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Offline kedawa

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Re: 1.44 MB floppys used in 880K Amiga Disk Drives
« Reply #29 from previous page: June 18, 2012, 10:01:35 PM »
I modded my old PC's floppy drive with a switch that let me use old DD disks as HD disks, and never once had a problem with them.
I think if you have quality disks, they'll work fine regardless.
 

Offline Megamig

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Re: 1.44 MB floppys used in 880K Amiga Disk Drives
« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2012, 01:21:01 AM »
Why would you bother with floppy discs these days?

Has anybody experimented with floppy disk emulators on their Amiga? If so, what brands? I know you can get ones that have been tested with the Amiga but I am curious if one can get away with using cheap PC alternatives?
Too many A500s
2x A1200 (3.1 DKB Cobra inc. Ferret)
A2000 HD
 

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Re: 1.44 MB floppys used in 880K Amiga Disk Drives
« Reply #31 on: June 19, 2012, 06:36:43 AM »
Because I have 100s of them and 4gb Amiga hard drives don't hold enough.
 

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Re: 1.44 MB floppys used in 880K Amiga Disk Drives
« Reply #32 on: June 19, 2012, 09:51:42 PM »
Quote from: countzero;397930
AFAIK, the problem with the HD disks is the medium is different from DD disks and requires much more power to magnetise. This will eventually put a stress on your amiga floppy drive and one day kill it.

I'm positive that your drive will not be harmed the slightest by doing this..