Can a GoTek floppy drive emulator be used to back up a HD to a flash drive?

[garyg]

I know its purpose is to move ADF files around but inasmuch as some models come
with a USB port couldn't it be used to copy data from an Amiga HD or connected
device (e.g. ZiP or Jaz drive) to a more stable media like flash drives?

[F0LLETT]

I know its purpose is to move ADF files around but inasmuch as some models come
with a USB port couldn't it be used to copy data from an Amiga HD or connected
device (e.g. ZiP or Jaz drive) to a more stable media like flash drives?

No, Gotek, is a floppy drive emulator only. It can not store data in the way you want.

[Boing-ball]

No, Gotek, is a floppy drive emulator only. It can not store data in the way you want.

As mentioned. The ADF files are size limited to the size of a floppy disk.

As for backing up. Then I use windows and WinImage32. Basically anything that can take a raw image of the SD or CF.

Another way is to setup another IDE or SCSI SD or CF card reader and copy using DOPus or Amiga DOS copy. To another partition. I do this as well for speed.

[garyg]

OK, thanks guys. I was hoping that since the GoTek has a USB port it could serve as
a "pass-through" to send data from the Amiga to a flash drive through its floppy port.

I wonder, though, why the GoTek manufacturer hasn't thought of this.

[Boing-ball]

OK, thanks guys. I was hoping that since the GoTek has a USB port it could serve as
a "pass-through" to send data from the Amiga to a flash drive through its floppy port.

I wonder, though, why the GoTek manufacturer hasn't thought of this.

Because its sole purpose is to act as a replacement to the real floppy drive. I cannot see how you could make this work via the Floppy drive connector.

You can get SCSI multi drives that accept SD, CF and Compact flash cards. Same as you can get with USB versions. I have a couple of these setup in my Amigas. Great for copying or setting up new drives or backing up. I even setup a mountpoint so I can use a formatted FAT32 SD card for copying.

[garyg]

Since there are wi-fi devices that attach to the parallel port I thought
it possible to send data from the Amiga through the external floppy
port to a flash drive.

Please let me know via PM how I can attach a portable HD or some other storage device such as a flash drive to my SCSI-2
controller.

Regards,
Gary

[kolla]

Since there are wi-fi devices that attach to the parallel port

I think you are mixing up two things here, plipbox and "wimodem" variants.

But, since you are mentioning SCSI, there is an option... BlueSCSI v2, which essentially is "gotek" for scsi drives, and with a bonus - it does wifi too!

[garyg]

Well, yes, I couldn't think of the serial port version but, yes, I was aware of them (I even bought a plipbox).

And many thanks for the mention of BlueSCSI, which I hadn't heard of (just as an aside, when I went to
a MicroCenter store recently and mentioned SCSI, the young employee asked if that was a brand ;-)

[Boing-ball]

Well, yes, I couldn't think of the serial port version but, yes, I was aware of them (I even bought a plipbox).

And many thanks for the mention of BlueSCSI, which I hadn't heard of (just as an aside, when I went to
a MicroCenter store recently and mentioned SCSI, the young employee asked if that was a brand ;-)

Not surprised since SCSI hasn’t been used since the late 1990’s 🤣🤣🤣🤣

BluseSCSI is a good option but you must get one with a Pico add on card to enable the Apple Talk WI-FI equivalent.

Worth a watch here about this:

https://youtu.be/i59eYqrrwhE?si=fO-JcLiDZQr9As5x

[garyg]

I would want one ready-made in an enclosure. I'm no electronics technician.

Thanks for the info

[Boing-ball]

I would want one ready-made in an enclosure. I'm no electronics technician.

Thanks for the info

Canadian company selling them ready to go. Not used these so do your research before buying:

https://bluescsi.ca/

[HardStep]

You could QuarterBack your hard drive onto ADFs and then extract them on PC or Mac with https://github.com/keithgh1/AmigaQB_extract