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Amiga 1010 as a swap-in for A1000 internal floppy?
« on: September 04, 2013, 10:37:23 PM »
I'm correct in the notion that a commodore 1010 drive can be opened opened up and used to replace the (faulty) internal drive of an Amiga 1000, correct?

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Re: Amiga 1010 as a swap-in for A1000 internal floppy?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2013, 09:04:21 PM »
Sigh...

Ok, got this ext 1010 and tested it out. Writes, reads fine, disks can be passed around to the other Amiga, etc. Clean unit.

I opened it up, removed the mechanism, swapped it into my Amiga 1000 as its internal drive, wired it up, and now when I boot I get a frozen white screen. I tried reversing the floppy cable, no dice. Power only will fit one way, and it does fit.

If I re-wire the old drive (which I am replacing as it has a write protect issue), I get the KickStart disk prompt as per normal.

I see no jumpers on this 1010 drive that I have put in the A1000.

Orig drive was Matsu*?#@**?#@**?#@**?#@*a. New drive says Newtronics.

Any ideas? Thanks...




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Re: Amiga 1010 as a swap-in for A1000 internal floppy?
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2013, 02:14:34 AM »
Nothing is easy. Fuuuuu.



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Re: Amiga 1010 as a swap-in for A1000 internal floppy?
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2013, 08:11:02 AM »
If I leave the lower cable disconnected -- or the power AND data cable disconnected, Amiga never get last white screen. No KS prompt. No bent pins on drive or mo board side of data cable.



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Re: Amiga 1010 as a swap-in for A1000 internal floppy?
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2013, 03:26:48 PM »
This is the Newtronics drive that came out of the 1010 enclosure:

(Looks like a PC floppy drive... https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=newtronics+d357k&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 )
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