A600 - internal gotek and boot switcher

[Reb]

Hi guys!

My first post here, this has probably been done before but I could not find a specific guide. I have recently taken out my old A600 from storage and installed a Gotek in it. At the moment the Gotek is just laying there, I have not even closed the case.

What I want to do is to install the Gotek internally, and keep the floppy drive in place. For this, I need to make openings for USB, buttons and display. I also need a boot switcher. I know that this is harder to do on A600 due to the soldered chips, but I dont need DF1. I just need to switch between floppy and Gotek.

So, here goes:
1. Are there any guides to where a gotek might fit inside an A600? I have found for 500 and 1200, but these have larger cases.

2. Will a switch on the floppy cable 10 (boot select) be sufficient? Do I need to have switch on the power, or can this be routed to both floppy and gotek?

3. Any advice on where to put the buttons and display (oled)? I have found some pictures, but a guide or some more inputs would be nice!

This is my main source of inspiration, though its a A1200:
https://www.ikod.se/amiga-1200-gotek/

[Acill]

Not much room in the 600 to keep the floppy inside and make a gotek fit at the same time. I can print you a 3D kit that will let you replace the 600 floppy drive with a gotek and an OLED screen box that sites on top. Its very nice. You would have no reason to use a floppy disk drive unless you have original games you must play. I've all put put every real floppy away on my systems and set up install disks for WB and everything as ADF and use the gotek for everything.

If you cant do the install yourself and want me to do it I can as well for very low cost. I have plenty of references here or you can look at my site listed in my signature.

It will look like this when complete.

[Reb]

Hi Acill,

Many thanks for your reply. I don`t really need the floppy, as I barely have any original games. Just wanted to keep it for nostalgia, just the feeling of loading a floppy. If there is indeed no room then I will remove it. The plan was of course to strip the gotek down to the pcb, but maybe it will be a tight fit anyway.

I have seen your thread here and I know you do good work, but I would like to have a go myself. I used to work on electronics, but it has been some years.. so my project with restoring/upgrading my Amiga (recapping, gotek, etc) is as much about the fun of doing a project as it is about the end result itself.

I did like your oled-box though. That is the thing I am most worried about; if I will manage to make a nice integration of the display. Maybe I will ask you for a quote on that. The shipping might be expensive, as I live in Norway.

Thanks for your thoughts anyway!