root422d ago
Oh poor kid, what did they do to you?
This drive will donate its mechanism to the MegaloDOS drive I still have, which seems to have a mechanical issue on its Newtronics drive mech. I think these are the last two modded drives I will ever work on. I really don’t get these mods. MAYBE a device selector. But you usually don’t need to switch around drive numbers that often.
#commodore #c64 #c1541
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The drive mechanism itself looks to be in good condition. Motor driver board looks ok, as do the belt and the stepper motor.
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The drive mechanism has another mod. The spindle motor power cables have been cut and some extra wires spliced in. The tacho is still wired up the same. I was told this was meant to spin the disks THE WRONG WAY if a switch was toggled, to make all the „backups“ work only on THIS drive (or other modded drives). However it seems this is not wired up anymore. I wonder if I should remove the splice.
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@root42 Perhaps someone was inspired by the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci?
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