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Floppy Emulator Showdown: Gotek vs. the Real Thing

We ran a Gotek USB floppy emulator against a freshly-serviced genuine drive across three different machines. The results…

01/08/2026

A text-first magazine about retro computers, from 8-bit micros to the Pentium era. Independent, British, and mostly written at a workbench.

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