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- From: bhabbott@inhb.co.nz (Bruce Abbott)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: PeeCee HD Floppys on a 1200
- Date: 18 Apr 1996 20:08:30 GMT
- Organization: Ram Management Ltd
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- >I got a 1200 Motherboard which I am throwing into a IBM case. Everything
- >has gone well but now I am having trouble with a HD floppy drive which I
- >threw in there. I just need the thing to read DD disks - which it is doing
- >well with the exception of track-loaded disks. It seems to choke on all of
- >them. Anyone know why? have a fix?
-
- > Thanx
-
- Sounds like you have the same problem that Amiga Technologies had, the
- PeeCee drives in their A1200s act similarly. There are two signals that
- track-loaders use that could cause trouble, INDEX and READY. I assume
- that the INDEX pulse is present, because if it wasn't the drive wouldn't
- work on a PeeCee either. However, PeeCees don't use READY, and the Amiga
- trackdisk.device seems to ignore it. Hopefully there is a jumper on the
- drive which can be set to produce the READY signal. ( it could be marked
- 'RY' 'RDY' or 'SR' and it should connect to pin 34 ).
- For more detailed explanations on specific drives, have a look in Aminet
- under hard/hack.
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- Bruce Abbott Hastings, New Zealand. bhabbott@inhb.co.nz
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