tjhayko@thunder.lakeheadu.ca (09/27/90)
I'd like a copy of that post too ************************************************************* * Tom Hayko * only the Amiga /// * * tjhayko@thunder.lakeheadu.ca * (Commodore is starting/// * * * to know that) \\\/// * * * and it's about time\XX/ * ************************************************************* QUIT
blakec@pi3.local (Carl D. Blake) (10/01/90)
> No, not all IBM 3.5" drives will work. The stock A500 uses a Chinon >drive. Mine was replace with a Panasonic no problem. I hear the Toshiba drives >have been made to work and a simple circuit will allow you to use most any >3.5" drive. According to the information I have received, the drives used in the A500 and the A2000 is the Chinon FZ354. I just recently decided to replace the external and internal drives in my A1000 (because of an ongoing problem with dying floppy disks) and purchased a Chinon FZ354 through mail order (actually it was the FZ354I which is the FZ354 with a 5 1/4" bracket - I removed the bracket). It seems to work just fine. However, I had to cut a hole in the face plate of my A1000 to get it to fit. I just did this over the weekend so we'll see if this solves my dying floppy disk problem. ============================================================================== Carl D. Blake | My opinions are my own. I do not blakec%tuva.sainet@ccc.nmfecc.gov | represent SAIC in any way. Science Applications International | Tucson, AZ 85711-3796 602-748-7400 ==============================================================================