Date   : Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:20:56 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Sprow <info@...>
Subject: Re: BBC MASTER and disk drives

In article <E1EX38L-0004RI-00@...>,
   John <blip@...> wrote:
> Peeps

[snip]

> I would deeply appreciate a fully working 5.25" drive 40/80 double sided
> drive if anyone would swap - I have a pile of drives here of similar spec
> but no time to test and some of the errors have puzzled me. Have cleaned
> one drive and I am using ADFS but repeatedly getting 'broken directory'?

Don't forget to *DISMOUNT
when you've finished working (especially writing) to a disc.

> e) Someone to tell me if my cub is working (the six pins all short out, the
> monitor light is on, but no picture is home - tried it on three different
> Masters. No static felt on screen)

No static or high pitched (15.625kHz) squeal? Most probably it's failed
dangerously: one of the more common transportation faults in a Cub is when
once of the fusable resistors has a dry joint. They're great fun to repair
as the Cub is a real textbook TV design, but very dangerous if you're not
sure what you're looking at!
Sprow.