Some more unidentified hardware ;-)

[Hodgkinson]

Hi folks,
Firstly I have an external floppy drive which isn't (Yet) listed under the BBOAH. In particular, it has a selector switch on the rear of the drive - Anyone any idea what it does? (PS. I've added the feet you can see and swapped the case screws for some new ones - Everything else is original).

http://www.booni.info/downloads/FDD/

Please don't link to the above files - It's likely that they'll move some time in the future.
NB. I've already submitted this one to the BBOAH...



I also have what appears to be some form of joystick converter, again with an unlabeled switch ;-)

http://www.booni.info/amiga_adaptor/

(The second photo shows the case as far open as I can get it - I think the cable restraint is glued to the insides of the case preventing it from being easily removeable...)

Any ideas folks?

NOTE: LARGE IMAGES (AS USUAL...)

One last thing, anyone any idea as to why both the BBOAH and http://amiga.resource.cx/ exist? Which do you prefer?

Thanks,
Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

I think it's just a copyright logo (A hunch, would need to double check to be sure...). Below the AmiTek writing it says "Made In England". The PCB also says "M1203 Iss B".

BTW, both the switch on the floppy drive and the joystick adaptor are three position switches.

Thanks re the converter ;-) I've been looking at designing my own variant and I figured it might be something along those lines...

Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

Ah. That's a shame. :-(

PS. The floppy drive appears to work fine on my A1200 with the switch in the original position as shown in the photos.

Hodgkinson.  

[Hodgkinson]

Same here on this 22" LCD :-D HDD space is cheap these days (Cough, splutter, with reference to PC's).

I normally just leave my camera set at maximum res for 99% of stuff, that way I always have the opportunity to scale stuff down (!) and crop chunks out.

I deliberately left these full size in case one of the hardware databases wishes to use them ;-)

Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

Thanks for the information!

@Stedy: Do you have labels on your drive for the switch positions or a manual with them in that you might (*Hoping*) be able to photograph/scan?

PS. I'd also be interested to see the page of your catalogue with the drive on it (For future reference/ID purposes ;-) )

Hope im not stretching my luck too far ;-)

Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

Thankyou!!! :-D

[Hodgkinson]

@Stedy:
I never realised you were a member here on Aorg (Just looked at your profile, that explains all the electronics gear on the bench) ;-)

Thanks again for the photos - If the BBOAH decides to write a page for this drive, would you mind if I pointed them in the direction of your photos / scans?

Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

Any luck with the scanner? ;-)

Hodgkinson.