For sale are some working 3.5" floppy drives, both modified to work with the Amiga (modified to act as DD 880 kB disk drives) and unmodified ones.
All drives have been cleaned, lubricated and tested. Amiga modified ones have had capacitors replaced with quality Panasonic FR series ones as well.
Test method for Amiga modified ones - all tests were done on an A500:
A) Modified drives - 40 EUR + PP a pop:
From top to bottom:
A1) Samsung SFD-321B/MSCH (Ivory)
A2) Samsung SFD-321B/LBL1 (Black)
A3) Samsung SFD-321B/LFBL1 (Black)
A4) Samsung SFD-321B/LFBL1 (Black)
A5) Samsung SFD-321B/LHSE (Black)
A6) Samsung SFD-321B/LEB (Beige)
A7) Samsung SFD-321B/LEB (Beige)
A8) Samsung SFD-321B/LEB (Beige)
A9) Samsung SFD-321B/E (Beige)
==> 1 spare Beige bazel available to swap instead of e.g. black one if buyer so prefers
A10) Chinon FB-357 - 50 EUR + PP => more info below.
B) Unmodified drives - 20 EUR (was 25) + PP a pop:
From top to bottom:
B1) NEC FD1231H (Beige)
B2) MITSUMI D359M3D (Beige)
B3) TEAC A124-U5 (Beige)
B4) TEAC C291-U5 (Beige)
B5) TEAC C291-U5 (Beige)
B6) TEAC C291-U5 (Beige)
B7) TEAC 7278-U (Black, originally without front bazel, intended to be mounted behind cover - also available with normal beige bazel taken from a non working drive)
B8) TEAC C291-U5 (Beige)
B9) ALPS DF354H911C (Beige)
B10) ALPS DF354H911E (Beige)
B11) ALPS DF354H090F (Beige)
B12) ALPS DF354H(121G) (Beige)
B13) ALPS DF354H090 (Black)
Edit: Found 2 beige bazels for Samsung drives so color is now an option.
Edit: Beige bazel is now also an option for TEAC drive B7
Another unmodified drive available: B14) NEC FD1231H (Beige)
Edit: Price drop for unmodified drives to 20 EUR + PP per unit.
Also adding another PC modified drive suitable for e.g. A2000:
A10) Chinon FB-357 - 50 EUR + PP.
Tested and recapped with quality United Chemi-Con LE series caps.
Mask has some yellowing and/or discoloration.
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Edit: Payment received from Telsar for A10) and A2), awaiting shipping info.
All drives have been cleaned, lubricated and tested. Amiga modified ones have had capacitors replaced with quality Panasonic FR series ones as well.
Test method for Amiga modified ones - all tests were done on an A500:
- Load several trackloading games and demos
- Checked to work as an external drive (DF1

- Amiga Test Kit
- Read test and head calibration check with original WB 2.1 and WB 3.1 disks, as well as with a few DD and HD (880 kB) disks written by a known good drive
- Write test with DD and HD (880 kB) disks
- WB 1.3.3
- Boot to Workbench successfully
- Detect disk change properly
- X-Copy
- Checkdisk runs properly
- Format a few DD and HD disks to 880k
- Copy a few disks
- Read several DD 720k and HD 1440k disks written by known good drives
- Write several DD 720k and HD 1440k disks and verify by known good drive
A) Modified drives - 40 EUR + PP a pop:
From top to bottom:
A2) Samsung SFD-321B/LBL1 (Black)
A3) Samsung SFD-321B/LFBL1 (Black)
A4) Samsung SFD-321B/LFBL1 (Black)
A5) Samsung SFD-321B/LHSE (Black)
A7) Samsung SFD-321B/LEB (Beige)
A8) Samsung SFD-321B/LEB (Beige)
A9) Samsung SFD-321B/E (Beige)
==> 1 spare Beige bazel available to swap instead of e.g. black one if buyer so prefers
B) Unmodified drives - 20 EUR (was 25) + PP a pop:
From top to bottom:
B2) MITSUMI D359M3D (Beige)
B3) TEAC A124-U5 (Beige)
B4) TEAC C291-U5 (Beige)
B5) TEAC C291-U5 (Beige)
B6) TEAC C291-U5 (Beige)
B7) TEAC 7278-U (Black, originally without front bazel, intended to be mounted behind cover - also available with normal beige bazel taken from a non working drive)
B8) TEAC C291-U5 (Beige)
B9) ALPS DF354H911C (Beige)
B10) ALPS DF354H911E (Beige)
B11) ALPS DF354H090F (Beige)
B12) ALPS DF354H(121G) (Beige)
B13) ALPS DF354H090 (Black)
Edit: Found 2 beige bazels for Samsung drives so color is now an option.
Edit: Beige bazel is now also an option for TEAC drive B7
Another unmodified drive available: B14) NEC FD1231H (Beige)
Edit: Price drop for unmodified drives to 20 EUR + PP per unit.
A10) Chinon FB-357 - 50 EUR + PP.
Tested and recapped with quality United Chemi-Con LE series caps.
Mask has some yellowing and/or discoloration.
View attachment 2478926 View attachment 2478927
View attachment 2478928
Edit: Payment received from Telsar for A10) and A2), awaiting shipping info.
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