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Title: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
Post by: petercli on September 09, 2012, 12:28:30 AM

Trying to fix a amiga 1200 i bought untested.
Having trouble booting off a disk.
 
Typing info shows : DFO Unreadable disk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7956098696/
 
I tried this with serveral disks , so i assume the drive went bad .
 
How hard is it to replace a floppy. Is there any good place  to buy one ?( I live in the usa)
 
Thanks,Peter

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
Post by: freqmax on September 09, 2012, 01:30:13 AM

Try cleaning the heads ;)

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
Post by: danbeaver on September 09, 2012, 01:59:49 AM

See reply in other post

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
Post by: petercli on September 16, 2012, 05:08:46 PM

Hi Dan,
I bought a liquid disk cleaner, no luck.
Next, I opened the case and reseated the data and power. still not luck.
 
when I power up, I hear a click every 3 seconds where it looks for a inserted disk.
but when I pop in a good floppy, and run info, it says dfo: unreadable disk.
For example :    http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7992368683/in/photostream
 
Maybe I  need to move the jumpsers  - this is what I have now : http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7992377498/in/photostream
 
where to buy a replacement floppy disk drive?
 
I thought about scavenging the floppy drive from my A600 , but the location of data and power are reversed.
 
Any ideas?
Peter

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
Post by: Mrs Beanbag on September 16, 2012, 07:03:29 PM

What disks are you trying?  Some games disks are unreadable from AmigaDOS - you're meant to boot from them.

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
Post by: lassie on September 16, 2012, 07:09:31 PM

Quote from: Mrs Beanbag;708377

What disks are you trying?  Some games disks are unreadable from AmigaDOS - you're meant to boot from them.

Yes you are right, i ran into the same problem when i got my first Amiga. i thought it to was broken.

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
Post by: petercli on September 16, 2012, 11:35:32 PM

I tried a lot of disks
Also tried to format a disk

Anyhow I think I need to replace df0
Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
Post by: petercli on September 17, 2012, 12:11:32 AM

I ordered a new drive on Amiga kit
Thanks for suggestions
Peter