Re: Re: Who owns a 8050/8250 with tandon drives?

I took a look at the service manual and they all look rather similar 
from the outside. I'll venture up into the attic with a screwdriver and 
a camera and over the weekend to see what I have.

On 14/03/2014 09:55, hwarin@neuf.fr wrote:
> Hi, Rob
> 
> Don't know exactly what looks like tandon drives for 8050/8250 but
> they have a different floppy locking system as regular ones.
> Micropolis locking system have a sort of rectengular push button. To
> load the floppy disk, you push the disk into the unit, then, when you
> push (quite heavily) the button, the entire drive mecanism rotates to
> complete lock. To remove the floppy, you push (quite heavily) again
> the rectengular buton and the entire mecanism rotate back but does not
> eject the disk; you have then to pull the buton to eject the disk.
> 
> AFAIK, only full size 100 TPI Micropolis mecanics have this kind of
> disk loading. On regular (non Commodore) 100TPI Micropolis ones, this
> buton is (can be) blue to indicate double sided drive. Seen one pair
> for sell on eBay few years ago.
> 
> I think that Tandon drives have a more conventional locking system.
> 
> REgards - Hervé
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> Message du : 13/03/2014 00:45
> De : "Rob Clarke " <crock@clarke-family.org.uk>
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> 
>  Hi Martin, can you tell externally if it's a tandon drive? I have 4
> or 5
> in the attic and it would be easier if I didn't have to take then down
> 
> of the shelves and open them up.
> 
> cheers, Rob
> 
> On 12/03/2014 19:34, Martin Hoffmann-Vetter wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> did anyone owns a 8050 or 8250 with tandon drives? Many units come
> with
>> micropolis drives. So the ROM content of the RRIOTs for tandon
> drives (e.g.
>> 901483-04 and 901884-01) are missing. It would be very great if an
> owner of
>> a unit with tandon drives can dump the ROM from a RRIOT!
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>> 
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