A4000D floppy drive - HD or DD?

[dnelsonfl]

What brand floppy drives did the 4000D ship with originally? I'm looking at a Panisonic with a large "C" and model A3050 stamped on it. It does not appear to have any jumpers or switches. Just the floppy cable connector and the power plug. I'd like to verify if it's just DD or if its HD. It recognizes DD disks, not HD disks, but the floppy cable doesn't look like it has the twist in it. Anybody come across this drive before? I imagine I could hook it up to my 3000 or to a PC to get an answer, but I'm trying to avoid disassembling more computers.
-David

[dnelsonfl]

@adolescent,

Thanks for comfirming that; so only the Chinons were HD. That's what's in my 3000, I was just wondering if there was a different make in the 4000. I found more numbers under a sticker: JU-253-233P. This model is a standard 720k half-height 3.5" disc drive. Interesting that it works with the Amiga with no modifications or jumpers. Oh, well.

-David

[dnelsonfl]

@Amiga4k,

The sticker says Panasonic. Below that are two lines with some information. The first line reads "Model   JU-253-233P" and the next line reads "C  A3050   011563". The "A3050" part is in stamped ink that's starting to rub off.

I can see where three jumper pads should be. The entire pad is covered with a black piece of maybe plastic. The black piece is in turn covered with a piece of metal across the whole pad.

From left to right, the three pads:

"0 3 2 1" , "MO SW2 MS" , "RY SW1 DC"

It does not appear as if I can change any of those, and I don't see how I can tell which setting it's set to.

It did come from a used 4000D. It's possible a previous owner kept the HD drive and threw something else in there, or maybe it came like that originally. I kinda doubt it originally came that way since it's a half-height drive and there is a bit of an empty gap when its fitted to the case.
The 4000D began life as a 4000D/30 but when it got to me, it had a 3.0 modded to rev 3.2 A3640 with 68040/25 onboard and 16MB fast ram.

Hope this information helps, and if there's anything else you want me to look at on this drive let me know.

-David

[dnelsonfl]

@glitch,

Looking into the drive, I'm not seeing any white plastic sensors. But the left and right sides look identical. I googled the model number and it came up as a standard 720k floppy drive.

-David

[dnelsonfl]

@Amiga4k,

The black plastic is one entire piece with a metal clip over it. It does sit where the jumpers would be, according to the circuit board's printing.

-David