L30CC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (02/02/89)
It appears that I'm not the only one who has a 2000 with one internal
floppy (df0:) and one external floppy (df2:). Frustrations with brain
damaged software that wouldn't work quite right with my system forced me to
attempt a hack to attempt to make the amiga see the second floppy as df1:
instead of df2:.
It turns out that it isn't much of a 'hack' at all (i.e. no soldering, hack
saws, etc.). I disconnected and disassembled my extrernal drive (model 1010).
Then I removed the drive mechanism from the case. At the bottom of the drive,
there is a jumper which selects the device number. The 1010 has the jumper
set for device 0. I changed it to device 1. Then I opened up my 2000,
installed a jumper on the motherboard to tell it that I have a second internal
floppy (jumper J301, check your owner's manual). Lastly, I installed the
drive mechanism in the second 3.5" bay and hooked up the necessary cables.
Well, everything works fine. I now have two internal drives as df0: and df1:.
And I have more desk space to boot (no pun intended). If this mod has been
discussed before, I apologize for wasting net bandwidth. I've been wanting
to do something like this for a long time so I hope this information helps
someone. At this point I must add it is possible to damage your amiga,
disk drive, and/or yourself by attempting the above and you should do so at
your own risk. All I can tell you is that it works for me. If you muck up
amiga doing this, you have my sympathies. I've already mucked up my 1000
attempting other hacks. But hey, either you get slapped, or you get laid,
that's life.
But enough of my philosophical ramblings, if anyone has any questions, don't
hesistate to e-mail me.
Kamlesh R. Bhagia
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Kamlesh R. Bhagia
Disclaimer: blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
!!yourdead blah, blah, blah!
]RUN HELLO
ROGRAM TOO LARGE "A buzzard is two faced ..."
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