FM Towns:Floppy Drive Emulators

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Tower Models and the All-in-one models

All Tower models and U* models use a unique and semi-proprietary FDD that integrates the 5V power between the ground pins. Pins 7,9 and 11 are 5V.
You can't fit a floppy emulator in a tower model as you need to create a custom adaptor.
More research is being conducted on this.

Desktops

The EA and Pentium type desktop models have normal 3-mode Shugart floppy drives. So adding a gotek with custom firmware or an HXC floppy emulator is plug-and-play.

  • EA type Desktop with Gotek running Flashfloppy firmware

    EA type Desktop with Gotek running Flashfloppy firmware

  • HB53 Pentium running Dual Goteks

    HB53 Pentium running Dual Goteks



All other desktops have the floppy drive 'molded' into the front plate and it's impossible to plug and play a FD emulator.
However they do have the EXT FDD port.

  • All Desktops minus EA and Pentium have molded FDD in the shell.

    All Desktops minus EA and Pentium have molded FDD in the shell.

EXT FDD Port

The External Floppy Disk Drive port is a semi-proprietary SCSI-type port.
Research is being conducted on it.
It is possible to run a floppy emulator from it if you have:

  • Fujitsu official external FD enclosure OR an FMR computer external FDD
  • Install the Floppy emulator in said enclosure


However, it is very difficult to find them in the wild.

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