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Offline marcfrick2112

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Re: Modifying a PC floppy drive to act as DF0:
« on: November 29, 2009, 09:30:21 AM »
Hi Nostromo;

First off, try googling 'PC floppy on Amiga' or something similar. I am going by memory here, be sure to get a second opinion :)

When you say that your 4000T's floppy says there is a bad disk, when there is nothing in the drive.... makes me wonder if the microswitches in the drive need to be cleaned. I had a 1010 drive do the same thing. You may need to take the drive apart to do this. You'll need to clean the 2 switches, using contact cleaner... Make sure it won't affect plastic or other materials.

As for using a PC drive on the Amiga... Well there's some info out there.. but you need either a modified drive, or cable....  I have a modified cable in my 1200T, seems to work 100%... ( I'm playing Blob from floppy now for 'testing' purposes ;) ) maybe others can give more info... it's past my bedtime ......
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Marc Frick
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A1200T / \'060, 256MB, CD-R, OS3.9
A4000 w/ WarpEngine / 82MB , OS3.1
A4000 16MB, OS 3.9
A1200 , \'030 / 10MB
A1200 (stock)

CD32 :)

...And a very sick 4000T
 

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Re: Modifying a PC floppy drive to act as DF0:
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 08:18:01 AM »
Hi Nostromo, I can't help you with the modified cable, mine came with my 1200 Power Tower.... but there has to be some info on Aminet, I would think. It's just a twist in the cable.....

As for removing the floppy, I had trouble with that too :)
You have to remove the front panel... i.e. what the door is attached to... Best bet is to use advanced search here on A.org, search for posts containing ' 4000 ' by poster ' marcfrick2112 '
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Marc Frick
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A1200T / \'060, 256MB, CD-R, OS3.9
A4000 w/ WarpEngine / 82MB , OS3.1
A4000 16MB, OS 3.9
A1200 , \'030 / 10MB
A1200 (stock)

CD32 :)

...And a very sick 4000T