The 34 pin interface has the keying pin (pin 3) still in place (just like the other emulator I had), there’s no harm clipping this off for cables with the hole blocked. There are also through holes unpopulated which are also for configuration by jumper.
Exposed at the rear are jumpers – some are labelled for drive select, and others are undocumented. The step shape is clearly visible here – and may be an advantage when trying to shoehorn the device into non-standard floppy drive enclosures, although those often have non-standard interfaces as well. There was also the provision for branding and other button labels which are not provided. The casing itself differs from the other emulator, with a distinctive “step” shape, and the use of only three screws to secure the unit together. The other emulator locks-out the increment/decrement during accesses. The increment function appears to cause the change line to be toggled to signal to the controller a disk removal. In use, this drive allows you to increment the bank during accesses but this may lead to data loss.
Holding them both may engage the auto-format function which will erase all content. The right button is used to increment the “ones” position, the left button increments the “tens” position, and pressing both buttons momentarily increments the “hundreds” position. The green LED lights up whenever the drive is active. The device itself has the letters GOTEK in the moulding, and features a three-digit seven-segment LED display (still covered with plastic tape), a USB port, two push buttons and an access LED. This one is the GoTek System SFR1M44-U100K 1000-bank USB floppy emulator, also attractively priced around US$20. Following on my previous review of a 100-bank low-cost USB floppy emulator and testing of the emulator, I realized that the eBay market saw the introduction of another floppy emulator.
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