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Title: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: TheGoose on July 01, 2011, 12:05:31 AM

It is missing the knob dang it! I will test it out if you have an interest. You pay shipping, it's well, a boat anchor.

If I had the knob I'd be selling it. :(

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: Sandman on July 01, 2011, 12:28:38 AM

Goose.... ya got pm!

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: save2600 on July 01, 2011, 12:29:31 AM

Would the knob from a busted 1541II or a 1571 work?

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: TheGoose on July 01, 2011, 02:27:32 PM

Will try to test it this weekend. It powers up but didn't not respond to my DF1 DOS driver I put int here; I think because of funkyness the ICD shuffle board is doing...

Need to hook it up to my A3000...

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: LoadWB on July 01, 2011, 10:44:24 PM

Quote from: save2600;647812

Would the knob from a busted 1541II or a 1571 work?

Yes.  I have several 1571s and a couple of 1020s, and the assemblies are pretty much the same, and I have swapped knobs from them.  (Ew, that sounds dirty...)

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: TheGoose on July 02, 2011, 12:25:26 AM

Uh, something is not right, and it's probably me.

I followed this thread and made a DF1: DOS Driver and put it in devs/Dosdrivers and that seems ok.

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11944

I do a mount DH1:

Then a cd DH1: and  hit return

and then I get the directory of my SYS: drive ? HUH?

Then I tried a few other variations, changing the name to DF2: or A1020:

Does the same thing. In fact I can type in any old thing and my A3000 says
it's ok:

mount totalbullshit:
cd totalbullshit:
dir

I get the SYS: directory no matter what. It doesn't even seems to care about what is in devs/dosdrivers/

This use to be easy... :confused:

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: TheGoose on July 02, 2011, 12:46:12 AM

Ah I got it going, it likes DF2:!

I did the old school devs/mountlist entry for a DF2: device with the unit set to 2
and things all came to life.

read the disk that's in there, pictures of speed racer and racer X - COOL!

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: TjLaZer on July 02, 2011, 03:24:45 AM

Quote from: TheGoose;647920

Ah I got it going, it likes DF2:!

I did the old school devs/mountlist entry for a DF2: device with the unit set to 2
and things all came to life.

read the disk that's in there, pictures of speed racer and racer X - COOL!

Um yeah, DH2: is for hard disks. lol  H=Hard.  F=Floppy.  ;)

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: TheGoose on July 04, 2011, 02:31:16 AM

Ha! just testing you Lazer.

I think it has found a home, thanks guys.

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: Darth_X on July 04, 2011, 06:33:52 AM

Just a general question about the 1020:can they read C64 floppies?

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: Jope on July 04, 2011, 08:28:01 AM

Quote from: TjLaZer;647925

Um yeah, DH2: is for hard disks. lol  H=Hard.  F=Floppy.  ;)

It's just a device name, you can call them shirley: if you like.

However the unit number IS critical, especially if you connect it to a big box Amiga, where the first external drive is unit 2: :-)

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: TheGoose on July 04, 2011, 03:48:00 PM

Quote from: Jope;648130

It's just a device name, you can call them shirley: if you like.

However the unit number IS critical, especially if you connect it to a big box Amiga, where the first external drive is unit 2: :-)

That's what I realize now, the unit number was key to talking to the thing.

Read 64 discs, actually I think the drives work at different speeds and you would need to modify the A1020 to do that:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9241

Title: Re: Free 1020 Floppy 5.25
Post by: shaf on July 04, 2011, 04:40:22 PM

If i remember correctly the 1020 was for reading IBM type Disks (MFM) not C64 type Disks (GCR).