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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 4000 floppies
- Date: 17 Feb 1996 14:15:19 GMT
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- Steve Koren (koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com) wrote:
-
- : Due to my own stupidity, I managed to fry my 4000's internal floppy by
- : pluggin the power connector in upside-down. I wouldn't care so much
- : except that whenever you buy software, it comes on floppy, so I'll need
- : a floppy drive next time I buy any software.
-
- : Second question: they advertize A4000 1.76 Mb drives for $129 as
- : refurbs. That's probably more than I want to pay, and I can live with
- : just 880K since that's what everything is distributed on. Is the A2000
- : internal drive compatible (electrically
-
- Yes.
-
- : and in form factor) with the 4000's internal drive?
-
- The front faceplate (bezel) is where you'll probably have trouble. Of
- course, this is a mostly-cosmetic bit. Depending on exactly what fried,
- you may be able to plug in an external drive and just use that.
-
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