X68K CZ600 + Gotek =Total headheache for a noob

Started by MTD, Today at 02:09:34 AM

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MTD

Hello, please can you help me figure out the things i need in order to put a Gotek on my x68K cz600, the gray model? I have never used one of these Gotek emulators and it's soo confusing to sort it out everything alone.
Please let me write you some details and questions:
I made the 34pin extension cable by googling on a japanese website. My cable has 3 connectors: the modified end with the male socket extension i made, then a regular middle one and a "twisted" at the end.

I bought a Gotek yesterday on amazon, the grey unit with digits (no screen or dial).
Does this work as-is? I tryed to put on a Fat32 usb stick a single floppy game in xdf but it does not work, the unit flashes and my x68k eject disks and resets.

I have read that you have to flash the Gotek with Hxc or Flash Floppy? the last one i think is free.
Am i using it wrong or do i have to flash the firmware in order this to work?

My final goal is, since both my drives are no longer working, autoboot the scsi driver with a gotek and then use another hdd/emulator thing to have games to play, unless i missi something else, i'm not really have knowledge in this.

I hope you can help me figure it out. Thanks you

leonk

None of these devices really support the X68000 because the computer doesn't have a standard floppy drive. It has extra signals (like eject disk) that regular FDD don't have and FlashFloppy don't support.

If you really want FDD support in your X68000, then FDX68 with FDD Drive Swapper+ is really your only option. If all you care about is installing the SCSI drivers into SRAM, FDX68 is all you'll need as that boot disk doesn't care to boot from drive ID 2/3 like many games do.