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- From: raine@msupa.pa.msu.edu (Robert Owen Raine)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Amiga Floppies - How Dense???
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 14:24:04 GMT
- Organization: Michigan State University
- Message-ID: <4jbiki$fe2@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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- In article <3158192B.D28@ford.com>,
- "Chris \"Big-Kahuna\" Rampson" <crampson@ford.com> wrote:
- >Reggie Hall wrote:
- >>
- >> Hi there,
- >>
- >> I am having a floppy drive problem with my A2000. I replaced the CIA chips
- >> and everything seems to be working except my floppy drive.
- >>
- >> So the big question is...do these machines use a standard 720K floppy
- drive,
- >> or a high density 1.44M floppy drive?
- >>
- >> I need to know for test purposes. I have installed a 1.44M drive, (which I
- >> borrowed from my PC), but I get a "DF0 BAD" icon on my workbench. This
- leads
- >> me to believe I should be using a 720K drive.
- >>
- >> Can anyone confirm this for me, PLEASE?
- >>
- >> Thanks very much!
- >
- >Amigas can NOT use PC floppy drives, PERIOD. You must use amiga drives
- >ONLY.
- >
- This is not totally true go to aminet in the hard/hack directory and there are
- files telling how to get a PC floppy to work with an amiga. Be prepared hard
- hack means hardware hack follow the directions precisely and if your not
- electronicly inclined don't bother you'll probably ruin something. i.e. it
- ain't a plug and play with PC floppies connectors are different mountlist is
- different just about everything changes. Good luck you will probably need it.
-
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