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My 600's floppy drive has died
« on: June 29, 2011, 01:22:33 AM »
At 1:20am GMT my Amiga 600's floppy drive coughed out it's last breath of life. It has served me well for many years and I am saddened that it has happened. Especially as I have spent so long giving it TLC just to keep it going for a bit longer. :(
 
However i can't stay down about it for too long. I need to get the old girl back up and running so I was wanting to know what avalable option I have for replacing it. I was curious about those floppy emulator things and if anyone had much luck with it.
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Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2011, 03:14:10 AM »
You can go to eBay or AmiBay and get another one.  I think a A600/1200 drive will work for you, don't think an A500/1010 drive will fit right.  You can also have a PC Drive in there if you want to get crafty.
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Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2011, 05:14:23 AM »
I have seen a few refurbished drives on eBay. Contemplating getting one.
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Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2011, 09:04:16 AM »
What's the problem precisely?
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Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2011, 09:07:27 AM »
You can also get a brand new drive from Amigakit :)
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Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2011, 09:14:14 AM »
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What's the problem precisely?


It made an almighty squeal then a crunch. Now it just wont read anything.

It also mangled Turrican 2 in the process. :(

@fitzsteve
Yeah I noticed them while looking for drives. Would make a better choice to buy a new one rather than a refurb.

However I am still curious about the drive emulators.
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Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2011, 10:45:14 AM »
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It made an almighty squeal then a crunch. Now it just wont read anything.

It also mangled Turrican 2 in the process. :(


...so it's something serious...
It maybe fixed, but you need to open drive, check out the mechanics and spend some time...

A spare drive it's not a bad idea in this case.


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However I am still curious about the drive emulators.


Yes, but you won't read real 3,5" disks.
Having at least a real external drive (or drive emulator as an external drive) is advisable to load real stuff.

BY and good luck!
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Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2011, 11:25:00 AM »
How did it Mangle Turrican 2?
 
IF it is physical like chewing up the magnetic part of the disk, man, I'd just get a new or used drive.  Trusting any of my other Amiga games to something that has already "eaten" one good game is just asking for it...:(
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Re: My 600's floppy drive has died
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2011, 01:33:03 AM »
I scrapped the drive right away. But before I did I opened the drive and found that the head appeared to be out of allignment and that the motor had a scorch mark on it. So dunno what happened. In anycase new drive ordered :D
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