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- From: johnl@SDFSERV.hac.com (John Lee)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: How do I replace my AMiga drive with an IBM 1?
- Message-ID: <22582@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 10:32:34 GMT
- References: <13139@bnr-rsc.UUCP> <92190.212152LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <1992Jul24.110443.9995@cs.uow.edu.au>
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- In article <1992Jul24.110443.9995@cs.uow.edu.au> u8705377@cs.uow.edu.au (Paul Anthony Wilkinson) writes:
- [...]
- <After all this I decided that the Commodore drive can't be too different from
- <the normal PC drive so I bought a 1.44MB 3.5 from a local pc parts dealer
- <(A$76!!). I had to solder in an extra wire to get the disk change line to
- <work properly. I have not been able to get the Amiga to recognise the drive
- <as a HD drive. I see from the include files that trackdisk.device is capable
- <of recognising a "3.5 inch 150 RPM" drive. Does anyone know what signals the
- <Commodore drive sets to indicate a HD drive/disk or should I just go back to
- <trying to get a drive from Commodore?
-
- Alas, you'll have to return to pestering Commodore. Normal IBM HD drives
- are 300 RPM drives. Commodore's spins at 300 RPM for double-density disks
- and at 150 RPM for high-density disks to keep the data transfer rate the
- same. Paula can't handle the higher transfer rate required at 300 RPM.
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