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Title: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: carvedeye on March 25, 2007, 06:30:56 PM

hi i bought a 1200 last nite for 20 quid and it appears to have a broken floppy i have tryed to get it working many times but it doesnt read the disks so im wanting to know if there is any possible way of connecting a pc floppy


thanks in advance

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: swift240 on March 25, 2007, 06:40:42 PM

As I recall a PC floppy will be of little use to you.

Try this site:_

http://www.amigakit.co.uk

Mike.

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: orange on March 25, 2007, 06:57:27 PM

yes, you can have a look at aminet hard/hack and past posts. You need to switch some wires on cable and add a diode. If its ESCOM by any chance, connecting PC floppy should be even simpler.

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: carvedeye on March 25, 2007, 09:56:21 PM

got it sorted it was the disks think it was becuase they might have 500 games, its playing aga games fine thx anyway guys

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: IDEfix on March 25, 2007, 10:15:15 PM

Try this easy hack PC floppy SONY MPF920...


http://amiga.probers.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1656&Itemid=95

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: da9000 on March 26, 2007, 05:27:57 AM

This thread might by useful to anyone trying to stick an IBM PC floppy in a 'migy:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26696

Cheers

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: orange on March 26, 2007, 10:18:25 PM

this one (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11837)could help, too.
I think you need to connect cathode to Select0 and anode to RDY on Amiga side.
you also need to cross dischange wire. just look at pinouts on  hwb (http://www.hardwarebook.info/)
BTW, its PCs fault these hacks are needed, because those floppies don't comply with Shugart standard.

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: CLS2086 on March 27, 2007, 07:36:27 PM

Hi,
use the search function, i give some easy advices to relive old drives  :rtfm:

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: nine3o on March 30, 2007, 11:11:12 PM

Do all Sony MPF920 drives work with a small hack or are there only specific version.  Reason I ask I have a stack of Sony MPF920-D versions at work that I may have to stuff in my back pack one day.  :-)

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: Olecranon on March 31, 2007, 04:57:49 AM

Quote

IDEfix wrote:
Try this easy hack PC floppy SONY MPF920...


http://amiga.probers.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1656&Itemid=95

I need that translated to English, hehe   :lol:

Title: Re: PC Floppy on amiga 1200?
Post by: orange on April 05, 2007, 04:45:31 PM

Here (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/12/214909/PC2Amiga_fdd.png)  are the instructions.
You could also connect cathode to /MOTEB (/MTRON) that works too, but this seems better solution in case you got other drives. Someone, please verify..

Detailed information is here (http://pinouts.ru/Storage/InternalDisk_pinout.shtml)