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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: JurassicCamper on May 02, 2003, 12:11:36 PM

Title: A4000 Floppy Question
Post by: JurassicCamper on May 02, 2003, 12:11:36 PM
Just bought a second hand A4000, the HD internal disk drive has been replaced with an 880K at some point in its life.
I've tryed to add a second internal floppy using several Amiga internal floppy disc drives and standard PC Floppy Lead, but this does not appear to work.

I know the a2000 supported two floppies of the internal controller as i used to have one. Just cant remember if the cable was a standard PC type floppy cable with the twist in or one with out a twist.

Any advice will be great thanks.
Title: Re: A4000 Floppy Question
Post by: duesi on May 02, 2003, 12:37:17 PM
You have to use a non "twisted cable"
And use a real AMIGA-Floppy

My 4000 has two HD-Floppys...
Title: Re: A4000 Floppy Question
Post by: JurassicCamper on May 02, 2003, 12:54:58 PM
Quote

duesi wrote:
You have to use a non "twisted cable"
And use a real AMIGA-Floppy

My 4000 has two HD-Floppys...


Cheers

Got the real floppy just not the non twisted cable
time for some cutting and undo the twist  :-D  :-D

Title: Re: A4000 Floppy Question
Post by: JurassicCamper on May 02, 2003, 01:09:10 PM
Quote

duesi wrote:
You have to use a non "twisted cable"
And use a real AMIGA-Floppy

My 4000 has two HD-Floppys...


Yeap got it working...

Took the twist out the cable, crimped the connector backon. Had to put a jumper on the motherboard DF1 880K and swap the small jumper on the back of the a1200 floppy drive from 1 to 2.

Once again thankyou :-D  :-D
Title: Re: A4000 Floppy Question
Post by: duesi on May 02, 2003, 01:28:24 PM
Yeah absolutely correct !
I have only one strange behavior:

When DF0: is active the LED on DF1: is also on !
But it works fine...