Chinon FZ-354 (A1200 floppy drive) with Catweasel MK4

8bitbubsy · 09 October 2010, 09:18

EDIT: It works!

I changed the DS jumper from DS0 to DS1, then I set "diskchange=0" in the CW config. Now it writes disks with no problem. Cool!

EDIT2:

It will only write disks, if I try to read them then every second track won't get read...

Is this possible? I want to use it with Catweasel MK4 because I have no other floppy drives atm, also I guess it would be the ultimate drive for writing Amiga disks?

I connected the drive, but it acts funny. cw_config.exe thinks I have two drives connected and it does some weird things when I try to write a disk. No sectors get written properly and it seems to have some timing issues. The drive works perfectly fine in the Amiga 1200.
Yes, I do have the latest Catweasel MK4 drivers installed - on Windows XP 32-bit. I've tried to swap PCI slot too.

Do I need to fiddle with the drive jumpers on the back? Currently it was taken from an A1200, so I guess it's in "Amiga" mode?

prowler · 09 October 2010, 22:09

The Catweasel MK4 is a programmable PC floppy drive controller.

The problems you are experiencing arise because of the incompatibility of Amiga and PC floppy drives, jumper settings notwithstanding.

cpiac64 · 10 October 2010, 00:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8bitbubsy

EDIT: It works!

I changed the DS jumper from DS0 to DS1, then I set "diskchange=0" in the CW config. Now it writes disks with no problem. Cool!

EDIT2:

It will only write disks, if I try to read them then every second track won't get read...

Is this possible? I want to use it with Catweasel MK4 because I have no other floppy drives atm, also I guess it would be the ultimate drive for writing Amiga disks?

I connected the drive, but it acts funny. cw_config.exe thinks I have two drives connected and it does some weird things when I try to write a disk. No sectors get written properly and it seems to have some timing issues. The drive works perfectly fine in the Amiga 1200.
Yes, I do have the latest Catweasel MK4 drivers installed - on Windows XP 32-bit. I've tried to swap PCI slot too.

Do I need to fiddle with the drive jumpers on the back? Currently it was taken from an A1200, so I guess it's in "Amiga" mode?

i suppose the drive is broken, test with another or a normal pc floppy or a floppy pc modified

prowler · 10 October 2010, 00:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by cpiac64

i suppose the drive is broken, test with another or a normal pc floppy or a floppy pc modified

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8bitbubsy

The drive works perfectly fine in the Amiga 1200.

09 October 2010, 09:18	#1
8bitbubsy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 1,718	Chinon FZ-354 (A1200 floppy drive) with Catweasel MK4 EDIT: It works! I changed the DS jumper from DS0 to DS1, then I set "diskchange=0" in the CW config. Now it writes disks with no problem. Cool! EDIT2: It will only write disks, if I try to read them then every second track won't get read... Is this possible? I want to use it with Catweasel MK4 because I have no other floppy drives atm, also I guess it would be the ultimate drive for writing Amiga disks? I connected the drive, but it acts funny. cw_config.exe thinks I have two drives connected and it does some weird things when I try to write a disk. No sectors get written properly and it seems to have some timing issues. The drive works perfectly fine in the Amiga 1200. Yes, I do have the latest Catweasel MK4 drivers installed - on Windows XP 32-bit. I've tried to swap PCI slot too. Do I need to fiddle with the drive jumpers on the back? Currently it was taken from an A1200, so I guess it's in "Amiga" mode? Last edited by 8bitbubsy; 09 October 2010 at 10:00.

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prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	The Catweasel MK4 is a programmable PC floppy drive controller. The problems you are experiencing arise because of the incompatibility of Amiga and PC floppy drives, jumper settings notwithstanding.

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