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External Gotek Drive – All Commodore Amiga Computers
£ 70.83 Excl. VAT
External Gotek Drive (Brand new) in a new full metal enclosure made with strong 2mm thick aluminium metal in a black anodised coating, with plenty of space inside for extra modifications and components.
Fully compatible with all commodore Amiga computers including:
- Amiga A500
- Amiga A500 Plus
- Amiga A600
- Amiga A1200
- Amiga A1000
- Amiga A1500
- Amiga A2000
- Amiga A3000
- Amiga A4000
- Amiga 4000T
You can also choose from a selection of add-ons below which include
- OLED Display instead of the 3 Digit Display.
- Internal Gotek Speaker to hear those floppy sounds!
- Gotek Rotary knob for easily selecting that game, app or demo.
- For Amiga A500, A500 Plus, A1500 and A2000 a DF0/DF1 Switch can be added (this is a DIY install).
What’s included?
- External Gotek full metal case (new).
- Internal Gotek Drive with 3 Digit Display
- Flashed with latest version of FlashFloppy
- Includes external ribbon from Gotek drive to Amiga External Floppy port (also provides power)
We also sell Amiga Gotek Drives with 3D printed mounts that fit neatly in your Amiga:
Amiga A500 Internal Gotek Drive with OLED Display
Amiga A500 Plus Gotek Drive with OLED Display
Amiga A600 Internal Gotek Drive with OLED Display
Amiga A1200 Internal Gotek Drive with OLED Display
What are gotek drives in detail? Read here
What is FlashFloppy? Check out this link
Want to know even more about them, checkout retro32.com’s review of them here
Also checkout one of our favorite youtube streamers TheGebs24 and her views on the Gotek drive!
Backorder items take 7/14 days before delivery
In stock (can be backordered)
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Amiga 1200 Gotek drive pre-installed with FlashFloppy, these Gotek drives are based on a more modern OpenFlops floppy emulator which provides many improvements over the original Gotek drive, these units are a great replacement for your failing Amiga 1200 floppy drive or you wish to simply replace your current 3.5" floppy drive.
These are plug and play in that you simply remove your existing Amiga 1200 floppy drive and replace it with this unit (you use your existing bracket). 3 new screws will also be supplied to secure it to the Amiga 1200.
The Amiga 1200 Gotek drive also comes with an OLED Header unit will need 4 wires passing through the vent, the end plastic boots will be supplied so you add them after you have passed them through the vent. This provides easy viewing of what game or program you wish to use.
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What's included:
- OpenFlops Gotek Drive
- 3D Printed Amiga 1200 Gotek Mount
- OLED Display with 3D Printed Header
What is OpenFlops Gotek Drive?
OpenFlops is an Open Hardware implementation of such an emulator, inspired from the ubiquitous Gotek hardware. It is designed to run the FlashFloppy firmware, which gives it several improvements over the original Gotek:- Can be installed on many different platforms.
- Directly supports a wide range of image formats.
- Flexible track layout for Raw Sector Images.
- Extremely configurable.
- Supports AutoSwap for games with a large number of disks.
- Easily accessible pin headers for connection of a i2c display (either OLED or LCD), rotary encoder (including power).
- Easily-accessible pin header for an external speaker.
- Connected Motor signal.
- Has additional 3.3V, 5V and GND power pins.
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Helping To Support The Centre for Computing History
For every OpenFlops drive sold 50p is donated to The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Amiga 600/1200 Gotek (FlashFloppy) with Printed Mount, 3 Digit
These units are a great replacement for your failing Amiga 1200 or Amiga 600 floppy drive or you wish to simply replace it with a Gotek drive. These are plug and play in that you simply remove your existing Amiga 1200/600 floppy drive and replace it with this unit (you use your existing bracket). 3 new screws will also be supplied to secure it to the Amiga 1200/600.
You will need a USB memory stick (NOT included) with your loaded ADF files.
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Amiga 600/1200 Gotek OLED Display Header Only
*This unit is if you already have a FlashFloppy Gotek drive.
The Amiga 600/1200 FlashFloppy OLED header unit is the perfect companion for the Amiga 600/1200 Gotek FlashFloppy. It allows easy viewing the current ADF file loaded on the Gotek. This requires zero hacking of your Amiga case. These units are ready built and are very easy to install.
What you will receive:
- 3D Printed Header
- OLED Display
- 30cm of cable from the header to the Gotek drive.
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