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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Exfso on May 28, 2020, 01:05:08 PM

Title: Converting a PC floppy drive to work on an amiga
Post by: Exfso on May 28, 2020, 01:05:08 PM
I have noticed there are a few ideas floating around on how to modify a PC floppy drive so that it will work on an amiga computer.
Any thoughts on this and has anyone actually succeeded in achieving this.  I acquired an old PC floppy drive today and if I can find out how to have a go at it, I will give it a go. Nothing ventured, nothing gained I reckon, the drive was being thrown out anyway and it cost me zip. I have reasonable soldering skills and have been a tinkerer pretty well most of my life, so I can usually work out how to pull something apart and get it back together without wrecking it.
Title: Re: Converting a PC floppy drive to work on an amiga
Post by: darksun9210 on May 28, 2020, 01:44:07 PM
ah!
hold on, i found a couple of things on this while i was scrabbling about trying to figure out how to make a gotek sit in an external drive case (switch it from DS0 to DS1)

heres the main thing i found...

https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30944 (https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30944)
Title: Re: Converting a PC floppy drive to work on an amiga
Post by: Exfso on May 29, 2020, 05:49:07 PM
Pretty sure this is the same as the one shown in the link, but mine has no jumpers at all to move, can one just solder a wire or are they specific values.