How to read Amiga floppy disks on a PC?

palaste · 11 January 2021, 00:26

Some time ago I bought a box of about 100 Amiga floppy disks from someone on Facebook. I have got the disks all OK, but I'm not sure how I can read them on a modern PC.
I have a KryoFlux device that is able to connect an Amiga floppy drive to a USB port on the PC and I can install affs on my Fedora 32 Linux system to read the file system.
The problem is, I don't know where to get an Amiga floppy drive from. My original A4000 stopped working a long time ago and I threw it into recycling after having transferred the hard drive contents to my PC first.
Floppy drives are getting more and more rare to come by these days, especially ones with an IDE interface instead of a USB one and I don't think I can connect a USB floppy drive to the KryoFlux.
Can someone advise me how I would go about this?

Jope · 11 January 2021, 08:45

The Kryoflux is supposed to be used with a PC HD mechanism. If you really cannot procure one of these from anywhere, send me a pm.

R4M · 11 January 2021, 12:05

Suitable 3.5" floppy drives are rather cheap at ebay. The connector looks like IDE, but has fewer pins.

Jope · 11 January 2021, 12:06

The connector type is actually IDC (Insulation Displacement Connector). The floppy drives have a shugart or in this case an IBM modified shugart interface, which is very different in terms of signaling from AT-IDE.

cpiac64 · 11 January 2021, 17:46

kryoflux can use drive amiga directly

Jope · 11 January 2021, 17:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by cpiac64

kryoflux can use drive amiga directly

Yes, it is possible to use an Amiga drive. However it is designed for use with IBM PC style drives.

11 January 2021, 00:26	#1
palaste Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 74	How to read Amiga floppy disks on a PC? Some time ago I bought a box of about 100 Amiga floppy disks from someone on Facebook. I have got the disks all OK, but I'm not sure how I can read them on a modern PC. I have a KryoFlux device that is able to connect an Amiga floppy drive to a USB port on the PC and I can install affs on my Fedora 32 Linux system to read the file system. The problem is, I don't know where to get an Amiga floppy drive from. My original A4000 stopped working a long time ago and I threw it into recycling after having transferred the hard drive contents to my PC first. Floppy drives are getting more and more rare to come by these days, especially ones with an IDE interface instead of a USB one and I don't think I can connect a USB floppy drive to the KryoFlux. Can someone advise me how I would go about this?

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11 January 2021, 08:45	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,916	The Kryoflux is supposed to be used with a PC HD mechanism. If you really cannot procure one of these from anywhere, send me a pm.

11 January 2021, 12:05	#3
R4M Registered User Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: /home Posts: 122	Suitable 3.5" floppy drives are rather cheap at ebay. The connector looks like IDE, but has fewer pins.

11 January 2021, 12:06	#4
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,916	The connector type is actually IDC (Insulation Displacement Connector). The floppy drives have a shugart or in this case an IBM modified shugart interface, which is very different in terms of signaling from AT-IDE.

11 January 2021, 17:46	#5
cpiac64 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 1,136	kryoflux can use drive amiga directly

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