Is there a technical reason a Gotek device can't emulate both A: and B: drives simultaneously?
Is there a technical reason a Gotek device can't emulate both A: and B: drives simultaneously?
Subject says it all, really. I assume the drive select pins are possibly the hurdle, maybe it's hard-wired at a point you can't easily address with software.
Re: Is there a technical reason a Gotek device can't emulate both A: and B: drives simultaneously?
- No second drive select line.
- All bus gating is software done -> Must be fast as possible.
- Drive/image switching reliability/timing concern.
- User interface in question : Sound to be a pain to change the image in drive B or A with only these two buttons... In fact this is the most serious issue.
- This feature is already on the normal SD HxC Floppy Emulators : I am really wondering how many use this feature
There is no impossibility (the second select line can be wired), but the interest is questionable, especially when you can get another Gotek for a couple of $.
Re: Is there a technical reason a Gotek device can't emulate both A: and B: drives simultaneously?
Yeah I can see the interface issues being the primary concern, I was wondering about that last night.
I could only think that the third button/rotary encoder button could swap between A and B drives for interface rather than insert/eject disk...
I don't really think it's a feature I'd even use, other than possibly to have a permanent boot A: drive and then swap floppies in B:...
I could only think that the third button/rotary encoder button could swap between A and B drives for interface rather than insert/eject disk...
I don't really think it's a feature I'd even use, other than possibly to have a permanent boot A: drive and then swap floppies in B:...