Amiga 500 floppy problems

[robbo66]

Hello all
First time user here. I had Amigas way back in the 80s when they first came out then went to pc, I just had an offer of a full setup of Amiga 500 that was to good to refuse so I bought it but the problem is the internal floppy does not work. Anybody able to help me with my thoughts on using a pc floppy drive in the Amiga. I know it is possible but found so many different ideas online so thought i would try here. Also is it possible to download ADF files and write them to a disk in the pc and then use them in the Amiga when I get the floppy issue sorted.
Thank you
Rob

[Damiga]

If you want to be able to write adf files to a floppy on a PC you need "catweasel" I think. Otherwise you can modify certain pc-drives to be Amiga compatible. I would start searching for retired PCs and rip the floppys out and then do a google search on the part number to see if it's a suitable candidate for modding.
 
Here is some other good information on the topic: http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/13-118

[gertsy]

Hello all
First time user here. I had Amigas way back in the 80s when they first came out then went to pc, I just had an offer of a full setup of Amiga 500 that was to good to refuse so I bought it but the problem is the internal floppy does not work. Anybody able to help me with my thoughts on using a pc floppy drive in the Amiga. I know it is possible but found so many different ideas online so thought i would try here. Also is it possible to download ADF files and write them to a disk in the pc and then use them in the Amiga when I get the floppy issue sorted.
Thank you
Rob

There are some easy to modify PC floppy drives that will work in an A500.  You will need some spacers to raise the floppy a bit and a modified plastic button.
Panasonic JU257A605P or 606P are easy units to modify and were very popular PC floppy drives during the 90's