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From: billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 floppy drive compatibility question
Keywords: Amiga 1000 drive
Message-ID: <2027@agora.UUCP>
Date: 1 May 90 16:00:37 GMT
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Reply-To: billsey@.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
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In article <5407@cbnewsl.ATT.COM: mwf@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (mark.w.forman) writes:
:I have recently been "forced" to upgrade to an Amiga 2000
:(long story).  Before I go about attempting to dismantle 
:my Amiga 1000, will the internal disk drive on my Amiga 1000
:function properly as df1: on my Amiga 2000?  I have an external
:drive, but calling it df2: is making me nauseous (I'm so used 
:to df1: and don't want to constantly be doing ASSIGNs).  Does
:anyone happen to know off-hand if this is feasible and/or if I
:should even attempt it?  

	In most cases, there should be no problem... As long as you
can live with the uglies. :-) Remember that the internal drive in the
1000 doesn't have a front bezel, so you'll end up staring at the guts
of your drive.
	The drives shipped in the first production 1000s (Oct 85-Mar 86
approx.) were taller than the drives shipped in later machines. These
(NEC) drives probably will not fit into the opening in your 2000. If
your machine is that old, look into just buying a standard PC type 720K
drive and installing it. You can find Panasonic JU-363s for around $65
and Chinons for a bit more.

:Mark W. Forman (no .sig saves natural computing resources)


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     -Bill Seymour             ...tektronix!reed!percival!agora!billsey
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