KC9KEP
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Hello!
I appreciate the responses that everyone has given me .. but I wonder if I'm doing something proceduraly wrong here ..
I am now flummoxed, gobsmacked and perplexed :-(
Could someone who is familiar with the “Gotek hdx2001” please review my procedure and tell me
if my assumptions are correct? Thanks!
I had ordered a “bare-bones” GoTEK model from Amazon, with just two-push-buttons and LED front panel display.
1.) As the GoTEK is received, its boot loader needs to be re-flashed with a Windows machine. I used a USB to Serial adapter module. One must set-up the GoTEK jumpers as instructed in the “https://hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-floppy-emulator-hxc-firmware/” manual to flash the GoTEK boot-loader. (Lessons learned, set the module to 5V (not 3.3V) and use a SHORT USB cable to the REAR USB port of my Windows 11 machine). It uploads quite quickly, maybe 2 minutes or so. Then I remove the programming jumpers from the GoTEK.
2.) One is then instructed to install the *.upd firmware program. It's accomplished by loading the *.upd file onto a FAT32 formatted USB stick on my Windows machine. Insert the stick into the GoTEK, hold the two front-panel buttons in, power up the Gotek drive while holding the buttons for 2 seconds, and the *.upt firmware is loaded. No problem.
I've added an OLED display to the GOTEK as well.
Some one mentioned that GoTEK DRIVE-B is OFF by default. One can launch a MENU driven utility in the GoTEK by pressing the front panel buttons. I turned "ON" drive B.
I set the GoTEK jumper block for DRIVE-B.
I boot from my CP/M A: 5.25" drive and want to access the GoTEK which is conneced as my CP/M B: drive.
When I try to log the B: drive ">B: <return>" the GoTEK activity LED comes on as expected, but the system just hangs.
WHAT I AM TRYING TO DETERMINE IS THIS: Are all the required floppy drive settings contained within the *.upd file on the USB stick? (There is a custom firmware editor available for that file.) Is that the only file that needs to be on the USB stick in order for the GoTEK to operate?
Of course the OLED display tells me that I have no image files on the USB stick.
FWIW: My target computer is a legacy home-brew Z80 system with 64K ram, running CP/M 2.2
I'm really floundering here ..
Copious thanks!
I appreciate the responses that everyone has given me .. but I wonder if I'm doing something proceduraly wrong here ..
I am now flummoxed, gobsmacked and perplexed :-(
Could someone who is familiar with the “Gotek hdx2001” please review my procedure and tell me
if my assumptions are correct? Thanks!
I had ordered a “bare-bones” GoTEK model from Amazon, with just two-push-buttons and LED front panel display.
1.) As the GoTEK is received, its boot loader needs to be re-flashed with a Windows machine. I used a USB to Serial adapter module. One must set-up the GoTEK jumpers as instructed in the “https://hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-floppy-emulator-hxc-firmware/” manual to flash the GoTEK boot-loader. (Lessons learned, set the module to 5V (not 3.3V) and use a SHORT USB cable to the REAR USB port of my Windows 11 machine). It uploads quite quickly, maybe 2 minutes or so. Then I remove the programming jumpers from the GoTEK.
2.) One is then instructed to install the *.upd firmware program. It's accomplished by loading the *.upd file onto a FAT32 formatted USB stick on my Windows machine. Insert the stick into the GoTEK, hold the two front-panel buttons in, power up the Gotek drive while holding the buttons for 2 seconds, and the *.upt firmware is loaded. No problem.
I've added an OLED display to the GOTEK as well.
Some one mentioned that GoTEK DRIVE-B is OFF by default. One can launch a MENU driven utility in the GoTEK by pressing the front panel buttons. I turned "ON" drive B.
I set the GoTEK jumper block for DRIVE-B.
I boot from my CP/M A: 5.25" drive and want to access the GoTEK which is conneced as my CP/M B: drive.
When I try to log the B: drive ">B: <return>" the GoTEK activity LED comes on as expected, but the system just hangs.
WHAT I AM TRYING TO DETERMINE IS THIS: Are all the required floppy drive settings contained within the *.upd file on the USB stick? (There is a custom firmware editor available for that file.) Is that the only file that needs to be on the USB stick in order for the GoTEK to operate?
Of course the OLED display tells me that I have no image files on the USB stick.
FWIW: My target computer is a legacy home-brew Z80 system with 64K ram, running CP/M 2.2
I'm really floundering here ..
Copious thanks!