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Using PC Floppy cable on an Amiga
« on: February 06, 2010, 01:21:45 PM »
The floppy drive cable on my A2000 is faulty and half the games i tried dont work.

To confirm it was the floppy cable i used a cable from an old AT pc and now all the games work perfectly :)

Problem is that when it is on the boot screen (Hand holding the disk) the drive click (while waiting for disk) is at a faster rate than normal and the start screen comes on and off.

This is not a major problem as once a disk is inserted it is fine.

Is there some mod that can be done to the cable (switching the wires or something) that i can do so that the cable will be fully compliant with the Amiga?

I dont know if it makes a difference but the floppy drive being used was pulled from a broken A500.

Sorry for the long post but i like to be clear :D
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