Amigakit.com replacement floppy question

brett71 · 29 June 2012, 18:16

Hi, Guys,

I was just wondering if someone could tell me exactly what those replacement floppies are that Amigakit.com sells. Are they modded PC drives, NOS Commodore drives, or are they new floppies that were designed and built by Amigakit specifically to be 100% Amiga-compatible?

Thanks!

desiv · 29 June 2012, 19:13

I just got one for my 1200.
I can tell you it fits great, looks great, and works great..

I'm pretty sure Amigakit didn't design and build them themselves.

Not sure if they are NOS or modded.. The one I got looked really new.. ;-)

If I had to guess (which I don't, but I'm going to anyway), I'd say they are new (unused, NOS, whichever) PC drives modded to work. My second guess would be NOS.

My A1200 is much happier, I can tell you that.. ;-)

desiv

thgill · 29 June 2012, 20:07

Unless they changed them recently, they are modified PC drives with an altered eject button so the button lines up with the eject button hole in the A1200 case.

FOL · 30 June 2012, 01:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by thgill

Unless they changed them recently, they are modified PC drives with an altered eject button so the button lines up with the eject button hole in the A1200 case.

Correct.

rampartsagain · 30 June 2012, 01:57

yep i think so a friend of mine here in portugal aeb user modded some and he tels it worked without any problem under workbech and copiers ,some pc floppy models.

i wonder

quarkx · 30 June 2012, 02:27

All I can add is I have ordered a few of them, Most I put in A2000's, other than them being a bit smaller and white (which is all cosmetic), they work flawlessly. I have used them for OS loading and games. I have never run across any issues and will be ordering more when I can.

brett71 · 30 June 2012, 21:33

I take it the drives are strictly 880KB and not 1.76MB-capable?

FOL · 30 June 2012, 21:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by brett71

I take it the drives are strictly 880KB and not 1.76MB-capable?

Correct 880kb only, the HD switch is set on (on = off and off = on, if that makes sense).
So you dont have to worry about taping HD disks up.

BarryB · 01 July 2012, 13:41

How good are these drives with reading/writing Amiga copy protections?

My Chinon really needs replacing as I've knocked the upper head out of alignment, re-aligned it by hand so disks formatted on the internal drive read back 100% on the external drive and vice-versa, but a few AmigaDOS IPFs written back with my Kryoflux show read errors on the Chinon (X-Copy checkdisk) but read back fine on my external! This makes me think that if I backup a copy protected disk with Cyclone/X-Copy the Chinon might not copy the whole disk 100%.

FOL · 01 July 2012, 14:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarryB

How good are these drives with reading/writing Amiga copy protections?

My Chinon really needs replacing as I've knocked the upper head out of alignment, re-aligned it by hand so disks formatted on the internal drive read back 100% on the external drive and vice-versa, but a few AmigaDOS IPFs written back with my Kryoflux show read errors on the Chinon (X-Copy checkdisk) but read back fine on my external! This makes me think that if I backup a copy protected disk with Cyclone/X-Copy the Chinon might not copy the whole disk 100%.

No complaints yet. I have one myself, have'nt had any problems as yet.

nscaleworld · 01 July 2012, 15:04

Any of the older pc drives that have a lot of jumpers will work with the Amiga computer. Just visit your local pc recycler and ask to see their old pc disk drives.

FOL · 01 July 2012, 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by nscaleworld

Any of the older pc drives that have a lot of jumpers will work with the Amiga computer. Just visit your local pc recycler and ask to see their old pc disk drives.

These are new drives, not old drives.

Abaddon · 01 July 2012, 15:37

I purchased 2 of them a few months back and replaced the drives in my 1200s. I haven't run into any issues. Every game I played from disk worked fine. All the WHDLoad installs I tried worked fine as well.

BarryB · 01 July 2012, 16:38

Good, just ordered one

BuZz · 11 December 2012, 19:44

just ordered one also. Decent price too.

Calabazam · 12 December 2012, 20:26

I bought one for A1200 a couple of years ago and he is working just fine, except that i am a bit annoyed by the eject button, a bit shorter than a regular one.

Unfortunately, they don't sell A500 drives.

Hewitson · 14 December 2012, 15:13

It would be great if they offered A2000 drive replacements. Probably not enough of a market to make it worthwhile though.

Jope · 14 December 2012, 19:55

Probably not. You can fit a smaller drive in the A2000 anyway, it'll just leave a gap around the bezel.

Hewitson · 15 December 2012, 03:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Probably not. You can fit a smaller drive in the A2000 anyway, it'll just leave a gap around the bezel.

That's what I've done. Apart from looking terrible, I'm sick of putting the disk in between the drive and the case instead of in the drive!

john1979 · 12 March 2013, 19:29

Do the Amigakit ones give the proper RDY signal? I'm guessing they don't.

Anyone know?

29 June 2012, 18:16	#1
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	Amigakit.com replacement floppy question Hi, Guys, I was just wondering if someone could tell me exactly what those replacement floppies are that Amigakit.com sells. Are they modded PC drives, NOS Commodore drives, or are they new floppies that were designed and built by Amigakit specifically to be 100% Amiga-compatible? Thanks!

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29 June 2012, 19:13	#2
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	I just got one for my 1200. I can tell you it fits great, looks great, and works great.. I'm pretty sure Amigakit didn't design and build them themselves. Not sure if they are NOS or modded.. The one I got looked really new.. ;-) If I had to guess (which I don't, but I'm going to anyway), I'd say they are new (unused, NOS, whichever) PC drives modded to work. My second guess would be NOS. My A1200 is much happier, I can tell you that.. ;-) desiv

29 June 2012, 20:07	#3
thgill Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mason, Ohio / USA Age: 48 Posts: 391	Unless they changed them recently, they are modified PC drives with an altered eject button so the button lines up with the eject button hole in the A1200 case.

30 June 2012, 01:57	#5
rampartsagain Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Porto/Portugal Posts: 385	yep i think so a friend of mine here in portugal aeb user modded some and he tels it worked without any problem under workbech and copiers ,some pc floppy models. i wonder

30 June 2012, 02:27	#6
quarkx Our prices are Insane! Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Edmonton Posts: 465	All I can add is I have ordered a few of them, Most I put in A2000's, other than them being a bit smaller and white (which is all cosmetic), they work flawlessly. I have used them for OS loading and games. I have never run across any issues and will be ordering more when I can.

30 June 2012, 21:33	#7
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	I take it the drives are strictly 880KB and not 1.76MB-capable?

01 July 2012, 13:41	#9
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,759	How good are these drives with reading/writing Amiga copy protections? My Chinon really needs replacing as I've knocked the upper head out of alignment, re-aligned it by hand so disks formatted on the internal drive read back 100% on the external drive and vice-versa, but a few AmigaDOS IPFs written back with my Kryoflux show read errors on the Chinon (X-Copy checkdisk) but read back fine on my external! This makes me think that if I backup a copy protected disk with Cyclone/X-Copy the Chinon might not copy the whole disk 100%.

01 July 2012, 15:04	#11
nscaleworld Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 16	Any of the older pc drives that have a lot of jumpers will work with the Amiga computer. Just visit your local pc recycler and ask to see their old pc disk drives.

01 July 2012, 15:37	#13
Abaddon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago/USA Age: 55 Posts: 659	I purchased 2 of them a few months back and replaced the drives in my 1200s. I haven't run into any issues. Every game I played from disk worked fine. All the WHDLoad installs I tried worked fine as well.

01 July 2012, 16:38	#14
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,759	Good, just ordered one

11 December 2012, 19:44	#15
BuZz Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oxford / UK Age: 48 Posts: 583	just ordered one also. Decent price too.

12 December 2012, 20:26	#16
Calabazam Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: France Posts: 511	I bought one for A1200 a couple of years ago and he is working just fine, except that i am a bit annoyed by the eject button, a bit shorter than a regular one. Unfortunately, they don't sell A500 drives.

14 December 2012, 15:13	#17
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,773	It would be great if they offered A2000 drive replacements. Probably not enough of a market to make it worthwhile though.

14 December 2012, 19:55	#18
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,916	Probably not. You can fit a smaller drive in the A2000 anyway, it'll just leave a gap around the bezel.

12 March 2013, 19:29	#20
john1979 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: UK Age: 44 Posts: 748	Do the Amigakit ones give the proper RDY signal? I'm guessing they don't. Anyone know?

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