Divarin Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I'm looking for an Atari ST floppy drive, working. I'm not wanting a PC floppy drive that "will work" in an ST I want an official ST drive that actually fits in the case properly and lines up with the disk eject button hole on the case. I'm sure someone out there has taken out their floppy drive to install a gotek so I'm betting there's some lying around collecting dust. I'm looking to go the other way, I acquired an ST that has a gotek in it already and I'd rather have the stock floppy drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I believe I still have a few in my basement, but which style do you need? Some ST drives have a large eject button in the middle, while others have a smaller eject button on the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divarin Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Here's my FDD "hole" Since I don't see a cutout just for the eject button I'm assuming it'd be the large one in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 What a lazy Gotek install the last owner has done. There are 3D prints that make it look great and make it sturdy....but looks like he just dropped it in there and let it flop around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djglish Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Let me take a look in my box of Atari parts. I might have a drive with the large eject button. It might be from an ST or it might be from one of the external atari drives (don't remember the model number). then I'll have to see if it still works. Just recently started looking at my Atari stuff again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djglish Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I have two drives with that style of cutout. One is 34mm high and has two rows on the floppy connector. The face color is gray so it may have come out of an external drive The second is 40mm high and has one row on the floppy connector. Not sure if either one works. You can have either (or both) for the cost of shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolmoecraig Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 7/29/2020 at 9:47 AM, eightbit said: What a lazy Gotek install the last owner has done. There are 3D prints that make it look great and make it sturdy....but looks like he just dropped it in there and let it flop around So he changed one floppy disk drive for another. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, koolmoecraig said: So he changed one floppy disk drive for another. Sorry. Your statement makes no sense in relation to what I was talking about. And, why are you sorry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolmoecraig Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 It was a joke about the drive flopping around in there. Wooosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, koolmoecraig said: It was a joke about the drive flopping around in there. Wooosh Umm..ok then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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