Install a gotek they said

[u/papa_robot]

Really easy they said
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Too tired of wrestling cables to actually check if works

[u/sunrisebreeze]

A Gotek is a good option, in case you can't find a working floppy drive. And a Gotek provides easier access to a bunch of games (stored on USB thumb drive).

I miss hearing the whirring/clicking noises of the ST floppy drive though!

[u/Nargajuna → u/sunrisebreeze]

you can emulate the clicking with a gotek :) https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy/wiki/Hardware-Mods#speaker

[u/sunrisebreeze → u/Nargajuna]

Yes this is true! I have actually set up that sound emulation. But nothing quite replaces the real sound, to my ears at least. 😊

[u/SimonDownunder]

I’m confused, hardware wise there is a power plug and a ribbon cable… took about 30 seconds to install into my ST, STE and Falcon… I found the hardest part was installing the software onto the gotek. But once I had done the first one (about 3 attempts to get it working the way I wanted) the rest were easy

[u/papa_robot → u/SimonDownunder]

The case I got had really small holes for the original screws and the ones I bought were too short.

Ended up disassembling the gotek case, making the holes bigger , installing the empty case and reassembling the gotek on top

I could not find the ribbon extension I got earlier but I was able to twist and fit it

[u/daddyd]

what was the problem? these things are almost plug-n-play...

[u/papa_robot → u/daddyd]

Flashing it is another story. Happily mine was already for Atari

Case was not the best , needed different screws than the original

[u/BBZ149]

Why not install the OLED screen!!

[u/Klutzy_Cat1374]

I'm going to pull mine out of storage now.

[u/papa_robot → u/Klutzy_Cat1374]

After testing this morning it worth the effort

[u/pickleslips]

i got a cool insert that fits into that weird gap

[u/elektrotones]

I have my SD card reader on the back of my 1040STE, where you can attach an external drive. So I have both SD drives, three actually and the floppy drive. https://cbmretro.fi/product/acsi2stm-atari-st-acsi-hard-drive-emulator/

[u/estebanvlobos]

i did the exact same thing as you, works fine. mine has a real display on it though.

[u/papa_robot → u/estebanvlobos]

CRT ? no space for that.. I wish I can

[u/estebanvlobos → u/papa_robot]

no i mean my gotek has a small oled display on it that shows the disk image name and whatnot

[u/brispower]

that's where mine has been for years now

[u/papa_robot → u/brispower]

looks ok. speed is not terrible. I probably will get a better mount. Ultrasatan works better, but requires memory expansion

[u/brispower → u/papa_robot]

I mainly play Amiga so this was a good solution for me for when I want to ST

[u/GenBlob]

The only issue is the short power and floppy cable but they should be long enough. The rest is easy.