Amiga external drive

Hi all, been waiting for my confirmation email, which hasn't arrived so I am posting as a guest... hope nobody minds.

I have just bought a shedload of Amiga hardware and it included an external floppy. On the back, there are 2 switches... 1 marked "0 1" which I assume is enabled or disabled and the other marked "A 0 B" which I am not sure about. Can anybody shed any light as to how the second switch might function. At a guess I suspect it may be to do with the daisychaining of drives but I'm not sure. Been a lot of years since I last had any Amiga hardware and I've forgotten how it all works.

Cheers for your help
Lee C

[Syko]

That would be the Power Computing PC880

In single drive, setting it to 1 on 0-1 and 0 on A-0-B gives DF1, and allows other drives to be plugged in. Can't find the manual for it, but that should get you working anyway

Thanks Syko, I appreciate the help.

[Syko]

see ya'all got that confirmation email then yet another old git hanging around trying to recapture their youth it's longer lasting than the other methods though!

happened to remember that bloody stupid A-0-B switch, and mine's in a big box of miggy stuff, but near the top...

Have fun with your 'new' hardware...

hehe, no problem recapturing my youth mate... it never left, or so my wife keeps hinting anyway. I guess when you work in the games industry, you've gotta keep a little bit of the child alive to keep the imagination flowing... that's my excuse anyway.

Been trying to find out about that A-0-B switch but I can't find anything really. Found an advert with something about the drive having its own copying system built into it or summat. I'll keep hunting...

[fiath]

I have that drive! Not sure if it still works or not though.

Basically it was for the "Blitz" copying program that came with the drive. It was a hardware copying thing. But it my experience it was pretty dire. Basically you switch the drive to B (I think) to go into Blitz mode - which can only be used in the associated program anyway. The program had modes for Atari/PC/Amiga and "other" format disks.

I might still have the software somewhere, but it will take some looking...

[ant512]

Originally Posted by fiath

I might still have the software somewhere, but it will take some looking...

I have this drive, plus software (it came with X-Copy and Cyclone) and manual at home. I know exactly where the software is (I've got an ADF of it that I'll upload as soon as I get chance), but I'll have to dig around for the manual.

[ant512]

Well, I can't find the manual, but I have got the software. It's uploading to the Zone now (@LeeC - you need to register with EAB to access it, I think). The zip file includes:

- the driver disk (Blitz copier and a control utility);
- Power's Floppy Expander (compresses files on floppies - not really useful then, useless now, and downright dangerous as the compressed files were prone to errors);
- the copying disk (X-Copy and Cyclone; this disk is stored as individual files, as I couldn't get any disk imagers to produce an ADF of the original floppy).

[fiath]

Ahh, you seem to have the later version than me. I remember being really rather pissed off after buying my drive for £70 (!!) that another version came out with Cyclone support...

Wow, thanks all, top stuff.


Ant512: do you mean registered? My first post was made while I was waiting for my confirmation email so I am now registered here, is that what you mean?

Thanks again peeps, appreciate it.

Cheers
Lee C

Ah, sussed how to get into The Zone! excellent!

[ant512]

Originally Posted by LeeC

Ant512: do you mean registered? My first post was made while I was waiting for my confirmation email so I am now registered here, is that what you mean?

Yep.