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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: HardStep on May 23, 2005, 04:11:06 AM
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Hi,
i just ordered brand new Escom A1200 and hopefully will receive it soon:)
I remember reading about some issues with the floppy drive not reading correctly all disks. How can i fix it? Does it need new drive or will something else do the trick?
Thanks.
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the "brand new escom drive" is essentially a pc panasonic 1,44MB drive. if you have a commodore a1200, you will have at least to short the 2` and 34` pins together to make such a drive working in your system. If you have escom a1200, you do not need to do anything.
Now as to problems: there are several non-dos games refusing to work with such a drive. there is no solution for it, as the wire i mentioned makes the problem, and without this wire your amiga won`t see diskchanges (will always think the disk is in, even if it`s not).
to remove this issue in escom a1200 you need standard amiga drive (ie. the one from a600 or c=a1200, the a500 one won`t fit most propably). before you connect it, remove the motherboard out of the case and look at the other side. on the floppy connector pins there should be a wire i mentioned it. remove it. put the drive in and have fun...
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tomekm wrote:
Now as to problems: there are several non-dos games refusing to work with such a drive. there is no solution for it, as the wire i mentioned makes the problem, and without this wire your amiga won`t see diskchanges (will always think the disk is in, even if it`s not).
Not quite, there is a hack to make the drive 100% amiga compatible:
http://www.caps-project.org/articles.php?id=a_v9drivemod
Also, if you do so, don't forget to modify your AT Amiga:
http://www.caps-project.org/articles.php?id=a_v9mbmod
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hmmm... nice! didn`t know about it!