ELEGG@latvax8.lat.oz (WHY DONT WE GET TOGETHER SOMETIME) (02/08/90)
HI there !!!!!!
IF THERE ARE ANY AT-DRIVE EXPERTS OUT THERE I NEED HELP !!!
JUST CONNECTED A 5.25" INTERNAL DRIVE (34 PINS + POWER PINS) TO THE EXTERNAL
DISK DRIVE PORT ON THE AMIGA 2000. I HAVE CONFIGURED IT AS DF2: (AS DS1 IN
IBM TALK). THE DRIVE ITSELF IS A CHINON MSJE200A53 TYPE WITH AUTO DISK CHANGE
DETECT (I THINK). THE POWER PINS FROM THE A2000 PORT (PINS 23 AND 12) ARE
NOT USED SINCE I USED THE POWER LEADS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR 5.25" DRIVES
INSIDE THE A2000.
I'VE GOT ALL PINS WORKED OUT ON THE AT-DRIVE EXCEPT PINS 2 AND 4 WHICH
I HAV'NT CONNECTED . ON THE EXTERNAL DRIVE PORT PINS, I KNOW WHAT THE
DESIGNATIONS ARE BUT I AM UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH PINS 11(DSK CHNG) AND
10(DISK RESET).
EVEN THOUGH I HAV'NT CONNECTED THESE PINS THE DRIVE SHOULD STILL OPERATE
NORMALLY. I GET "DF2:BAD" COMMING UP ON WORKBENCH !! . THE DRIVE SEEMS
TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY (I.E. DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON, HEAD SWEEPS BACK AND
FORTH, MOTOR TURNS E.T.C.) . MY MOUNTLIST IS CONFIGURED FOR DF2: , 0 TO
79 TRACKS AT 11 SECTORS PER TRACK. I CAN EVEN DO AN X-COPY FROM DF0: TO
DF2: !!! . THE DRIVE TYPE CAN GO TO 880K AMIGA FORMAT (MAYBE MORE)
AND 1.4 MEG MSDOS FORMAT.
>>>> CAN ANYONE PLEASE OFFER ANY HINTS ON HOW I MAY GET MY DRIVE WORKING
PROPERLY . I'VE LEFT THE PIN CONNECTIONS BELOW <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
AT-DRIVE EXTERNAL AMIGA DRIVE PORT
34 ----------------- 1
32 ----------------- 13
30 ----------------- 2
28 ----------------- 14
26 ----------------- 15
24 ---------------- 16
22 ---------------- 17
20 ----------------- 18
18 ----------------- 19
16 -----------------
14 ----------------- 9
12 ----------------- 21
10 ----------------- 8 (MOTOR ON)
8 ----------------- 22
6 ----------------- 20
ODD No. PINS ----------------- 3,4,5,6,7 (GROUND PINS)
4 (unknown) 11 (disk change)(NOT CONNECTED)
2 (unknown) 10 (disk reset) (NOT CONNECTED)
12,23-- power (not used)
HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP
GEORGE GANAKAS
PHYSICS DEPARTMENTS
LATROBE UNIVERSITY
CHISOLM INSTITUTE OF TECH.
ACSNET: elegg@latvax8.lat.oz
ed@suns.UMD.EDU (Ed Schmahl) (02/17/90)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Dead Internal Amiga 500 drive Summary: Help on Installing Internal Drive References: <8408@shlump.nac.dec.com> From: ed@alcor.UMD.EDU (Ed Schmahl) Organization: University of Maryland, Astronomy Reply-To: ed@astro.UMD.EDU Path: alcor.UMD.EDU!ed Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: Amiga 500, Drive My Amiga 500 internal drive died a couple of weeks ago (unfortunately one month out of warranty, and I'm wondering if there is a relatively inexpensive way to replace it. My local dealer quotes $185 to install a new Amiga 500 drive, but I see various ads for drives for less than $100. The questions I need to have answered are: 1) What kind of drives available by mail order will fit a 500? 2) How difficult is it to install an internal disk drive? Please respond by email, unless you think your answer is of general interest to Net readers. Ed Schmahl University of Maryland Astronomy Program ed@astro.umd.edu