Date : Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:22:02 +1300
From : Richard Hobbis <rhobbis@...>
Subject: Re: Try Compact Drives+ CJR cable
Richard Hobbis wrote:
> A. J. Davis wrote:
>
>> Richard Hobbis wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Master that has a built-in 3.5" drive, fitted to the right
>>> rear of the case.
>>> Ribbon cable is internally patched into the disk drive interface
>>> which allows me to also run a 5.25" drive at the same time (so long
>>> as one of them is jumpered as drive 1 instead of 0).
>>> I'm told this was a fairly common upgrade here in NZ, but was it
>>> done in the UK as well? - from the discussions about drives so far
>>> I'd guess not.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've seen one on Ebay. Is there any chance you could post soem
>> pictures as this is a project I fancy doing. The wiring aspect is
>> easy, but I'd like to see how the drive is mounted in the case.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Here's the specs I could read on the drive itself.
> Mitsubishi /Sankyo MF355C - 58UJ
> Date: 1991
>
> There are lots of jumpers. Here's the ones I could read/figure out
> TPA 1 2 3 4 = 0
> DS = 0
> LD/HD = HD -- against better advice on this list I'm using HD 1.44Mb
> IBM formatted discs but with the hole filled in. Works fine for me so
> far. I don't have any DD 3.5" discs so I haven't tried adjusting this
> jumper yet.
> DC = 1
> SR = 0
> MM = 1
> MS = 0
> IS = 1
> IU = 0
> HO = 0
> SW = 1
>
> Pics are here
> http://www.minormania.com/stuff/Master_floppy_01.jpg
> http://www.minormania.com/stuff/Master_floppy_02.jpg
> http://www.minormania.com/stuff/Master_floppy_03.jpg
> http://www.minormania.com/stuff/Master_floppy_04.jpg
> http://www.minormania.com/stuff/Master_floppy_05.jpg
> http://www.minormania.com/stuff/Master_floppy_06.jpg
>
> Cheers
> Richard
>
>
Some Amiga 500 internal drives work WITHOUT MODIFICATION on my Master
128 (which already has a builtin 3.5" drive)
I have a batch of drives that I acquired through a bulk lot of working
and non-working Amiga 500s that I got cheap on TradeMe (the NZ version
of eBay)
One of the drives that I know works perfectly on the Amiga also works
perfectly on the M128 as well.
A check of my other spare Amiga drives revealed other Amiga drives that
seem to work fine on the Master. They certainly load and run XOR from
DFS without problem
None of the Amiga Chinon FB354 and Panasonic JU-253-033P drives work,
but the Epson SMD-300 *does*, as does the TEAC FD-235F, and MITSUMI D359T3
Cheers
Richard