This is a great feature as it alleviates the need for another mass storage expansion. And the relative slowness of this solution compared to a proper mass storage device (~10 KB/s vs ~50 KB/s) is not much of an issue on Amstrad CPC.
This special Gotek direct access mode is supported in [[SymbOS]].[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/symbos-with-hxc-direct-access-fat32-support/ Source]
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