FS: Cased external Gotek drive and DF0/DF1 switcher for Amiga 500/2000 **SOLD!!**

[eightbit]

I have a nice Gotek drive flashed with the FlashFloppy firmware that has been installed into a vintage Amiga (third party) metal external floppy drive enclosure. It sits externally and plugs into the floppy port on the back of an Amiga 500 or 2000 computer. Also included is a DF0/DF1 switcher that piggybacks off of the even CIA chip and allows swapping in between the internal drive and external Gotek. This allows the Gotek to be plugged in externally and work as the primary (DF0:) drive.

 

The switcher can also be configured without the switch at all so that you do not have to mount a switch/modify the Amiga case. If installed this way, the internal drive is disabled and the external port will be DF0. This is the way I had it set up as I did not want to ruin the originality of the Amiga case.

 

I will also throw in a small USB drive for the Gotek set up with some software examples so that you can test it right away.

 

$80  $75  $70 shipped takes the set. ***SOLD!***

 

 

EDIT: Pics added. The "on/off" switch on the back of the case does nothing by the way. It only works with a real floppy drive When this is plugged into your Amiga and you power on the Amiga this Gotek comes on with it.

 

Edited March 8, 2020 by eightbit

[+OLD CS1]

Hey, I wanna see a pic of that external enclosure!

[eightbit]

19 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

Hey, I wanna see a pic of that external enclosure!

I wonder if I have one on dropbox...I will check.

 

Otherwise I will get one up here tonight!

[eightbit]

Pics added. As you see in the picture in the bag there is a switch. I never used it however so you'd have to figure out the pin orientation if you wanted to add the switch. I think I have documentation for that somewhere.

 

Anyway, the switch is currently configured to be "switchless". Just pop it in the right CIA socket and pop the CIA chip into it. That's it. Now the internal drive (if there is one) is disabled and the external port is DF0:

 

Simple instructions I PMed someone interested earlier:

 

1. Open the Amiga 500

2. Locate the right CIA chip (it is right by the floppy connector, it is socketed...just be careful not to bend pins!)

3. Remove the CIA, install the switcher (plugs into the socket the same way as the CIA chip)

4. Insert the removed CIA chip into the switcher chip (it plugs in on top...make sure to match the orientation)

5. Close the Amiga

6. Plug in the external Gotek

7. Pop in the pre-configured USB drive and play stuff

 

Done!

Edited February 27, 2020 by eightbit

[+OLD CS1]

Nice CA enclosure.  All the ones I normally see are rusted out.  I had one with an old Bodega Bay.  I cannot recall what the switch does, though.

[eightbit]

5 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said:

Nice CA enclosure.  All the ones I normally see are rusted out.  I had one with an old Bodega Bay.  I cannot recall what the switch does, though.

 

 

It has some scratches on the paint, but good shape indeed. Works perfectly with the Gotek which is great!

[eightbit]

Bump! Price lowered.

[eightbit]

Bump...lowered again.

[+OLD CS1]

@eightbit Have you tried over at Amibay, also?

[eightbit]

1 hour ago, OLD CS1 said:

@eightbit Have you tried over at Amibay, also?

Nah. I have in the past but every single buyer was in England Really don't feel like making this an international thing.

 

I am not hard up for the funds so if it does not sell I will just store it away. The problem is that I have too many things "stored away" and need to free up some space.