tinkerBOY Switchless Amiga Boot Drive Selector

Name: tinkerBOY Switchless Amiga Boot Drive Selector
SKU: 23761
Price: 37.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.88 (2 reviews)

(2 Reviews)

Switchless drive selector for Amiga.

Designed by tinkerBOY in Philippines

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(UPDATE: POSTAL SHIPMENT TO THE US IS SUSPENDED) Starting August 29, 2025, all shipments to the US—regardless of value—will be subject to import duties and customs clearance.

Switchless drive selector for Amiga.

The tinkerBOY Amiga Drive Selector is a switchless mod for Amiga to automatically switch or boot between the internal DF0 and DF1 drives. Pressing the reset keys on the keyboard for about 2-3 seconds…

What’s included?

1 x tinkerBOY Amiga Drive Selector

Installation:

Open up your Amiga and carefully remove the EVEN CIA chip (8520) from its 40-pin socket.
Plug in the EVEN CIA chip you removed into the 40-pin socket on the tinkerBOY Amiga Drive Selector like in picture #2.
Finally, plug in the tinkerBOY Amiga Drive Selector into the 40-pin socket on the Amiga motherboard where you removed the EVEN CIA chip like in picture #3.

How to switch/boot between DF0 and DF1 drives?

While your Amiga is turned on, press the reset keys(Ctrl + Amiga + Amiga) on the keyboard for 2-3 seconds.

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(UPDATE: POSTAL SHIPMENT TO THE US IS SUSPENDED) Just a quick heads-up: Starting August 29, 2025, all shipments to the US—regardless of value—will be subject to import duties and customs clearance, due to new government regulations. Buyers are responsible for any tariffs, duties and fees that may apply.

Shipping Information Orders are shipped via our local Post Office in the Philippines. Delivery times typically range from 15 to 45 days, depending on your country's postal system and customs procedures.

Please note: US buyers may experience delays due to the implementation of new tariffs. I appreciate your patience and understanding as these changes may affect delivery times for US buyers.

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.50)

Shipping: (5.00)

Communication: (5.00)

Jan | Feb. 25, 2025

Sweet upgrade for A500. Ideal with Gotek and multiple drives

Brilliant upgrade for my A500's! Ideal for use with Gotek
I tested this an Amiga 500 with three external floppy drives.
All floppy drives remained accessible, df0 and df1 were successfully switched and df2 and df3 remained where they were and were accessible. This is awesome!
Caveat: I only accessed the drives with Diskmaster, I didn’t play any games.

Also nice: the selected boot drive was indeed remembered even after power had been disconnected. This is awesome! Thanks

Bruce | Dec. 30, 2024

Great device, best on the market!

There is no other Amiga boot drive selector that allows you to use both the original internal drive and an external drive at the same time and allows you to flip them between DF0: and DF1:. And, the selector saves your selection so it is retained on power on. This is all very handy as you can make real floppies from ADF (or other) images on a Gotek or equivalent, or vice versa and back up a real floppy to an image...all right on the Amiga.

No other product compares.