discgolfer72 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 ok already have a great collection of old computers pretty much missing an amiga , pc jr and an Atari st/tt so I went ahead and bought a 520 st to get me started from the pictures it looks like the one I bought does not have a built in floppy I did order a sf354 (hopefully that will at least get me loading software ) ,cant find any working sf314's but what I'm really interested in is a usb / sd based drive to run everything off of can someone school me in what I need to get a floppy emulator up and running on this thing any easy upgrades available thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 The word is educate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discgolfer72 Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 I guess my best Larry the cable guy impression does not translate to text 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Sounds like what you need is a GOTEK which will go nicely in that piece of crap SF354 drive you have! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidLittleMan Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 SF354 is with single sided drive. But even double sided floppy drive today is not good idea. Drives, disks are way too old and that makes whole usage very frustrating and unreliable. So yes, some Gotek or HxC floppy emulator. Or even better SD card based UltraSatan (as modern hard disk solution) - there is plenty of SW what will work from it too. Easy upgrades ? Look exxos site: http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discgolfer72 Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 Sounds like what you need is a GOTEK which will go nicely in that piece of crap SF354 drive you have! SF354 is with single sided drive. But even double sided floppy drive today is not good idea. Drives, disks are way too old and that makes whole usage very frustrating and unreliable. So yes, some Gotek or HxC floppy emulator. Or even better SD card based UltraSatan (as modern hard disk solution) - there is plenty of SW what will work from it too. Easy upgrades ? Look exxos site: http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/ thanks answers most of my questions i was unsure if the gotek would need a kit and actually install it in the st or not what do i need to install it in the 354 case also is ebay my best bet for the gotek or where can i get one ready to go with everything i need (im in the us ) i did cjeck out exxos site but see any gotek drives in the web store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discgolfer72 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 is there a video cable option for these the one I bought does not have the built in rf and I didn't get a video cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 You need a 34-pin and floppy power extender to fit the GOTEK in the SF case. 3 standings and you can bolt it down and reassemble. I'm using Flashfloppy firmware. You can find them on eBay pre flashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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