Amstrad CPC 464

[Beaps]

Hi all,

I have just picked up a CPC 464 with an external disk drive (thinking I could install the HxC inside)

The drive never came with the connector to the external drive so I am on the look out for that. I opened the drive and the ribbon head was shorter, what am I gonna do?

My question is, do I need a ribbon from the CPC straight to the the HxC or do I get a ribbon for the disk drive unit and do something different inside that unit?

confused!

[pulkomandy]

The 464 doesn't have a floppy controller inside, so you have to use the DDI-1 unit which provides the floppy controller and disk ROM. It's the box on the left on this picture :


The cable getting out of this box is a standard floppy cable. Inside the floppy drive (called FD-1) you get the smaller Amstrad connector, which is almost the same so you can create an adapter like for internal 6128/664 installation. Good luck !

[Beaps]

Yer thats what I got - sorry if it was not clear

[Jeff]

Yer thats what I got - sorry if it was not clear

The adaptor:

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[Beaps]

All looks a bit confusing - I will see if I can pick up a 6128