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can i use a PC floppy drive
« on: April 11, 2004, 02:42:43 PM »
can i use a pc floppy drive in my amiga 2000 if so do i need you do anything to it

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Re: can i use a PC floppy drive
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2004, 02:45:26 PM »
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Re: can i use a PC floppy drive
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2004, 03:15:51 PM »
oooo so thats a no then lol :lol:

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Re: can i use a PC floppy drive
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2004, 06:40:54 PM »
No.  Many PC floppy drives will work with minimal (jumper) or no changes.  If you want to use it as a HD 1.76M floppy then other things need to be done.  

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Re: can i use a PC floppy drive
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2004, 09:05:33 AM »
Yes you can.  The following PC disk drives work with the Amiga computer:

Teac FD-235HF 3201-U
Teac FD-235HF 3217-U
Teac FD-235HF 3240-U5
Chinon FZ-354

These drives can be found on old PCs (between 10 to 15 years old).  They are very hard to get.  I sell them brand new for only $250.00 each.

The DoomMaster submitted a picture in the Amiga 2000 Images area, here on Amiga Org, showing how to setup the jumpers on the Teac drives.
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Re: can i use a PC floppy drive
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2004, 09:28:49 AM »
@BoingBoss

I got a Toshiba drive model ND3564GR. Got it from a PC surplus
shop. It looks exactly like an A1200 drive. Got it to try it but
I does not work. Maybe you know a few tinkering on it's
jumpers? Eh? ;-)
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