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Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« on: May 11, 2012, 10:06:43 PM »
Hi all, I recently purchased an amiga 500 with a faulty floppy drive and was wondering where i can get a replacement from? Am i able to use an amiga 1200 floppy drive?

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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2012, 03:15:08 PM »
@ CritAnime

Thats a great idea but i would much prefer the real thing i will see if there is any at amigakit :)
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2012, 06:44:42 PM »
Well i have checked out amigakit but they have no floppy drives for the amiga 500 :(


Does anyone know where to get a replacement ? will an amiga 1200 drive work?
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2012, 08:02:13 PM »
Quote from: CritAnime;692947
Dunno where about you live dude but found a drive on ebay.

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/310399951877?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&cbt=y


Im in the UK, and never gave airey a thought :)
« Last Edit: May 12, 2012, 08:46:21 PM by carvedeye »
A1200T: M1230XA 50Mhz 68030 w/64mb,DVDRom, 80gb hdd, Realtek LAN Card, Mediator LT4 + Radeon 9250 128mb(used for fast ram), Spider USB Card, Voodoo 3 3000 OS 3.9 +bb 1-3