Use of Floppy-Emulator and Floppy-Drive switchable?

[Hico]

Hello, I'm new here in the forum, but I've read a lot here in the last few weeks and got some helpful information about equipping my "new" Emax with a floppy emulator and HxC, which is also going well at the moment.

Now I have a question and I hope that someone here can help: In addition to the Gotek floppy emulator, I would also like to run a 3.5" slim floppy drive in my Emax, between which I would like to switch. So I can use the hundreds of floppies I´ve got with my Emax without converting them to HxC, but also use and expand my new build library on the floppy-emulator. I´m a little bit into electronics and soldering, but I´m not into computer things. After I looked at the shugart pin-out I wondered, if I have to make all the wires in the data line and the power supply switchablem, or would it be sufficient to just switch the "Device Select 0"-Signal (PIN 10 on the shugart drive) between the floppy-drive and the floppy-emulator and have all the other connections of both drives permanently in parallel? Maybe someone has done something like that on his/her Emax?

Best regards from germany
Heiko

[Jeff]

yes you can redirect the DS0 signal to the drive or the floppy emulator with a simple switch.

[Hico]

Thank you, Jeff. I will try it … Regards

[Lochri]

Hello Heiko, i had the same Question.
Did you try it out and does it work?

Regards
Christof

[Hico]

Hello Christof,

sorry for waiting. No, I have not tried it 'til now, but I will do it in the next days or maybe weeks and give a feedback here.

Best regards
Heiko

[Hico]

I‘ve got some news for you.

My Emax now works with two drives - the Gotek USB-Floppy-Emulator und a Slim-Floppydrive. With a small DPDT-switch, I can choose between the two drives. The 2-contact-switch switches the „Drive-Select-0“ (Shugart Pin 10) and the „Motor-On“ (Shugart Pin 16) to either the Gotek or the slim floppy drive. It works perfectly. Now I can use the floppy disks again.

Happy eastern to all Emax-users.
Regards
Heiko

[Jeff]

I‘ve got some news for you.

My Emax now works with two drives - the Gotek USB-Floppy-Emulator und a Slim-Floppydrive. With a small DPDT-switch, I can choose between the two drives. The 2-contact-switch switches the „Drive-Select-0“ (Shugart Pin 10) and the „Motor-On“ (Shugart Pin 16) to either the Gotek or the slim floppy drive. It works perfectly. Now I can use the floppy disks again.

Happy eastern to all Emax-users.
Regards
Heiko

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Great work !

[Hico]

Thank you, Jeff.