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Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

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Reply 560 of 563, by static-

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Ouuf the Tattiebogle arrived. I just got SMOKED with tariff/broker costs. ~$78 USD.

Reply 561 of 563, by KVM Nerd

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static- wrote on 2025-07-18, 19:53:

Ouuf the Tattiebogle arrived. I just got SMOKED with tariff/broker costs. ~$78 USD.

Oh wow. Mine came yesterday and I had to pay 26,65 € on top. I chose USPS for shipping.

Why not hook it up to a KVM switch?

Reply 562 of 563, by trunk70

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Mine came +- 1 week and ... 45 euros to pay to Bpost... 🙁

And i don't understand how to use it, would it be possible to have a PDF manual for the IDE Simulator V3 card? Indeed, I received the card without anything else and the documentation on the wabsite is very basic I find. With which file system should I prepare the USB key? What is the maximum size for the USB key, where should I connect the audio cable from the CD-ROM, etc. Maybe there is a forum or a discord? I find that it is very average for an item at this price (no disrespect). The Ide Simulator V3 read/see only one ISO and problem with CD audio sound, reading speed etc... 🙁

Absolutely no problem at all with the Zulu Ide on the same machine... (The Zulu Ide + dac is a beast).

Vous devriez voir ce que je vois.

Reply 563 of 563, by RetroPCCupboard

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trunk70 wrote on 2025-08-01, 23:16:

Mine came +- 1 week and ... 45 euros to pay to Bpost... 🙁

And i don't understand how to use it, would it be possible to have a PDF manual for the IDE Simulator V3 card? Indeed, I received the card without anything else and the documentation on the wabsite is very basic I find. With which file system should I prepare the USB key? What is the maximum size for the USB key, where should I connect the audio cable from the CD-ROM, etc. Maybe there is a forum or a discord? I find that it is very average for an item at this price (no disrespect). The Ide Simulator V3 read/see only one ISO and problem with CD audio sound, reading speed etc... 🙁

Absolutely no problem at all with the Zulu Ide on the same machine... (The Zulu Ide + dac is a beast).

I don't have the v3. I have the previous version. I found the documentation on the website sufficient to use it. But, yes, I agree. It would have been nice to get some basic instructions in the box.

What problems are you having with CD audio and reading speed? How does speed/audio with same images compare to the Zulu?