PowerXL HD floppy not working - help please.

[spirantho]

The PowerXL drive will have to do the same as the Chinon FB357A in an A4000 - it needs to run at 150rpm. How it does this I'm not sure - you may well find that the drive isn't an entirely normal PC drive, and is dual-speed like the afore-mentioned Chinon. That said, the controller chips must do something funky, and the HighDensityPatch is obviously necessary for something....

Basically be aware that the apparently normal drive in the XL drive may not be as normal as it seems!

[spirantho]

@psxphill
Thanks for that, I wasn't sure.

I should try my own PowerXL drive and see what happens when I try it with a different PC drive.

So does the interface convert from DISKCHG to RDY as well then?

Edit: don't forget to check if it needs a drive belt. Many Amiga drives are Citizen mechanisms like you find in the Sam Coupe, and if the belt's gone or bad it won't be turning the spindle properly.

[spirantho]

Quazar usually have Sam Coupe belts, which can be used in Amiga Roctec drives too.

If your PC drive is configured for DISKCHG and not RDY then it won't work.....