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| ==Amiga Floppy Drive Compatibility List== | ==== Amiga Floppy Drive Compatibility List ==== |
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| Since a disk drive is by nature a moving part, it is inevitable that it will fail someday. The vast majority of Amiga computers out there are least a decade old (some are nearly 20 years old), and so many users have had the misfortune of their disk drives dying on them. Replacing them is difficult because while Amiga disk drives are for the most part electrically compatible with those used in the Wintels of today, there are slight but vital differences in terms of both signals and pinout. | Since a disk drive is by nature a moving part, it is inevitable that it will fail someday. The vast majority of Amiga computers out there are least a decade old (some are nearly 20 years old), and so many users have had the misfortune of their disk drives dying on them. Replacing them is difficult because while Amiga disk drives are for the most part electrically compatible with those used in the Wintels of today, there are slight but vital differences in terms of both signals and pinout. |
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| 3.5 Drives: | 3.5 Drives: |
| |Manufacturer |Model |Works unmodified? |Can be modified? |Notes | | |Manufacturer |Model |Works unmodified? |Can be modified? |Notes | |
| |Alps Electric |DF354H090F |Unknown |Unknown | | | |Alps Electric |DF354H090F |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |Chinon |FZ-354 |Yes |N/A | | | |Chinon |FB-354 |Yes |N/A |Has 6-pin jumper block on back. Short pins 3 and 5.| |
| |Chinon |FZ-354A |Yes |N/A | | | |Chinon |FG-357 |Unknown |N/A | | |
| |Chinon |FZ-357 |Yes |N/A | | | |Chinon |FZ-354 |Yes |N/A | | |
| |Chinon |FZ-357A |Yes |N/A |Will work as high-density drive in an Amiga.| | |Chinon |FZ-354A |Yes |N/A | | |
| |Chinon |FB-354 |Yes |N/A |Has 6-pin jumper block on back. Short pins 3 and 5.| | |Chinon |FZ-357 |Yes |N/A | | |
| |Epson |SMD-380 |No |No | | | |Chinon |FZ-357A |Yes |N/A |Will work as high-density drive in an Amiga.| |
| |Epson |SMD-300 |Unknown |Unknown | | | |Epson |SMD-380 |No |No | | |
| |Epson |SMD-340 |No |No |Has large jumper array on the back-First row labeled G,A,A,T,T,0,(BLANK),1, second row labeled H,(BLANK),L,(BLANK),S,2(BLANK),3. Docs are here.| | |Epson |SMD-300 |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |Mitsumi D359T7 Unknown Unknown | |Epson |SMD-340 |No |No |Has large jumper array on the back-First row labeled G,A,A,T,T,0,(BLANK),1, second row labeled H,(BLANK),L,(BLANK),S,2(BLANK),3. Docs are [[http://www.freewebs.com/computolio/SMD340.TXT|here]].| |
| |NEC FD1231H Unknown Unknown | |Mitsubishi |MF355F-258MG |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |NEC FD1035 Yes N/A Low-density drive. | |Mitsumi |D359T7 |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |NEC FD1036 A Yes N/A Low-density drive. | |NEC |FD1231H |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |Panasonic JU-257T234P Unknown Maybe Has 5 setting switches- RY/DC, NC/OUT/IN, 0/3/2/1, SE/AT/PS2, MO/MS. | |NEC |FD1035 |Yes |N/A |Low-density drive.| |
| |Panasonic JU-257A023F Partially Maybe Has 6 setting switches- 0/3/2/1, M0/M1, RY/DC, AT/PS2, NC/EX(or OUT/EX), A/B. | |NEC |FD1036 A |Yes |N/A |Low-density drive.| |
| |Panasonic JU-257A606P Unknown Yes-see this file on Aminet | |Panasonic |JU-253-033P |Yes |N/A |Low-density drive. To make it work, set MS/MD to MD, 0/1/2/3 to 0, RY/DC to RY.| |
| |Panasonic JU-257A605P Partially Yes-see this CAPS Knowledge Base article | |Panasonic |JU-253-243P |Unknown |Unknown |Low-density drive.| |
| |Panasonic JU-257A606PC Unknown Maybe | |Panasonic |JU-257A023F |Partially |Unknown |Has 6 setting switches- 0/3/2/1, M0/M1, RY/DC, AT/PS2, NC/EX(or OUT/EX), A/B.| |
| |Panasonic JU-257A607P Unknown Maybe | |Panasonic |JU-257A137P |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |Panasonic JU-257A137P Unknown Maybe | |Panasonic |JU-257A515P |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |Panasonic JU-253-033P Yes N/A To make it work, set MS/MD to MD, 0/1/2/3 to 0, RY/DC to RY. | |Panasonic |JU-257A605P |Partially |Yes - see [[http://www.softpres.org/article:hard:modifying_the_pansonic_ju-257a605p_fdd|this SPS Knowledge Base article]]| | |
| |Panasonic JU-253-243P Unknown Unknown | |Panasonic |JU-257A606P |Unknown |Yes - see [[http://www.aminet.net/hard/hack/ju257.lha|this file on Aminet]]|Also see [[http://jope.fi/drives/ju257a606p/|here]]| |
| |Sony MPF920-F No No Has one setting jumper. | |Panasonic |JU-257A606PC |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |Sony MPF420-1 Yes N/A Has jumper grid for settings. To make it work, short pins 5 and 10, 11 and 6, 8 and 7, and 13 and 12. Also see: illustrated configuration. | |Panasonic |JU-257A607P |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |Sony MPF110-05 Yes N/A Low-density drive. | |Panasonic |JU-257A624P |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |Sony MPF17W-1 Unknown Unknown | |Panasonic |JU-257T234P |Unknown |Unknown |Has 5 setting switches- RY/DC, NC/OUT/IN, 0/3/2/1, SE/AT/PS2, MO/MS.| |
| |Samsung SFD-321B/KEPN Unknown Unknown Has holes in the bottom of the housing through which solder pads with settings marked |next to them can be seen. | |Sony |MPF920-F |No |No |Has one setting jumper.| |
| |Tamagawa TS3118N8 Yes N/A Low-density drive. | |Sony |MPF420-1 |Yes |N/A |Has jumper grid for settings. To make it work, short pins 5 and 10, 11 and 6, 8 and 7, and 13 and 12. Also see: [[http://www.freewebs.com/computolio/MPF420-1.JPG|illustrated configuration]].| |
| |TEAC FD-235HFA429 Unknown Unknown Settings can be changed with solder pads according to the manuals. | |Sony |MPF110-05 |Yes |N/A |Low-density drive.| |
| |TEAC FD-235F Yes N/A Low-density drive. Has 6 setting jumpers-MS, IR, RY, DC, D1, D0. To make it work, put jumpers on RY, DC & D0. | |Sony |MPF17W-1 |Unknown |Unknown | | |
| |TEAC FD-235HF3823 Yes N/A Has a grid of setting jumpers, with 4,3,2,1 from left to right and ABCDEFG from bottom to top. To make it work, put jumpers from 1A to 1B, 3A to 3B, 4C to 3C, 4E to 3E and 4G to 3G. Also short the "Frame Ground" jumper, which sits to the upper left of the main jumper grid. Also see: illustrated configuration. | |Samsung |SFD-321B/KEPN |Unknown |Unknown |Has holes in the bottom of the housing through which solder pads with settings marked next to them can be seen.| |
| |TEAC FD-235HF3435 Yes N/A Has a grid of setting jumpers, with 4,3,2,1 from left to right and ABCDEFG from bottom to top. To make it work, put jumpers from 1A to 1B, 3A to 3B, 4A to 4B, 3C to 4C, 3E to 4E, and 3G to 4G. Also short the "Frame Ground" jumper, which sits to the upper left of the main jumper grid. Also see: illustrated configuration. | |Tamagawa |TS3118N8 |Yes |N/A |Low-density drive.| |
| |TEAC FD-235HF4240 N/A N/A Has a grid of setting jumpers, with 2,1 from left to right and ABCDE from bottom to top. | |TEAC |FD-235HFA429 |Unknown |Unknown |Settings can be changed with solder pads according to the manuals.| |
| | |TEAC |FD-235HFA529 |No |[[http://jope.fi/drives/fd235hfa529/|Yes]] | | |
| | |TEAC |FD-235F |Yes |N/A |Low-density drive. Has 6 setting jumpers-MS, IR, RY, DC, D1, D0. To make it work, put jumpers on RY, DC & D0.| |
| | |TEAC |FD-235HF3823 |Yes |N/A |Has a grid of setting jumpers, with 4,3,2,1 from left to right and ABCDEFG from bottom to top. To make it work, put jumpers from 1A to 1B, 3A to 3B, 4C to 3C, 4E to 3E and 4G to 3G. Also short the "Frame Ground" jumper, which sits to the upper left of the main jumper grid. Also see: [[http://www.freewebs.com/computolio/FD-235HF3823.JPG|illustrated configuration]].| |
| | |TEAC |FD-235HF3435 |Yes |N/A |Has a grid of setting jumpers, with 4,3,2,1 from left to right and ABCDEFG from bottom to top. To make it work, put jumpers from 1A to 1B, 3A to 3B, 4A to 4B, 3C to 4C, 3E to 4E, and 3G to 4G. Also short the "Frame Ground" jumper, which sits to the upper left of the main jumper grid. Also see: [[http://www.freewebs.com/computolio/FD-235HF3435.JPG|illustrated configuration]].| |
| | |TEAC |FD-235HF4240 |N/A |N/A |Has a grid of setting jumpers, with 2,1 from left to right and ABCDE from bottom to top.| |
| | |Y-E Data |YD-702D-6037D |No |[[http://jope.fi/drives/yd720d6037d//|Yes]]| | |
| | |Y-E Data |YD-702D-6639D |Unknown |Unknown |Manual is [[http://www.dpninc.com/pdf/man6639d.pdf|here]]| |
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| NOTE: All drives listed will only work with Amigas as 880K or 720K drives unless specifically noted. | NOTE: All drives listed will only work with Amigas as 880K or 720K drives unless specifically noted. |
| Advice for unknown drives: if there's config switches or jumpers (sometimes you have to open the cover to get to them), experiment with every combination and see if that makes the drive work any better. If there aren't any, it's probably only going to work with the cable hack(which is not a practical solution) or an adapter board(which is costly). | Advice for unknown drives: if there's config switches or jumpers (sometimes you have to open the cover to get to them), experiment with every combination and see if that makes the drive work any better. If there aren't any, it's probably only going to work with the cable hack(which is not a practical solution) or an adapter board(which is costly). |
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| If you have any corrections, additions or comments to add, feel free to e-mail me. Information on the kit called "The Real HD-Drive A357" and how it worked would be greatly appreciated, as would tips on how to modify the most common floppy drives in use today (such as the TEAC FD-235HFAXXX) for Amiga use. | See also: http://www.pitsch.de/stuff/amiga/floppy.htm |
