First post, by bofh.fromhell
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So a few years back I found a Gotek really cheap in a thrift store.
But since I have plenty of working floppy drives I didn't bother testing it.
Until now.
And I just cannot figure it out.
It lights up, gets installed in W2K just like any floppy would, no errors.
But it just will not recognize any USB stick I put into it, the display just says "--.-." (wich might mean it sees no USB stick according to one forumpost on some obscure site).
The USB sticks are formatted and given a few floppy images with the "ipcas" software, wich should be OK ?
Theres some info that holding the 2 buttons when powering up should format any inserted stick, but that does nothing on mine.
I got it without any documentation, and online searches fails to even give me anything that resembles a manual, atleast not in any language I can read.
I can't even figure out the proper jumpersettings.
I mean theres a staggering amount of information available, but its all just random posts assuming you allready know everything else.
And my unit looks just like any others out there.
3 digit display, 2 buttons, not quite the right beige to fit any retro computer (...), a green LED that I'm assuming is the activity LED.
Taking it apart reveals no extra information in the form of version numbers or anything firmware related.
Surely theres some software to diagnose theese things ?
Or maby mine is just broken, wich could explain the price =)