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6 3.1 Front-side USB Disk Emulator.6 3.2 Back-side USB Disk Emulator. History of computing relevant and fun for all ages! Based inĬambridge, it hosts hands-on exhibitions, educational workshops and a The Centre for Computing History is much more than a museum. If desired to further help fund their organisation :) Helping To Support The Centre for Computing HistoryĮvery OpenFlops drive sold 50p is donated to The Centre for Computing In any shell or enclosure designed for it.
Directly supports a wide range of image formats.Can be installed on many different platforms.
#Usb floppy emulator drive upgrade
OpenFlops drive is an improvement on the Gotek design with extraįeatures and easily accessible placement of header pins and connectionsįor popular addons and mods such as OLED display, rotary encoder andįully plug and play and compatible as a complete Gotek upgrade or replacement. Also works with a range of keyboards and synthesisers. It is designed to run the FlashFloppy firmware, which gives it several improvements over the original Gotek:Īcorn, Amstrad, Amiga, Apple, Atari, Spectrum, DOS / IBM XT PC, MSX etcĮtc. Inspired from the ubiquitous Gotek floppy disk emulator hardware. An OpenFlops drive can also be added in addition to an original Floppy Disk drive as a second or third drive etc, allowing the user to copy from original disk media and make copies and backups to USB. The advantage of this is that floppy disk media is ageing and starting to fail, with USB being a more reliable way to save and load data. OpenFlops is an Open Hardware implementation of a floppy disk emulator - designed to completely replace an original computer floppy disk drive so USB memory can be used instead of floppy disks. What is a Floppy Disk Drive USB Emulator? And What is OpenFlops? Quality components and thicker pcbs than the original Gotek drives use.įor more information on OpenFlops or to order visit: WHOLESALE/RESELLER RATES AVAILABLE FOR ORDERS OF 10+ UNITS, PLEASE CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION. Simulant Systems have been working conjunction with Sukko Pera to officially manufacture and make available the OpenFlops USB Floppy Disk Drive emulator/simulator using high Suitable for most retro computers that use either internal or externalįloppy disk drives as a direct replacement or additional drive so youĬan load games/software from USB flash drive or save data to your memory USB Emulator with FlashFloppy firmware pre-installed.