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Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
« on: September 09, 2012, 12:28:30 AM »
Trying to fix a amiga 1200 i bought untested.
Having trouble booting off a disk.
 
Typing info shows : DFO Unreadable disk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7956098696/
 
I tried this with serveral disks , so i assume the drive went bad .
 
How hard is it to replace a floppy. Is there any good place  to buy one ?( I live in the usa)
 
Thanks,Peter
 

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Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2012, 01:30:13 AM »
Try cleaning the heads ;)
 

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Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2012, 01:59:49 AM »
See reply in other post
 

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Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2012, 05:08:46 PM »
Hi Dan,
I bought a liquid disk cleaner, no luck.
Next, I opened the case and reseated the data and power. still not luck.
 
when I power up, I hear a click every 3 seconds where it looks for a inserted disk.
but when I pop in a good floppy, and run info, it says dfo: unreadable disk.
For example :    http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7992368683/in/photostream
 
Maybe I  need to move the jumpsers  - this is what I have now : http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7992377498/in/photostream
 
where to buy a replacement floppy disk drive?
 
I thought about scavenging the floppy drive from my A600 , but the location of data and power are reversed.
 
Any ideas?
Peter
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Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2012, 07:03:29 PM »
What disks are you trying?  Some games disks are unreadable from AmigaDOS - you're meant to boot from them.
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Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2012, 07:09:31 PM »
Quote from: Mrs Beanbag;708377
What disks are you trying?  Some games disks are unreadable from AmigaDOS - you're meant to boot from them.


Yes you are right, i ran into the same problem when i got my first Amiga. i thought it to was broken.
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Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2012, 11:35:32 PM »
I tried a lot of disks
Also tried to format a disk

Anyhow I think I need to replace df0
Any suggestions?
 

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Re: Amiga 1200 - replace floppy drive ?
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2012, 12:11:32 AM »
I ordered a new drive on Amiga kit
Thanks for suggestions
Peter