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Tangential question: does anyone know if there's a ~similar device to replace/upgrade a Toshiba T1100's floppy drive?

A friend found a T1100 for me and I'm just trying to think of the best way to boot it. Alternatively... I could get a USB floppy disk drive and a fresh floppy, and write old-school DOS to it, at least to get started?

Thanks!

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There is a Gotek floppy emulator hardware, about $50 USD.

A USB floppy drive will be cheaper, maybe $20.

I think the T1100 has standard 34-pin IDC connector, but Plus variant uses 26-pin so the Gotek will need an adapter (and probably doesn't fit cleanly).

https://archive.is/gFVNm (medium post, shows the adapter)

https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/issues/549 (somebody had issue with high 5V rail causing Gotek to not work)

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

You can also do stuff like https://github.com/acemielektron/fddEMU if you want a custom form factor.

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