Can I make the A2088 use a 3.5 drive as drive A?

Computolio · 15 May 2005, 07:26

I have here an Amiga 2000 with a 2088 Bridgeboard. I don't have any working 360K 5.25 drives, but I have plenty of (internal) low-density 3.5 drives. Is there any method of making the 2088 use the 3.5 drive as drive A?

Computolio · 18 May 2005, 07:02

Odd. I just plugged it in and it worked. I don't know why id did, as even now PCs have to be expliticly told exactly what kind of disk drives are connected to them; they can't auto-detect. Either this A2088 board was modified for 3.5 internal floppies from the start or it can do some sort of primitive auto-detection.

Chain · 20 July 2005, 12:27

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Originally Posted by Computolio

Odd. I just plugged it in and it worked. I don't know why id did, as even now PCs have to be expliticly told exactly what kind of disk drives are connected to them; they can't auto-detect. Either this A2088 board was modified for 3.5 internal floppies from the start or it can do some sort of primitive auto-detection.

Hi there, i just bought 2088 too, with 5.25 drive, but NO CABLE, damn. Can you describe if your cable has some twisted wires or its direct cable? Thankx!

a_petri · 20 July 2005, 13:22

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Originally Posted by Chain

Hi there, i just bought 2088 too, with 5.25 drive, but NO CABLE, damn. Can you describe if your cable has some twisted wires or its direct cable? Thankx!

I also have a boxed "C= Amiga2000 PC-Emulator-Kit" (A2088 + 360K 5.25" floppy drive + Janus disks + MS-DOS/GW-BASIC user manuals).

The cable in it is a plain ribbon cable (although of a most uncommon powder blue color

), with a 34-pin IDC header on one end and a 34-pin edge-connector type header on the other end. No twists at all.

I reckon that any old-style PC floppy cable will work, as far as you use the connector(s) BEFORE the twist.

Unknown_K · 20 July 2005, 23:57

Are there any PDF manuals for these bridgeboards on the net? I have an 2286 version and want to know how the bridgeboard interacts with the Amiga side.

Chain · 04 August 2005, 21:30

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Originally Posted by a_petri

The cable in it is a plain ribbon cable (although of a most uncommon powder blue color

), with a 34-pin IDC header on one end and a 34-pin edge-connector type header on the other end. No twists at all.

I reckon that any old-style PC floppy cable will work, as far as you use the connector(s) BEFORE the twist.

thanks! i will rip it from some old pc

15 May 2005, 07:26	#1
Computolio Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 174	Can I make the A2088 use a 3.5 drive as drive A? I have here an Amiga 2000 with a 2088 Bridgeboard. I don't have any working 360K 5.25 drives, but I have plenty of (internal) low-density 3.5 drives. Is there any method of making the 2088 use the 3.5 drive as drive A?

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18 May 2005, 07:02	#2
Computolio Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 174	Odd. I just plugged it in and it worked. I don't know why id did, as even now PCs have to be expliticly told exactly what kind of disk drives are connected to them; they can't auto-detect. Either this A2088 board was modified for 3.5 internal floppies from the start or it can do some sort of primitive auto-detection.

20 July 2005, 23:57	#5
Unknown_K Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio/USA Age: 55 Posts: 1,380	Are there any PDF manuals for these bridgeboards on the net? I have an 2286 version and want to know how the bridgeboard interacts with the Amiga side.

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