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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: lurkist on August 25, 2006, 07:08:57 PM

Title: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: lurkist on August 25, 2006, 07:08:57 PM

Like the Power Super XL drive (Amiga specific)
Cheers

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: pierre on August 25, 2006, 08:10:16 PM

me to!

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: quenthal on August 25, 2006, 08:30:17 PM

You can get Amiga HD-floppydrive compatible ones from eFunzine (http://www.efunzine.com/efnz.php?a=pro&id=70), used one for like 25 euros and new ones for 37.50eur.

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: NECROSCOPE on August 25, 2006, 09:22:51 PM

Again, one of those project that i wish i could invest on. I don't remember how many external hd drives i destroyed over the years... The site looks interesting but i only understand the pictures... ;PP Still i will contact them to check if they have external drives. Thanks for the link!

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: InTheSand on August 25, 2006, 09:33:00 PM

Beware the Power Computing XL drive - its software is flaky (and has to be patched to run on an '060) and it never seems to be very reliable dealing with HD disks.

I've had one from new and it has never worked properly! My main reason for it back then was to transfer stuff to the Amiga from 1.44Mb FAT disks on the PC, and for this it's fine.

But when it comes to writing to (or even formatting) 1.76Mb Amiga HD disks, it fails with verification errors 80% of the time. This is using decent branded disks.

Perhaps I just had a bad drive?

 - Ali

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: amiga1260 on August 25, 2006, 09:41:52 PM

@InTheSand

I also have this diskdrive and I never had problems with it. I bought it, because my Slimline HD diskdrive doesn't work very well.

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: amigakit on August 25, 2006, 11:05:23 PM

As you have an A1200T, why not go for the new Catweasel MKII Anniversary Edition (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=567) instead?

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: PG on August 25, 2006, 11:20:32 PM

Amigakit,
never misses a chanse to advertise.. :lol:

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: Cyberus on August 26, 2006, 09:19:33 AM

Of course not!

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: NECROSCOPE on August 26, 2006, 10:53:05 AM

The Power computing XL drive needed the patch for all Amigas, to work in 1.76Mb, as far as i remember. It worked fine untill the drive started to get lots of errors. I think the heads whent off aligment; many disks to the trash and, at the end, it was not recognised any more. Great drive, dead now...

Title: Re: Wanted: High density floppy drive
Post by: NECROSCOPE on August 26, 2006, 10:54:15 AM

If only i knew the correct drive to change the damnaged one o my XLdrive...