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amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 21-Jun-2016 15:15:58
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Is the amiga floppy drive cable the same as one used in a PC? I'm doing tower conversion and will need a longer floppy cable can I use a PC one? _________________
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Re: amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 21-Jun-2016 15:27:39
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Re: amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 21-Jun-2016 17:36:19
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I was hoping not to have to buy one if I could use a pc one. Are they different _________________
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Re: amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 21-Jun-2016 17:50:52
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IIRC they are the same as the PC ones.
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Re: amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 21-Jun-2016 19:16:03
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With a PC floppy-drive, the ribbon cable will have a twist.
The end of the cable with the twist MUST be connected at the
floppy-drive.
The twisted section of ribbon is as follows;
1-9 correct way
10-16 reversed
17-34 correct way
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Re: amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 21-Jun-2016 19:41:51
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You can use a plain PC cable, but the twisted one is different for the Amiga !
Sorry, I cannot remember which wires need to be twisted, but I did this many years ago and the PC twisted one is incompatible.
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Re: amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 23-Jun-2016 8:17:47
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A wedge case Amiga has no twist in the floppy cable, so cutting the twisted end off a PC floppy cable (where the twist is between the two floppy connectors) works fine.
If the twist is in the middle of the cable, so that the middle is twisted and the end is straight again, use the end one. _________________
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Re: amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 23-Jun-2016 10:13:55
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Re: amiga floppy drive cable
Posted on 23-Jun-2016 17:29:28
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Internal Df0: is standard Shugart interface + cable
Internal Df1: and any external Df1:, Df2:, Df3: are Amiga interface... Last edited by Raffaele on 23-Jun-2016 at 05:30 PM.
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