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23 October 2008, 13:50
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boot from floppy connected to catweasel mk2?
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows whether you can boot directly from an amiga floppy drive connected to a Catweasel Mk2? it would be installed in an a2000 by connection to a buddha ide controller's clockport. my machine's floppy controller is no good and this board seems like a good and cheap fix. thanks!
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23 October 2008, 13:54
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Not possible, sorry.
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23 October 2008, 20:51
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The floppy "controller" is Paula and the CIA. Very easy to fix.
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23 October 2008, 23:08
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bah... it's not the chipset that's messed up, it's the physical connector on the motherboard. I disconnected the cable to take the drive/psu tray out as I wanted to remove the battery, and despite pulling the connector straight up one of the pins broke off and is stuck in the floppy cable. I'm guessing it was just from age because it definitely didn't bend... now df1 works but df0 gives read errors on known good disks.
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23 October 2008, 23:25
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The pin itself is dead easy to replace. Take one from any dead board (or a functional Atari ST
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23 October 2008, 23:47
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Ok so you are not exactly booting from the Catweasel but you ARE booting from the floppy drive connected to the catweasel. |
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24 October 2008, 08:15
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 This is what I like about you alexh - you always find room to maneuver within the spec. I bet that is what makes you a killer engineer  Still wouldn't work though as has lost a pin on his internal floppy connector.I think we'd both agree he should just solder a new floppy pin to his mobo though 
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