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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

458.0. "Dual Floppys?" by LEDS::ACCIARDI () Wed Apr 15 1987 09:28

    Has anyone seen or heard anything regarding a dual external floppy
    package from Europe?  This was mentioned a while back in another
    note that I couldn't find.  
    
    I would be very interested in such a beast, since it would allow
    me to postpone buying a hard drive for a while.
    
    I was actually considering building my own.  I can get a few Panasonic
    JU-363 drive mechanisms.  Two of these can fit inside of a standard
    Amiga 1010 external floppy plastic case, but a frontpanel-ectomy
    is required.
    
    Any news or opinions would be appreciated.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
458.1	Seen in NJ last year	TLE::ANDERSON	Mike Anderson	`Wed Apr 15 1987 10:06`	10
	I saw a dual external floppy unit demoed last spring at a meeting of JAUG, the Jersey Amiga Users Group. JAUG was started at Rutgers by Perry K. (the Perry who has since become the brains behind ASDG), and it was one of his buddies who had developed the unit. I don't know if it ever got beyond the prototype stage, but the projected price was pretty attractive, as I recall. You might see if Perry can put you touch with the fellow who was working on it -- I assume Perry can be contacted through ASDG. Mike
458.2		ECC::JAERVINEN	Down with gravity!	`Wed Apr 15 1987 10:15`	15
	A lot of small companies offer dual (and of course single) drives for the Amiga - for reasonable prices, too... also, every self-respecting Amiga magazine has published instructions on how to build one (single or dual, icnluding 5 1/4). Recently, c&t had an article for a hack to make the Amiga boot from a 360/720 kb 5.25" drive... Over here, a plain drive costs ~DM300, the cheapest add-ons around DM 400 (single) so if (when) I'm gonna buy one, I buy a ready-made one. Calculating the cost of a drive + cabinet + cable + connectors + a few small parts you might save DM 30 by putting one together yourself. If I recall correctly, dual drives go for ~DM 700-750. One US$ = DM 1.80 currently.
458.3	Do it yourself or buy it !	CESARE::ZABOT	Marco Zabot-Adv.Tech.mgr-Turin ACT	`Wed Apr 15 1987 12:56`	6
	There is an available Dual Drives ( internal Amiga power supply) made by a small but good company near by , named BYTEC. It uses Panasonic jU-363-10 and a very simple schematic that i send around some time ago. The price is not to actractive for US folks, while it's good here ( ~ 500 US$ ). If you want to do it yourself, let me know and i'll refetch the schematic.
458.4	...	LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Wed Apr 15 1987 13:33`	8
	Re: .3 Thank you for the reply, Marco. If you can find a schematic sketch, could you upload it as an IFF bitmap? I can buy the drives for $100 directly from a local Panasonic representative, and I can modify the plastic case myself. Thanks again.
458.5	You ask, you get !	CESARE::ZABOT	Marco Zabot-Adv.Tech.mgr-Turin ACT	`Thu Apr 16 1987 06:04`	12
	The information you need are in: CESARE::sys$user0:[ledump.hardware]... I'm not sure if this is the final version ( I think there has been a revision for don't know what reason ). If you'll have any problem let me know and I'll send the answers with some LTA delay (Line-turn around). I've been told last nite that the supply from Amiga allows THREE panasonics with no external supply. Such a beast has been around my Amiga Club for a while.