution to have access to more floppy's rather than the classic way on my windows 98 pc. This worked perfectly for me, and works great for reading the floppy's in it. The program I used to format it and to fill up the drive is this -> USB_Floppy_Manager_v1.40i There is also a video on youtube that helped explained how to use it too. You will have to search it up, the title is "GOTEK USB Floppy Emulator Simulator Review Tutorial" by PhilsComputerLab . Anyways I would highly recommend this for anyone who has a retro pc.

It is doing what it is supposed to do. Just get hard time to find manual and information. But figure it out.

Good product and very responsive to command

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