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From: a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: replacement of 3.5 drives
Message-ID: <751@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 89 18:32:40 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In Msg-ID: <22842@gryphon.COM>, collins@pnet02.gryphon.com
(Steve Collins) writes:
| A local electronics store is selling 3.5 IBM compatible floppy
| drives (cheap!) that seem to have the same connectors as the Amiga
| internal drive. What are the chances that this drive will work in an
| Amiga?

Steve,
   Hello. You can use a generic 3.5" drive with the addition of a
 small circuit to generate the Drive ID at power up. There is a
 (slightly flawed) circuit in Amiga System Programmer's Guide by
 Abacus. There is also mention of the reading the Drive ID process
 in the RKM_Hardware(1.2 & 1.3) and in the Amiga Tech Ref Manual
 from CATS. To build the circuit all you need is the ASPG book.
   <-Harvey

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