On 2014-09-14 at 21:12:50, Gerrit Heitsch (gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de) wrote: > >>>>>> Do we know exactly what all types of mechanisms the 1541-IIs were > >>>>>> equipped with? Were there more than one type (as with the older 1541s)? > >>>>> > >>>>> I believe there were at least two - one direct drive, the other > >>>>> belt-driven. > >>>> > >>>> Yes, I have one of each. The belt driven one is Newtronics/Mitsumi, the > >>>> direct drive is Chinon. The latter is the one where the disk pops out a > >>>> bit when unlocking the drive. > >>> > >>> It's probably the other way around as those I have here are direct driven and the disk > >> doesn't pop out. > >> > >> Check the mechanism then, might have gotten stuck. > > > > I did. There is no mechanism that'd eject the disk. > > > > http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58002657/cbm/1541-II/2014-09-14%2020.42.39.jpg > > That would be a third mechanism for the 1541-II then... The direct drive > I know is made by Chinon and has that eject feature. The ones here have only what I'd call a provision for such feature. So there is *at least* three different drives that sit in 1541-II Those like mine: http://www.nightfallcrew.com/wp-content/gallery/commodore-disk-drive-1541-ii-boxed/IMG_6278.jpg http://www.elisanet.fi/siili/cbm/pics/dtv1541II_1.jpg The Chinons you mention: http://bilgisayarlarim.com/Commodore/1541-II_(Kutulu)/05.jpg http://bsz.amigaspirit.hu/blpcs/20121230/pic0081.jpg http://www.the-liberator.net/site-files/retro-games/hardware/Commodore-1541-II-Floppy-Drive/Commodore-1541-II-Floppy-Drive-rev-7/Commodore-1541-II-Floppy-Drive-Rev-7-004.JPG and the Mitsumi: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~schepers/CABLEPIX/1541_II/154121.jpg http://bilgisayarlarim.com/Commodore/1541-II/03.jpg And all of them (especially the Chinon on the backside) are mechanically different enough to make it infeasible to handle all of them properly :-( -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-09-14 20:01:02
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