As I don’t have an USB-TTL adapter, I had do do it over USB. The first FlashFloppy installation has to be done either by serial or USB link to a PC host (as explain on this wiki page). Let’s go the open-source way ! This limitation seems to be irrelevant with the FlashFloppy firmware ! Yummy ! This model is the SFR1M44-U100K and does not seem to be able to read 720K floppies (the picture below is a capture from the owner’s manual). The MC-50 was complaining differently : “Error22 DISK I/O See owner’s manual”. I then tried to copy an empty MF2-DD (720K) virtual floppy on the USB stick.The MC-50 was then outputting an error message : “Attn ! NO DISK Press STOP”.I was able to format the USB stick by pressing the 2 buttons on the Gotek at the same time.It was delivered without documentation or software… Very handy ! Once the Gotek was received, I decided to keep it simple and try the beast with the stock firmware. The MC-50 is very easy to open (less than 10 screws).I particularly like the DIY concept, especially when it comes to saving old iconic gear. Especially Linux users that are fighting with such a piece of hardware. This page was written as a documentation for myself but could, maybe, be useful for others. I was really happy to discover this alternate open-source firmware ! As you will see later, It was definitely a good move ! Why ? Because it was not expensive, black and listed as being compatible with FlashFloppy. I bought a SFR1M44-U100K Gotek floppy emulator.

I recommend the FlashFloppy firmware it's absolutely free, open source and has regular updates (once flashed the updates can be made directly from the USB-stick).īoth (FlashFloppy and HxC) do not support directly Oric DSK file format.After some years and a quick research, I decided that it was time to get this baby back to life. On Internet you can find lot info how to do re-flash.įor HxC firmware - you have to pay 10.00 EUR. You can go the DIY-way - buy Gotek from China ( white or black links are just an example) for ~20.00USD and one USB-to-TTL converter for ~2.00USD more. You can buy ready re-flashed Gotek emulator - there are many on Ebay and on other sites - just check the prices carefully. Then you have 2 options (as Chema already said) HxC and FlashFloppy. The native firmware is very limited - it's should support MsDos IMG and Amiga ADF file formats but to make it work is pain, so simply ignore it. I've tested it with Microdisc controllers (the original one, Silicebit's and jorodr's) and Cumana - no problems at all. I'm using Gotek emulator since long time and it works perfect.

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