How do you remove A1200 FDD?

Shrub · 27 August 2005, 14:12

I've tried unplugging the floppy drive on my amiga, but, it takes longer to boot to the Workbench screen without it and the pointer is a permanent "busy" symbol. How is this resolved please?

AMIGAZ · 27 August 2005, 17:20

How come you removed it in the first place?
Its a wonder your A1200 even boots without it.

Shrub · 27 August 2005, 20:07

I don't need it, I have everything booting from IDE. It must be possible to remove the drive - I've seen people put zip drives in the space they take up

adolescent · 28 August 2005, 00:08

Maybe something is trying to access the floppy. Move things like PC0: from Devs

OSDrivers over to Storage

OSDrivers. You might also check your WBStartup folder to see if there are any programs there trying to access it (ie. CrossDOS).

Shrub · 28 August 2005, 02:23

ah, it could be pc0, cheers.

kuesco · 28 August 2005, 05:20

The safe way to remove the floppy disk is putting a wire betwen pins 2 and 5 of the floppy port in the motherboard of the amiga, this way the system stops waiting for a reply from the drive. Without this wire the amiga displays a DF0? icon just because they believe the drive or disk has gone faulty (and of course the amiga tries to access the disk from time to time slowing down all the system).

Shrub · 29 August 2005, 20:05

Thanks. The pins are numbered in the sense that odd numbered pins are at the back panel side of the amiga and even more to the front?

kuesco · 29 August 2005, 20:48

Well, first of all i apologise because i maked a mistake.
The pins you need to connect are 2 and 10. (NOT 2 and 5)

They correspond to signals:

pin 2 - Diskchange
pin 10 - Select drive 0

done this, the amiga thinks there is an empty DF0: drive and don´t display any wrong icon.

The connector is 34 pins in the up right area of the 1200 motherboard and if you look closelly, you see its numbered and marked as "floppy port".

The pin 1 is marked with a small white triangle.
I don´t remember if the odd pins are in wich row but if you find the triangle, the rest is easy.

Shrub · 30 August 2005, 01:53

Thanks. I've done it, I vaguely remember that pin 3 was supposed to be missing so it was easy to see from that.

30 August 2005, 04:07

So will this prevent the delay during boot as well?

Shrub · 30 August 2005, 12:10

I haven't checked the boot speed. My PSX monitor's had come loose so I was focusing mostly on that. Workbench itself seemed fine though.

27 August 2005, 14:12	#1
Shrub Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Age: 43 Posts: 238	How do you remove A1200 FDD? I've tried unplugging the floppy drive on my amiga, but, it takes longer to boot to the Workbench screen without it and the pointer is a permanent "busy" symbol. How is this resolved please?

28 August 2005, 00:08	#4
adolescent Powered by Motorola Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Age: 52 Posts: 1,065	Maybe something is trying to access the floppy. Move things like PC0: from DevsOSDrivers over to StorageOSDrivers. You might also check your WBStartup folder to see if there are any programs there trying to access it (ie. CrossDOS).

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27 August 2005, 17:20	#2
AMIGAZ Amiga-Mad Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sweden Age: 46 Posts: 1,286	How come you removed it in the first place? Its a wonder your A1200 even boots without it.

27 August 2005, 20:07	#3
Shrub Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Age: 43 Posts: 238	I don't need it, I have everything booting from IDE. It must be possible to remove the drive - I've seen people put zip drives in the space they take up

28 August 2005, 02:23	#5
Shrub Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Age: 43 Posts: 238	ah, it could be pc0, cheers.

28 August 2005, 05:20	#6
kuesco Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Argentina Posts: 15	The safe way to remove the floppy disk is putting a wire betwen pins 2 and 5 of the floppy port in the motherboard of the amiga, this way the system stops waiting for a reply from the drive. Without this wire the amiga displays a DF0? icon just because they believe the drive or disk has gone faulty (and of course the amiga tries to access the disk from time to time slowing down all the system).

29 August 2005, 20:05	#7
Shrub Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Age: 43 Posts: 238	Thanks. The pins are numbered in the sense that odd numbered pins are at the back panel side of the amiga and even more to the front?

29 August 2005, 20:48	#8
kuesco Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Argentina Posts: 15	Well, first of all i apologise because i maked a mistake. The pins you need to connect are 2 and 10. (NOT 2 and 5) They correspond to signals: pin 2 - Diskchange pin 10 - Select drive 0 done this, the amiga thinks there is an empty DF0: drive and don´t display any wrong icon. The connector is 34 pins in the up right area of the 1200 motherboard and if you look closelly, you see its numbered and marked as "floppy port". The pin 1 is marked with a small white triangle. I don´t remember if the odd pins are in wich row but if you find the triangle, the rest is easy.

30 August 2005, 01:53	#9
Shrub Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Age: 43 Posts: 238	Thanks. I've done it, I vaguely remember that pin 3 was supposed to be missing so it was easy to see from that.

30 August 2005, 04:07	#10
oldpx Posts: n/a	So will this prevent the delay during boot as well?

30 August 2005, 12:10	#11
Shrub Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Age: 43 Posts: 238	I haven't checked the boot speed. My PSX monitor's had come loose so I was focusing mostly on that. Workbench itself seemed fine though.

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