Ls120

Arnie · 27 June 2008, 19:22

Sorry if this is in the wrong thread but has anyone ever fitted a LS120 superfloppy drive to their Amiga?, and if you did did the drive read Amiga floppies aswell as the superdisks ?.

The reason i`m asking is that if the LS120 read Amiga disks could a drive attached to a PC read Amiga floppie in WinUAE?.

StingRay · 27 June 2008, 19:32

I have one in my A4k but never bothered to connect it (due to lack of any disks for it).

cosmicfrog · 27 June 2008, 19:34

intresting idea anyone got an ls120 to try it out ???

have sneaky suspicion it wont work

but willing to be proved wrong

StingRay · 27 June 2008, 19:37

I might try it during the weekend, no promise though.

Arnie · 27 June 2008, 19:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by StingRay

I have one in my A4k but never bothered to connect it (due to lack of any disks for it).

The LS120 can read 1.44 floppies in a PC, connect it up and see if it will read Amiga floppies. You might need Idefix97 or similar to mount it though.

Edit: 120 seconds too late :P

Yoto · 27 June 2008, 19:40

@StingRay
On the other hand i have disks for it but no drive to read them...such is life...

Arnie · 27 June 2008, 19:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yotoxionomai

On the other hand i have disks for it but no drive to read them...such is life...

I have stacks of PC floppies but no drive either, small world isn`t it

StingRay · 27 June 2008, 19:44

hehehe

Well, i actually got the drive together with the A4000. =) The previous owner used it and it worked but I don't know if it reads Amiga disks. That I should be able to find out though if I'm willing to open my A4k again. ;D

Yotoxionomai: question is, what's better? Drive without disk or disks without drive? I've yet to find an answer :P

Yoto · 27 June 2008, 19:52

Well, wanna know how i got those disks...this is what happens when you send a woman to do a mans´s job...i asked my wife to bring me ten 3_1/2 disks to backup my WB 3.1...and she did...Ten 3_1/2 120Mb disks....

Yoto · 27 June 2008, 19:54

They give nice cup bases though...

Graham Humphrey · 27 June 2008, 19:56

Well you know what they say: if you want a job done properly do it yourself

StingRay · 27 June 2008, 20:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yotoxionomai

Well, wanna know how i got those disks...this is what happens when you send a woman to do a mans´s job...i asked my wife to bring me ten 3_1/2 disks to backup my WB 3.1...and she did...Ten 3_1/2 120Mb disks....

Pahahaha, priceless

It's all your fault, you should have known better

Yoto · 27 June 2008, 20:07

Well. in her defense...she did told me that 120Mb seemed better than 1.44...

StingRay · 27 June 2008, 20:11

Who could be angry with her then.

It seems she tried her best. :P That it still was an epic fail doesn't matter

Arnie · 27 June 2008, 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yotoxionomai

Well, wanna know how i got those disks...this is what happens when you send a woman to do a mans´s job...i asked my wife to bring me ten 3_1/2 disks to backup my WB 3.1...and she did...Ten 3_1/2 120Mb disks....

Man you give your wife too much house keeping, 10 floppies = £5.00, 10 Superdisks = £50.00 at least

ppill · 27 June 2008, 20:32

I have one as well. Never got round to connecting it... might try next weekend.

It doesn't read Amiga disks (880kb, 1,7Mb) only 720kb, 1,44Mb, 120Mb LS-120 disks. Also my drive came with some magic software that can store 16Mb on a single HD floppy disk. It's some odd format and the manual even warns not to store any vital data this way...

BUT

...you can create custom 720kb and 1,44Mb and 120Mb Amiga disks by installing a filesystem like FFS on them, these can be made bootable

Yoto · 27 June 2008, 20:35

@Arnie
I think they were only 25€, still it makes them the most expensive cup bases i own.
Ps: 10 Memorex HD 1.44 cost only 2€ here, the same color brand sold by amigakit.

Yoto · 27 June 2008, 20:47

@ppill
I read a post from you in some other forum, about booting directly to the Pcmcia card, to use Pcmcia as an HDD, booting from the floppy drive i think, great work!
Infortunently i lost the link...i must make another research on the Web.

ppill · 27 June 2008, 20:52

>Link<

Yoto · 27 June 2008, 20:59

Thank You ppill, this is great, the one i saw earlier was in some other forum, and i remember you were still developing it, but this one is much simpler and it was right under my nose.

27 June 2008, 19:22	#1
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Ls120 Sorry if this is in the wrong thread but has anyone ever fitted a LS120 superfloppy drive to their Amiga?, and if you did did the drive read Amiga floppies aswell as the superdisks ?. The reason i`m asking is that if the LS120 read Amiga disks could a drive attached to a PC read Amiga floppie in WinUAE?.

27 June 2008, 20:35	#17
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	@Arnie I think they were only 25€, still it makes them the most expensive cup bases i own. Ps: 10 Memorex HD 1.44 cost only 2€ here, the same color brand sold by amigakit. Last edited by Yoto; 27 June 2008 at 20:41.

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27 June 2008, 19:32	#2
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	I have one in my A4k but never bothered to connect it (due to lack of any disks for it).

27 June 2008, 19:34	#3
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	intresting idea anyone got an ls120 to try it out ??? have sneaky suspicion it wont work but willing to be proved wrong

27 June 2008, 19:37	#4
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	I might try it during the weekend, no promise though.

27 June 2008, 19:40	#6
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	@StingRay On the other hand i have disks for it but no drive to read them...such is life...

27 June 2008, 19:44	#8
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	hehehe Well, i actually got the drive together with the A4000. =) The previous owner used it and it worked but I don't know if it reads Amiga disks. That I should be able to find out though if I'm willing to open my A4k again. ;D Yotoxionomai: question is, what's better? Drive without disk or disks without drive? I've yet to find an answer :P

27 June 2008, 19:52	#9
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	Well, wanna know how i got those disks...this is what happens when you send a woman to do a mans´s job...i asked my wife to bring me ten 3_1/2 disks to backup my WB 3.1...and she did...Ten 3_1/2 120Mb disks....

27 June 2008, 19:54	#10
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	They give nice cup bases though...

27 June 2008, 19:56	#11
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Well you know what they say: if you want a job done properly do it yourself

27 June 2008, 20:07	#13
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	Well. in her defense...she did told me that 120Mb seemed better than 1.44...

27 June 2008, 20:11	#14
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	Who could be angry with her then. It seems she tried her best. :P That it still was an epic fail doesn't matter

27 June 2008, 20:32	#16
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	I have one as well. Never got round to connecting it... might try next weekend. It doesn't read Amiga disks (880kb, 1,7Mb) only 720kb, 1,44Mb, 120Mb LS-120 disks. Also my drive came with some magic software that can store 16Mb on a single HD floppy disk. It's some odd format and the manual even warns not to store any vital data this way... BUT ...you can create custom 720kb and 1,44Mb and 120Mb Amiga disks by installing a filesystem like FFS on them, these can be made bootable

27 June 2008, 20:47	#18
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	@ppill I read a post from you in some other forum, about booting directly to the Pcmcia card, to use Pcmcia as an HDD, booting from the floppy drive i think, great work! Infortunently i lost the link...i must make another research on the Web.

27 June 2008, 20:52	#19
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	>Link<

27 June 2008, 20:59	#20
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	Thank You ppill, this is great, the one i saw earlier was in some other forum, and i remember you were still developing it, but this one is much simpler and it was right under my nose.

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