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Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« on: May 11, 2012, 10:06:43 PM »
Hi all, I recently purchased an amiga 500 with a faulty floppy drive and was wondering where i can get a replacement from? Am i able to use an amiga 1200 floppy drive?

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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2012, 10:35:08 PM »
AmigaKit sometimes have replacements. Failing that you couks always consider a HxC. I know its not a real floppy drive but it means your not having to mess around with possibly corroded and corrupted floppies.

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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2012, 03:15:08 PM »
@ CritAnime

Thats a great idea but i would much prefer the real thing i will see if there is any at amigakit :)
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2012, 06:44:42 PM »
Well i have checked out amigakit but they have no floppy drives for the amiga 500 :(


Does anyone know where to get a replacement ? will an amiga 1200 drive work?
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2012, 06:48:55 PM »
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2012, 08:02:13 PM »
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Dunno where about you live dude but found a drive on ebay.

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/310399951877?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&cbt=y


Im in the UK, and never gave airey a thought :)
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2012, 10:33:02 PM »
If it'd work, I have an A2000 drive, but even if it does work, it'd cost a boatload to ship it to the UK :(
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2012, 10:47:39 PM »
He has an ebid store too :) you could try there.
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2012, 11:43:11 PM »
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2012, 11:53:51 PM »
An A1200 drive will function but not fit inside the 500's case correctly. Buying a replacement from airey36 on ebay is a safe bet though, his stuff is good.

link - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chinnon-Internal-disk-drive-Amiga-500-plus-tested-working-GC-/310399706857?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item484543a6e9

p.s I am in no way connected with airey, I have just bought a few bits from him.
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2012, 05:07:03 PM »
Please check eBay. They have several drives available. I just bought one for my 500.
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Re: Amiga 500 Replacement Floppy?
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2012, 05:32:57 PM »
I have bought bits off airey36 myself. Never had an issue with his stuff :)
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