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Title: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: CritAnime on June 29, 2011, 01:22:33 AM

At 1:20am GMT my Amiga 600's floppy drive coughed out it's last breath of life. It has served me well for many years and I am saddened that it has happened. Especially as I have spent so long giving it TLC just to keep it going for a bit longer. :(
 
However i can't stay down about it for too long. I need to get the old girl back up and running so I was wanting to know what avalable option I have for replacing it. I was curious about those floppy emulator things and if anyone had much luck with it.

Title: Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: TjLaZer on June 29, 2011, 03:14:10 AM

You can go to eBay or AmiBay and get another one.  I think a A600/1200 drive will work for you, don't think an A500/1010 drive will fit right.  You can also have a PC Drive in there if you want to get crafty.

Title: Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: CritAnime on June 29, 2011, 05:14:23 AM

I have seen a few refurbished drives on eBay. Contemplating getting one.

Title: Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: ognix on June 29, 2011, 09:04:16 AM

What's the problem precisely?

Title: Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: fitzsteve on June 29, 2011, 09:07:27 AM

You can also get a brand new drive from Amigakit :)

Title: Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: CritAnime on June 29, 2011, 09:14:14 AM

Quote from: ognix;647597

What's the problem precisely?

It made an almighty squeal then a crunch. Now it just wont read anything.

It also mangled Turrican 2 in the process. :(

@fitzsteve
Yeah I noticed them while looking for drives. Would make a better choice to buy a new one rather than a refurb.

However I am still curious about the drive emulators.

Title: Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: ognix on June 29, 2011, 10:45:14 AM

Quote from: CritAnime;647599

It made an almighty squeal then a crunch. Now it just wont read anything.

It also mangled Turrican 2 in the process. :(

...so it's something serious...
It maybe fixed, but you need to open drive, check out the mechanics and spend some time...

A spare drive it's not a bad idea in this case.

Quote from: CritAnime;647599

However I am still curious about the drive emulators.

Yes, but you won't read real 3,5" disks.
Having at least a real external drive (or drive emulator as an external drive) is advisable to load real stuff.

BY and good luck!

Title: Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: J-Golden on June 29, 2011, 11:25:00 AM

How did it Mangle Turrican 2?
 
IF it is physical like chewing up the magnetic part of the disk, man, I'd just get a new or used drive.  Trusting any of my other Amiga games to something that has already "eaten" one good game is just asking for it...:(

Title: Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
Post by: CritAnime on June 30, 2011, 01:33:03 AM

I scrapped the drive right away. But before I did I opened the drive and found that the head appeared to be out of allignment and that the motor had a scorch mark on it. So dunno what happened. In anycase new drive ordered :D