The current emulator I'm trying has the OLED screen so I'm able to confirm that I'm selecting a partition and loading a partition whether blank or even just the pre-configured OS disk options. with no luck in terms of the MPC detecting a disk at all. Is there a go-to recommendation for how to configure the jumpers? I've tried how it arrived to me, then various different options across M0, S0, S1, etc. Been heavily diving into threads over the past week having just got a new (to me) MPC 2000XL that I'm trying to modernize to fit my workflow.Ĭurrently in the process of getting a Gotek USB Floppy Emulator to work. Hi surprise surprise I have found a GOTEK setup doc. Another project for me to add to my ever growing list! With lighting fast access and transfer speeds thanks to the SCSI capability. Data/ files can be stored/ transferred from any computer to the SD card, then the SD card can be inserted into the SCSI2SD device and the FZ will treat it as an HDD. There is a device available called SCSI2SD, which connects to the SCSI interface and allows the use of standard SD cards. Better still, despite HDD's being considerably slower in the latter 80's, the SCSI interface is capable of much higher transfer speeds. With regards to my FZ, I am lucky with it being the last of the line 20M model, as this is the only FZ to be fitted with a SCSI connector and with the ability to connect to a HDD. The USB drives are capable of much higher transfer speeds, but the interface only works at one speed. This is due to the interface buss used in the original device acting as a bottleneck. This means that finding a replacement drive for my FZ is nigh on impossible 30 years later, and the very few Shugart drives that do turn up once in a blue moon are exhorbitantly priced.Īs Brad mentioned, everything I've heard about these USB style floppy drive replacements indicate that loading and saving are no quicker than a standard floppy. They're notorious for failing disk drives, made worse by the fact that Casio chose to use the Shugart buss type drives, rather than the far, far more common and easier to find PC style 3.5' drives. I will want to go down a similar road at some point in the future with my vintage Casio FZ-20M sampler.

Gotek floppy emulator jumper settings