10 April 2008, 19:14 | #61 | |
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We live in a part of the world where its very hard to find Amiga gear (read impossible), only solution being eBay. Even tough, we are a bunch of truly Amiga fans, and we even have some very good skilled & talented people among us. (Not me!!!) We have many other proyects/ideas/hacks. ATM we are thinking about a cheap scandoubler/flickerfixer solution. Sometimes we lack info, sometimes we lack time, most of the times we lack money!!! But hey, thats the funniest part of the thing, isnt it? If we can share/exchange info/knowledge/ideas, please dont hesitate and get in touch with me! Not all the guys speak english in Argentina, but i can be a bridge between you & our people here! Cheers Sebastian |
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23 April 2008, 13:37 | #62 |
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Regarding the Samsung drives Narmi uses, this eBay seller has them:
http://stores.ebay.com.au/PTMe-Clearance They currently have 6 used ones for $2.99 each and 2 new ones for $6.99 each in stock. Postage within Australia is $7 plus only $1 each per extra drive...so I bought 3 of them and got half off the postage cost A good source for those that don't have a recycling centre nearby that lets you rummage PZ. |
23 April 2008, 13:47 | #63 |
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Oh, and here are some brand new Pansonic JU-257A606P drives:
http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/14629/FD...DD144Beige.asp Enjoy PZ. |
01 May 2008, 13:39 | #64 |
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Yes, yes, yes...GO NARMI!!!!
My three Samsung drives arrived today & after 5 minutes of modding I now have three 100% perfectly compatible drives! PZ. |
14 August 2008, 17:09 | #65 |
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Haven't been here for ages, but I found something out today which might be very interesting for many of you:
I once wrote a guide here how to modify a Chinon FZ-357 drive for Amiga use. Apart from setting the jumpers right, you also had to change a connection on some solder pad. On the drive I had (Made in Malaysia) this was solder pad J2 which had to be closed on the drive's pcb. But then people reported that the pcb was different on FZ-357 which were Made in Japan... Yesterday a friend gave me a FZ-357 (Made in Japan) for repair/adapt for Amiga. Indeed, the pcb is different, and you cannot just close J2. Now, on the FZ-357 Made in Japan you need to set different solder pads: The connection on J20 has to be removed and the connection on J18 has to be closed. Just leave J2 as it is. That's it I hope this will help a lot of people who reported problems with their 'Made in Japan' Chinon FZ-357 drives. |
15 August 2008, 16:12 | #66 |
Has the Amiga bug again
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Will a JU-257A607P work?
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29 September 2008, 07:29 | #67 |
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Does anyone used an Epson SMD340 drive? It appears to be a HD Amiga floppy.
If not, I will transform it in my special way. |
04 October 2008, 23:37 | #68 |
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05 October 2008, 03:43 | #69 |
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Wow!
Thanks Overdoc! |
07 October 2008, 00:53 | #70 |
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I've also found an ALPS DF354H127F in my stuff.
On this site (german), they said it can be converted OK for DD use. But in this Czech Forum they comment the unit can be a real HD unit. Can someone translate the Czech page/instructions, please? I'll love to have a proper HD floppy around. |
21 October 2008, 19:37 | #71 |
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Hello everyone.
I tried to change a floppy drive NEC FD1231H, following instructions from this site http://www.pitsch.de/stuff/amiga/floppy.htm#A4. The problem is that it seems that I have a different version, because I can not find JA1 and JA2 contacts. Can I solve this problem, by using the floppy cable hack which I have heard about ? Where to find the instructions ? The cable hack, work for all floppies and all programs/games ? |
22 October 2008, 02:57 | #72 |
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Yes, the cable hack works almost OK.
You still need to join ready with data signals. In the case of an unmodified drive, just join pin 2 with 30 and make the cable hack. But I think it's better to modify the drive and keep the cable original (much nicer). |
22 October 2008, 23:24 | #73 |
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yapeee ... I have new Sony amiga drive ....
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24 February 2009, 06:03 | #74 |
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i found what looks to be new amiga compatible 3.5" floppy drives...
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=111110...acture=Mitsumi Mitsumi D359M3D 3.5" Floppy $7.70 Cdn... a great deal.! i found the pic below that shows how to mod this drive to work in an Amiga... the text is in German... Can anyone translate the text in the pic for me please... This is what i can see in the picture (correct me if i am wrong.. http://www.pitsch.de/stuff/amiga/tep...umid359m3d.jpg - cut the trace on pin 12 - cut the trace on pin 34 - rebuild the trace on pin 10. (It looks like you use the trace that pin 12 was using) - jumper pin 2 to pin 34 (Board side, not connector side) - jumper pin 34 (connector) to pin 17 of the IC chip Does this look right, Am i missing anything.. Thanks. According to the store stock checker they only have 21,000 left... better hurry weird... weight shows as 10lbs... i think thats a little wrong here are the drive specs... http://www.mitsumi.co.jp/Catalog/pc/fdd/d359m3d_e.html Last edited by kipper2k; 24 February 2009 at 06:35. |
05 April 2009, 21:42 | #75 |
The 1 who ribbits
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yay just converted 2 pc drives for the amiga
1 is a TEC FD-235HF and I don`t know what the other is yet seem to have lost itsh cover at the moment. but a big thank you to rkauer for postin the 2 wire trick and cuttin trace 34 now whos a happy froggy still got to do more testin but both drives boot wb and run a NDos disk, so its all better than no drive at all |
06 April 2009, 05:22 | #76 |
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Not my hack. "El Piloto's" one, great amigan! |
18 April 2009, 23:54 | #77 | |
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http://www.a1k.org/download/area51/OLD/HDFloppyFix.mpg Working HD-FloppyFix .. read/write 1760/880kb with teac peecee-drive. |
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11 May 2009, 14:43 | #78 |
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Happy to report that the 'universal' mod works on a Sony floppy drive, I can put up pics later on if anyone's interested.
I find the hardest bit is finding a drive who's traces and pads aren't so fragile they don't just come up with the soldering iron. Still - works like a dream and using my null cable to make disks out of ADFs, thanks! |
11 May 2009, 14:52 | #79 |
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Is it sold yet, or will it be in the future (at which price)? |
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