Can I install floppy drive1.44 on Amiga 600?

[Digiman]

psxphill, What PLCC chip did he use?

Another idea is to have a simple buffer that is "DD" to the Amiga with 2x sectors. And "HD" to the floppy drive. Could possible be implemented with a MCU.

That's similar to how the A4000 does it, the data is read in slower than PCs would.

[Mizar]

Digiman:

Then apparently I have extra hardware, cause I can format 1.72MB disks as well as read them.

The Amiga Tech A1200's shipped with high density drives, however they could only be used as 880kb drives as they don't spin at half speed when you insert a high density floppy disk.

psxphill:

Amiga Tech A1200s already had high density drives in them?  I had to order one specifically instead of having a low density one supposedly.  Then he credited the amount for the low density one off the high denisty one for only including it, as I recall.

Mine must be one of the smart drives, cause it's always worked like a normal high density drive.  And perhaps the dealer did one of those implementations mentioned, like the PLCC.

[Amiga_Nut]

Digiman:

Then apparently I have extra hardware, cause I can format 1.72MB disks as well as read them.



psxphill:

Amiga Tech A1200s already had high density drives in them?  I had to order one specifically instead of having a low density one supposedly.  Then he credited the amount for the low density one off the high denisty one for only including it, as I recall.

Mine must be one of the smart drives, cause it's always worked like a normal high density drive.  And perhaps the dealer did one of those implementations mentioned, like the PLCC.

I did mean a regular Commodore A600 or A1200s not resurrected A1200s from ESCOM etc. I know they had different drives which is why I never bid on them on ebay etc. Interesting that they can read/write HD Amiga format disks.

Any more info on this anyone? I would be interested in getting an AT A1200 now if I can get a HD disk formatted on it.

(otherwise it ain't worth the ass ache with all the problems the AT A1200 disk drive has loading older/tricky disk formats on original games)

[mongo]

I did mean a regular Commodore A600 or A1200s not resurrected A1200s from ESCOM etc. I know they had different drives which is why I never bid on them on ebay etc. Interesting that they can read/write HD Amiga format disks.

Any more info on this anyone? I would be interested in getting an AT A1200 now if I can get a HD disk formatted on it.

(otherwise it ain't worth the ass ache with all the problems the AT A1200 disk drive has loading older/tricky disk formats on original games)

They can't read/write HD disks.

[freqmax]

Digiman, No the idea is to let the MCU/FPGA read the data at full speed. And then deliver them to the Amiga at half speed. Using a buffer in the MCU/FPGA.

[Digiman]

I did mean a regular Commodore A600 or A1200s not resurrected A1200s from ESCOM etc. I know they had different drives which is why I never bid on them on ebay etc. Interesting that they can read/write HD Amiga format disks.

Any more info on this anyone? I would be interested in getting an AT A1200 now if I can get a HD disk formatted on it.

(otherwise it ain't worth the ass ache with all the problems the AT A1200 disk drive has loading older/tricky disk formats on original games)

Well I meant ALL Amigas except A4000.

This ESCOM/Amiga Technologies HD floppy version is news to me, anyone else got info on how to spot one? Usually I only consider C= 1200 as KS3.1 doesn't interest me, only reliable disk drives :roflmao:

[Digiman]

Digiman, No the idea is to let the MCU/FPGA read the data at full speed. And then deliver them to the Amiga at half speed. Using a buffer in the MCU/FPGA.

Ahh OK A4000 halves spin speed to essentially do the same job. Bit of a botch for a £2000 machine!

[Mizar]

(otherwise it ain't worth the ass ache with all the problems the AT A1200 disk drive has loading older/tricky disk formats on original games)

My HD drive can handle older and tricky disk formats on games and what-not with no prob.  (the Sony MPF920-E)

mongo:

Yes Amiga Tech. A1200s can read HD disks... mine can.  I must say I didn't realize mine was so special in this regard.
:hammer:

[mongo]

My HD drive can handle older and tricky disk formats on games and what-not with no prob.  (the Sony MPF920-E)

mongo:

Yes Amiga Tech. A1200s can read HD disks... mine can.  I must say I didn't realize mine was so special in this regard.
:hammer:

No A1200s can read HD disks without additional hardware. Not yours, not anyone's.

You most likely have one of these installed : http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=381

[AmiDude]

No A1200s can read HD disks without additional hardware. Not yours, not anyone's.

You most likely have one of these installed : http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=381

Nonsense. I use a Chinon  FZ-357A HD 1.76MB floppy drive for years now in
both my A1200 & A600. They can read/write 1.76MB HD or 880K DD
disks without any modifications or problems!

[ck007]

My HD drive can handle older and tricky disk formats on games and what-not with no prob.  (the Sony MPF920-E)

mongo:

Yes Amiga Tech. A1200s can read HD disks... mine can.  I must say I didn't realize mine was so special in this regard.
:hammer:

@Mizar

Any chance of throwing some photos up online for us to see the drive and what it connects to?  I recently acquired a late release A1200 and I'm curious to get mine reading HD disks.


Cheers,
ck

[560SL]

Nonsense. I use a Chinon  FZ-357A HD 1.76MB floppy drive for years now in
both my A1200 & A600. They can read/write 1.76MB HD or 880K DD
disks without any modifications or problems!

I just recently bought a couple of FZ-357A, I use one of them in my A3000 and the other in an A500+. They both plugged in and worked straight off. No jumper settings or anything.

[AmiDude]

I just recently bought a couple of FZ-357A, I use one of them in my A3000 and the other in an A500+. They both plugged in and worked straight off. No jumper settings or anything.

Yeah.... that's what I meant. Just plug 'n play!