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- From: sdalimon@acs.ryerson.ca (Shawn D'alimonte - ELCE/F95)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: CONVERT A500 EXTERNAL DRIVE TO MASTER DRIVE?
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 22:12:06 GMT
- Organization: Ryerson Polytechnic University
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- guest (guest@ystrad.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : My Amiga500's internal drive has died. (BTW where can I buy a new or
- : second hand one?)
- Any computer shop should be able to get one for you.
-
- : In the meantime I have an external drive, but it won't work without the
- : internal drive working. I suspect that it is possible to make the
- : external drive be the master drive.
- : Is this correct?
-
- Correct. I have done this.
-
- : If so how?
- Just remove the drive mechanism from the external drive and attach it to
- the amigas internal connectors. You have to make sure the connectors go
- on the correct way, especially the power one, but after that it should
- work great. Of course you then will have an external drive w/ no
- mechanism
-
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- |Shawn D'Alimonte |First Year Elec Eng |
- |sdalimon@acs.ryerson.ca|Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Ont., Can.|
- |aa600@torfree.net |Amiga Freak(A1200/020/14MHz/2MB/80MB) |
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