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From: blakec@pi3.local (Carl D. Blake)
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Subject: 3.5 in. floppy disk drives for A1000
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Date: 18 Sep 90 23:54:44 GMT
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Apparently my mail message went to that great bit bucket in the
sky so I'll try again.

I need to replace the floppy disk drives in A1000.  Both the
internal and the external drives.  I'd like to get them through
mail order (so I only have to pay $70 rather than $120) so I need
to know what floppy drives will work.  I plan to just swap out the
old ones and replace them with the new ones.  I know I need to
get floppy drives that have a disk change signal available and I
think they have to have 3ms track to track access times.  I have
heard that Toshiba ND352, FDD4216, and FDD4210 work.  Is this correct?
What do I need to know to make them work?  Are there other drives
that will work (e.g. TEAC)?  Do I have to switch any signals on
the edge connector?  What jumpers do I have to watch out for?  I
recently heard that Chinon drives are what are normally used in Amigas
now - what about them?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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