Can I sacrifice an Atari ST FDD to revive an Amiga?

[Digiman]

I know PC drives are a no-no for replacing Amiga drives but what about ST drives as a straight swap ?

[ajlwalker]

I shouldn't really answer as I don't really know, but I always thought ST drives were just PC ones anyway.

They are 720kb I am sure.  And the Atari was made with as much "off the shelf" parts as possible to keep the cost down, so it would make sense.

[Crumb]

I know PC drives are a no-no for replacing Amiga drives but what about ST drives as a straight swap ?

You can adapt PC drives without too much hassle. I wouldn't sacrifice the ST drive.

check out this thread: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30944

[_ThEcRoW]

Pc drives can be converted easily to amiga drives. It has been talked here long time ago. It involves only cutting a trace or two on the disk board if i remember correctly. For more precise info look in the forum using the search function and you will get the thread when it was stated.

[Digiman]

Only a couple of specific makes and model of PC drive can be adapted AFAIK hence the question.

Thanks for the info everyone

[Crumb]

Only a couple of specific makes and model of PC drive can be adapted AFAIK hence the question.

Thanks for the info everyone

AFAIK all pc floppy drives can be adapted.

Here you have the explanation of an argentinian user:
http://www.retrocomputacion.com/cgi-bin/foro/YaBB.pl?num=1169698625

[desiv]

Of course you can..
In fact, I'd recommend sacrificing the entire ST, just in case the computer gods are...

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OH..

You meant "can you use the drive"....

In that case, what everyone else said.  Most PC drives convert fairly easily.
(Main issue will be the eject button lining up..)

desiv
p.s.  Sacrificing the ST couldn't hurt tho....  Just saying...