Date   : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:36:38 +1000
From   : devries.bob@... (Bob Devries)
Subject: A few more Beeb bits to save from the tip

Paul,
are the 5.25" drives of the Mitsubishi brand? I used to use those and found
that after a few years of use, the drive's head load mechanism would malfunction,
and give read errors.

The answer to tyhat problem was to put a piece of sticky tape on the rubber
where the solenoid actuator rests, to stop it from adhering there.

I much preferred the TEAC brand of drives, and still use them on my Tandy
Colour Computer nearly 30 years down the track.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: paul aslin 
  To: bbc-micro@... 
  Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:01 AM
  Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] A few more Beeb bits to save from the tip




  > Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:11:42 +0100
  > From: adsb@...
  > To: bbc-micro@...
  > Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] A few more Beeb bits to save from the tip
  > 
  > On 22/07/10 12:45, J.G.Harston wrote:
  > > Andrew Benham wrote:
  > >> o Cumana dual 5.25" floppy drive unit, with a 3.5" floppy drive
  > >> screwed on the side
  > > 
  > > On the //side//???
  > 
  > Yup. Most of the dual drive units I've seen have the two 5.25" drives
  > side by side. This one has the two 5.25" drives mounted one above the
  > other - giving an almost square front panel. And a big area of metal
  > for each side.

  Other way around here, I had never seen the side by side drives here in
Australia. Not sure who made them, but the drives were a tad unreliable when
I used them in 1993.


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