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From: tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Internal A1000 floppy drives
Message-ID: <5160045@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Jun 89 16:19:28 GMT
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mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes:
>> Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.amiga: 19-Jun-89 Internal A1000 floppy
>> drives Don R. Withey@cunyvm.cun (735)
>
>> Help!!  I need to find two internal Amiga 1000 floppy drives.  Our users
>> group has a A1000 in the repair shop for more than a year.  One of the
>> problems in getting it fixed is availability of internal A1000 drives.
>> If you have ANY information about how I can get my hands on a new or
>> rebuilt drive PLEASE send me email or post if it bounces.
>
>
>Do what I did the last time my internal drive died -- get your hands on
>an A1000 external drive (the A1010, I think), rip the drive unit out of
>it, and stick it in the 1000.  Works great.
>
Aren't these fairly standard drives?  Can't you just put in any of a
number of (300rpm, "720K") drives?  I tried this once on my A1000 to
test a drive; didn't do it long enough to really know if it always
works, but it sure seemed to.  The one I was testing was a Sony that
started as a 600rpm drive, and I was converting it.