Support for shopping decision within 15 min!

Vaninna · 12 June 2016, 22:32

Hi!

I am about to finalize my A500 setup right now!

I will make my gotek External and I need another external floppy drive.

I am buying this from amigastore.eu:

Code:

4 players Adapter for Amiga
142	7,50 €
	
Amiga External Floppy Disk Drive Adapter - M2
Floppy drive data cable : standard cable, 34pin, 10cm	1395	28,15 €

DF0 Selector
df0selector-01	14,95 €

Too bad they do not sell external floppy drives. I do not where I could get a quality buy for a good price. Maybe this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301980609414....N36.S2.R1.TR7

Arnie · 12 June 2016, 23:58

I have an external floppy drive I'm not using. I use an External HXC myself.

Vaninna · 12 June 2016, 23:59

Are you selling the floppy drive?

Arnie · 13 June 2016, 00:08

Yes, if you still need one.

Vaninna · 13 June 2016, 00:16

Ok, nice! I have bought the adaptors but not a external floppy drive as of yet.

I will use the external gotek (maybe I will update firmware to HXC) only for getting stuff from the web to floppies. But it would be convenient if I could have both the external gotek and the external floppy connected at the same time. Will that be possible with your external floppy drive and the adapters above that I bought from amigastore, to have them connected at the same time?

Do you have some photos and a brand name etc.?

Thanks.

Arnie · 13 June 2016, 00:24

The external floppy drive has a pass through for other external drives. This would make the Gotek DF2:. I honestly don't know if it would work this way as I've never tried it.

Vaninna · 13 June 2016, 00:27

Okay, I am fine with that. Do you have some photos?

Arnie · 13 June 2016, 00:29

I'll sort it out tomorrow. I need to dig the drive out, test it, then I'll post some photo's for you.

Vaninna · 13 June 2016, 00:34

Awesome, thanks a lot.

Arnie · 13 June 2016, 15:18

Here's the pics. It's a Power Computing drive 880. It reads and writes disks O.K. The 4 rubber feet are missing from the bottom of the drive.

It has disk copying hardware built in (software required)

I'm looking for £30 + Postage. (weighs around a kilo)
http://www.royalmail.com/price-finder

Vaninna · 13 June 2016, 15:34

Sounds nice.

How does the disk coping thing work?

I'll PM you the rest of information.

Vaninna · 13 June 2016, 18:08

What type of case do you use for your external HXC? I would like make my gotek look a bit nicer, now when I will make it external.

Arnie · 13 June 2016, 18:47

I use an old Amiga External case.

I'm not sure how the disk copy works, there is some software that comes with the drive, but I haven't got it. X-Copy may work.

Does anyone know what's needed to utilise the hardware copying part of this drive?

There's an old thread here with some info...
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=35177

Vaninna · 13 June 2016, 19:15

Ok, so Blitzcopy might be in The Zone.

Arnie · 13 June 2016, 19:21

It wont be in the Zone now, the files only stay there for 60 days. There is a blitz copy on the EAB FTP under /TheZone/files/_2015/Blitz Turbo v1.3 (1991)(Power Computing).zip

Arnie · 13 June 2016, 20:52

Hi Vaninna,

It's all boxed up and ready for posting tomorrow.

I have put an old floppy disk in the drive to protect the heads. The floppy disk is bad so don't try to format it and think the drive doesn't work

Vaninna · 13 June 2016, 22:06

Awesome, thanks! Thanks for the heads up-I almost ruined an internal drive by trying to format bad floppies...

strim · 15 June 2016, 17:27

Just in case anyone wonders... it is possible to buy a brand new, guaranteed, produced this year external floppy drive:

http://sakura-it.pl/floppy.php

Vaninna · 15 June 2016, 17:48

thanks

Vaninna · 21 June 2016, 21:32

Hey I got the drive now, but I think I need some help with setting it up.

It seems like it is "working" at the same time as the internal Gotek drive is "working". It speeds up and down sounding like a sewing machine. What should I do? It does not read disks.

Edit.

I am trying the drive with an A500 with internal floppy drive. No luck: DF1:BAD no matter what floppy I put in the external drive.

12 June 2016, 22:32	#1
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Support for shopping decision within 15 min! Hi! I am about to finalize my A500 setup right now! I will make my gotek External and I need another external floppy drive. I am buying this from amigastore.eu: Code: 4 players Adapter for Amiga 142 7,50 € Amiga External Floppy Disk Drive Adapter - M2 Floppy drive data cable : standard cable, 34pin, 10cm 1395 28,15 € DF0 Selector df0selector-01 14,95 € Too bad they do not sell external floppy drives. I do not where I could get a quality buy for a good price. Maybe this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301980609414....N36.S2.R1.TR7

13 June 2016, 15:18	#10
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Here's the pics. It's a Power Computing drive 880. It reads and writes disks O.K. The 4 rubber feet are missing from the bottom of the drive. It has disk copying hardware built in (software required) I'm looking for £30 + Postage. (weighs around a kilo) http://www.royalmail.com/price-finder Last edited by Arnie; 07 September 2016 at 15:50.

13 June 2016, 18:47	#13
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	I use an old Amiga External case. I'm not sure how the disk copy works, there is some software that comes with the drive, but I haven't got it. X-Copy may work. Does anyone know what's needed to utilise the hardware copying part of this drive? There's an old thread here with some info... http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=35177 Last edited by Arnie; 13 June 2016 at 19:02. Reason: added info

21 June 2016, 21:32	#20
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Hey I got the drive now, but I think I need some help with setting it up. It seems like it is "working" at the same time as the internal Gotek drive is "working". It speeds up and down sounding like a sewing machine. What should I do? It does not read disks. Edit. I am trying the drive with an A500 with internal floppy drive. No luck: DF1:BAD no matter what floppy I put in the external drive. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Vaninna; 21 June 2016 at 22:33. Reason: Attaching photos

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12 June 2016, 23:58	#2
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	I have an external floppy drive I'm not using. I use an External HXC myself.

12 June 2016, 23:59	#3
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Are you selling the floppy drive?

13 June 2016, 00:08	#4
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Yes, if you still need one.

13 June 2016, 00:16	#5
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Ok, nice! I have bought the adaptors but not a external floppy drive as of yet. I will use the external gotek (maybe I will update firmware to HXC) only for getting stuff from the web to floppies. But it would be convenient if I could have both the external gotek and the external floppy connected at the same time. Will that be possible with your external floppy drive and the adapters above that I bought from amigastore, to have them connected at the same time? Do you have some photos and a brand name etc.? Thanks.

13 June 2016, 00:24	#6
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	The external floppy drive has a pass through for other external drives. This would make the Gotek DF2:. I honestly don't know if it would work this way as I've never tried it.

13 June 2016, 00:27	#7
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Okay, I am fine with that. Do you have some photos?

13 June 2016, 00:29	#8
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	I'll sort it out tomorrow. I need to dig the drive out, test it, then I'll post some photo's for you.

13 June 2016, 00:34	#9
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Awesome, thanks a lot.

13 June 2016, 15:34	#11
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Sounds nice. How does the disk coping thing work? I'll PM you the rest of information.

13 June 2016, 18:08	#12
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	What type of case do you use for your external HXC? I would like make my gotek look a bit nicer, now when I will make it external.

13 June 2016, 19:15	#14
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Ok, so Blitzcopy might be in The Zone.

13 June 2016, 19:21	#15
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	It wont be in the Zone now, the files only stay there for 60 days. There is a blitz copy on the EAB FTP under /TheZone/files/_2015/Blitz Turbo v1.3 (1991)(Power Computing).zip

13 June 2016, 20:52	#16
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Hi Vaninna, It's all boxed up and ready for posting tomorrow. I have put an old floppy disk in the drive to protect the heads. The floppy disk is bad so don't try to format it and think the drive doesn't work

13 June 2016, 22:06	#17
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	Awesome, thanks! Thanks for the heads up-I almost ruined an internal drive by trying to format bad floppies...

15 June 2016, 17:27	#18
strim NetBSD developer Join Date: May 2012 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 411	Just in case anyone wonders... it is possible to buy a brand new, guaranteed, produced this year external floppy drive: http://sakura-it.pl/floppy.php

15 June 2016, 17:48	#19
Vaninna Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 126	thanks

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