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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: willbloke2 on April 30, 2004, 10:32:43 AM

Title: Floppy for A1200 ?
Post by: willbloke2 on April 30, 2004, 10:32:43 AM

First off , hi !
It's good to know that the Amiga community is still alive and well.
I've been seduced to the dark side (micro$oft)for the last 9 years , I work with the blooming things.
I've just got hold of a 1200 with HD ,because I want to play with the music s/ware I used all those years ago (Music X and try to learn Bars and Pipes )
The machine seems to work fine but the floppy seems to be knacked.
Are floppies still available , or can I mod a PC floppy for DF0 ?
I do have an A500 in the loft somewhere , would the floppy from that fit/work in the 1200 ?
I'd like to keep the A500 in one peice if possible though.

Thanks for your time  :-)

Cheers ,
         Will

Title: Re: Floppy for A1200 ?
Post by: jonssonj on April 30, 2004, 11:41:19 AM

Hello!

GGS data in Sweden have internal floppy drives for sale. They cost about 33 Euro plus postage and packaging.

http://www.ggsdata.se

or mail the store owner directly at this address:

gunne@ggsdata.se

/Jörgen

Title: Re: Floppy for A1200 ?
Post by: Noster on April 30, 2004, 12:56:45 PM

Hi

Have a look to the Aminet (http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminet/dirs/hard_hack.html), there are several descriptions of how to patch a PC-floppy drive to work as Amiga floppy drive (internal or external).

The A500 floppy should fit from the cables and functionality, but I don't know if it fits physically into the A1200.

Noster

Title: Re: Floppy for A1200 ?
Post by: willbloke2 on April 30, 2004, 04:14:44 PM

Thanks for the replies.
I've tried the A500 drive , but it's too tall.
I have managed to get the original drive working though  :-D
Right , next question , is it safe to format pc HD discs as DD on the Amiga ?
Will this lead to longterm problems ?

Cheers ,
         Will

Title: Re: Floppy for A1200 ?
Post by: Linchpin on April 30, 2004, 04:28:07 PM

They work - but dont count on it.

Data storage is not known to be reliable due to the difference in the data surface.

TBH - i wouldnt use em.