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[WANTED] Floppy Disc Drive

Inviere · 2022-06-06 13:59:24

ITEM: old ide based floppy drive POST\COLLECTION: whichever suits PRICE: whatever is fair PAYMENT METHODS: cash/paypal/revolut Hi all, I've an Amiga 1200 with a dead internal floppy drive. The heads try to seek, but the disc isn't physically spinning up. I tried changing the small capacitor on the control board,…

06-06-2022 1:59pm

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ITEM: old ide based floppy drive
POST\COLLECTION: whichever suits
PRICE: whatever is fair
PAYMENT METHODS: cash/paypal/revolut

Hi all, I've an Amiga 1200 with a dead internal floppy drive. The heads try to seek, but the disc isn't physically spinning up. I tried changing the small capacitor on the control board, disconnecting and reconnecting all cables etc, nothing makes any difference.
I know you can mod some pc floppy drives to be Amiga compatible, so if anyone has some going spare/collecting dust let me know, cheers

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