What is the bay below the floppy drive in an A4000 for?

zero · 26 July 2016, 16:09

Below the floppy drive there is another way and a removable cover on the front panel. What is this for?

It's only 19mm high so won't take another standard floppy. Back in the day I modified mine to be bigger and take a Zip drive. Now I'm thinking a Compact Flash slot would fit nicely, but I don't want to hack up the original plastic. 3D print something maybe.

Was there ever any hardware that fit in this bay? What did Commodore intend for it?

Amiga1992 · 26 July 2016, 17:13

I thought there were slimmer-height floppy drives (usually 1.76MB HD ones) that fit in that slot.

zero · 26 July 2016, 17:24

I can't find an image of one that clearly shows the height. Do you know of any?

idrougge · 26 July 2016, 17:57

Commodore delivered the first A4000s with tall floppy drives of the same kind used in A2000 and A3000 (Chinon FB357A). Later on the switched to slimmer drives (FZ357A), in which case you can mount two drives in that area.

Sandro · 26 July 2016, 18:13

I had an A4000 and both floppy slots were the same ,surely yours is different not standard A4000 case
here is a pic that prooves

spudje · 26 July 2016, 18:16

Like the post above, if you want two items in there, get a smaller floppy drive. They're available in most online amiga shops.

zero · 26 July 2016, 18:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by idrougge

Commodore delivered the first A4000s with tall floppy drives of the same kind used in A2000 and A3000 (Chinon FB357A). Later on the switched to slimmer drives (FZ357A), in which case you can mount two drives in that area.

Ah, thanks, that explains it. The 3 A4000s I've actually looked at the floppy drive on were all the early type it seems.

debiani386 · 26 July 2016, 20:05

Was the floppy drive cable used in a dual floppy drive configuration the same as on an IBM clone, or was there a specific cable/jumper setting that had to be used?

Jope · 26 July 2016, 21:14

Pins 4-6 twisted, the rest straight. You jumper DF0 as DS0 and DF1 as DS1. You may have to play around with the drive positions on the cable (before and after the twist) to get the drive leds to work properly.

The cable is not the same as in an ibm cable, but you can of course untwist and retwist an ibm cable.

26 July 2016, 16:09	#1
zero Registered User Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: UK Posts: 428	What is the bay below the floppy drive in an A4000 for? Below the floppy drive there is another way and a removable cover on the front panel. What is this for? It's only 19mm high so won't take another standard floppy. Back in the day I modified mine to be bigger and take a Zip drive. Now I'm thinking a Compact Flash slot would fit nicely, but I don't want to hack up the original plastic. 3D print something maybe. Was there ever any hardware that fit in this bay? What did Commodore intend for it?

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26 July 2016, 17:13	#2
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I thought there were slimmer-height floppy drives (usually 1.76MB HD ones) that fit in that slot.

26 July 2016, 17:24	#3
zero Registered User Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: UK Posts: 428	I can't find an image of one that clearly shows the height. Do you know of any?

26 July 2016, 17:57	#4
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	Commodore delivered the first A4000s with tall floppy drives of the same kind used in A2000 and A3000 (Chinon FB357A). Later on the switched to slimmer drives (FZ357A), in which case you can mount two drives in that area.

26 July 2016, 18:13	#5
Sandro Banned Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: spain Posts: 897	I had an A4000 and both floppy slots were the same ,surely yours is different not standard A4000 case here is a pic that prooves

26 July 2016, 18:16	#6
spudje Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,406	Like the post above, if you want two items in there, get a smaller floppy drive. They're available in most online amiga shops.

26 July 2016, 20:05	#8
debiani386 New generation Amiga user Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Phoenix Posts: 32	Was the floppy drive cable used in a dual floppy drive configuration the same as on an IBM clone, or was there a specific cable/jumper setting that had to be used?

26 July 2016, 21:14	#9
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,862	Pins 4-6 twisted, the rest straight. You jumper DF0 as DS0 and DF1 as DS1. You may have to play around with the drive positions on the cable (before and after the twist) to get the drive leds to work properly. The cable is not the same as in an ibm cable, but you can of course untwist and retwist an ibm cable.

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