Floppy drive mod: Teac FD-235HF 5291

[mechy]

Hi guys; I've got a Teac FD-235HF 5291 from a coworker, since I was mentioning that I was looking for old Teac drives to adapt one on the Amiga.

Do you know if there is a walkthrough, about how to adapt this floppy to work on the amiga? From what I understand, some floppy works out of the box, while others require some sort of mod, to be able to function with the amiga (I need just a 880K floppy, no HD).

This floppy drive has only the DS0-DS1 jumper, so I am not sure if that is enough...I am not that hardware savvy about drives, and the various posts that I found, where quite technical

Thanks!

this list may help. there are some illustrations. match your board layout to one of the teac's here and the changes will likely work.

http://www.freewebs.com/computolio/amiga_floppy_compatibility.html

also excellent thread on EAb here:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30944&highlight=teac+fd-235hf

if the drive needs mods, its easier to solder them on the drive board than mod a cable, this way you can always use a regular cable.

[mechy]

Thanks Mechi, but the first link was of no help...found that already and they only have few models of the 235HF.....the 5291 seems to not be there, nor referenced anywhere.

Read the second link thread, and sadly even there, I see mixed info about how to make a drive work....the amount of info fragmentation is quite scary; since some says that is enough change the wire, others says that without the RDY signal you can't use ndos disks; others says that you must avoid the cable fix since it damage the drive... I am more confused than before honestly

BTW I've plugged in today, and it turns on but it won't click nor read when I put a disk in...at least this is enough to say that the drive at least is not broken.

IF only Amigakit would not ask 30 dollars to ship oversea; I would just buy one from them >_<

I have done a ton of these in the past,and even if you cant find the exact floppy #(teac made a ton of different ones,with simular boards),match the board with the same chips, the mod will then usually work. diskchange will work on them. unfortunately i couldn't find the exact links with the initial quick search but im pretty sure its out there.

edit: think this is it.. its in german but has pix...
http://www.pitsch.de/stuff/amiga/floppy.htm

If you just cant get this done, let me know, and i will dig a pc floppy out and mod it and ship it to you pretty cheap.. it may not be pretty but it will work(assuming you are in the usa, it doesn't show on your profile).

mech