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Offline danbeaver

Re: New external floppy drives
« on: March 03, 2015, 05:38:38 AM »
You need a programmable floppy controller for that.
 

Offline danbeaver

Re: New external floppy drives
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2015, 12:08:24 PM »
Would be nice if the web site worked, but C'est la vie!

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Offline danbeaver

Re: New external floppy drives
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2015, 01:43:00 AM »
Funny you should mention that, I have a couple of empty external drive cases on order to do just that.  I did it with a couple of HxC drives, but they were a pain in the tuchus to deal with and I sold them.
 

Offline danbeaver

Re: New external floppy drives
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2015, 06:17:19 AM »
You, of course, are aware that it is a problem due the the Amiga chip set, and that the speed of the spin of the disk must be cut from 300 RPM to 150 RPM.  There were circuits made to do this, but since nothing was ever distributed on the Amiga 1.76 MB format, it seems counter productive to do it now.

Now when the Catweasel device was available (up until just about 18 months ago), it was highly programmable and also the fastest (transfer speed) floppy controller out there for this.  I have a MK II sitting in my X1000 allowing me access to all the floppy goodies from ancient times, even before the Bandito wrote in his Roomers column!
 

Offline danbeaver

Re: New external floppy drives
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2015, 04:58:31 AM »
I remember getting a new version of IBM's OS/2 Warp on 2.88 MB floppies but having to return it when there were no 2.88 MB drives available; now talk about "Fun in distribution & publishing of software!"
 

Offline danbeaver

Re: New external floppy drives
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2015, 05:36:57 AM »
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Oh lawd, I'd forgotten all about that format!  :roflmao:
As had IBM at the time!