Can I use a Chinon 1.44 FZ-357 for A1200?

[TjLaZer]

These drives work great as 880k drives!  But some do not, just try it and see.  (one quick way I have seen is to check the face plate, if it is rounder than boxier it will work)

[TjLaZer]

I was just testing a FZ-357 on a A500 and the button did not align up,  other than that it fit fine.  So I guess some hacking on the button opening on the A500 will need to be done.  I imagine the same thing needs to be done for the A1200.

[TjLaZer]

@amiga1260

To get your drive to Disk Change open it up and expose the PCB. Then solder jumper J2 to close.  It will work perfectly now.

[TjLaZer]

The ones I have J2 was open and I had to put a solder blob to close it, then it works perfect with disk changes!  Not sure about a component being there, you must have a different run.  Find another drive that does not have anything at J2 and a quick way to ID a drive that will work is to look at the face plate:  If it has a "rounded" area around the opening (where you insert disk) it should work fine.  If it is "boxy" it will not work.  That is just my experience.