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Offline melottTopic starter

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A1200 floppy
« on: April 07, 2004, 03:11:37 PM »
I know this has been covered before but.....
Which floppys will interchange with the A1200

I bought an A1200 with (I assume) a dead floppy.
Cleaning may fix it but there are sone floppys on
EBay, A2000 ,A3000 & A4000, which will work in my A1200 ??
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Offline Matt_H

Re: A1200 floppy
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2004, 03:17:41 PM »
Any Amiga floppy should work electronically in a 1200, but getting them to physically fit is another issue. Only drives ripped straight out of a 1200 (and maybe a 600) will work without having to remove the front plate and fit a new eject button.

I just had to deal with floppy madness myself while rebuilding a 1200D, and what an annoying experience that was! I ended up just putting an old drive from a decomissioned 1200 tower conversion back in.
 

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Re: A1200 floppy
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2004, 05:13:33 PM »
what's a 1200D?
 

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Re: A1200 floppy
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2004, 08:45:35 PM »
Quote

jahbaloo wrote:
what's a 1200D?


a 1200

d = desktop

t = tower

as far as i know
 

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Re: A1200 floppy
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2004, 09:34:33 PM »
Correct. Since so many 1200s have been towered, I felt the need to specify.

EDIT: Also, to add to my earlier point, some drives will not fit at all - even with the faceplate modifications - they're just too thick. I think A500 drives fall into this category.