Re: Replacement drive mechanism for 1581

From: MikeS <dm561_at_torfree.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:17:12 -0400
Message-ID: <5ECE6FD796574B9D99A440120C4DDB11@310e2>
Issue 25, p. 20.

Tnx, gene!

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "geneb" <geneb@deltasoft.com>
To: <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: Replacement drive mechanism for 1581


> On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, William Levak wrote:
>
>>
>> The drive mechanism for my 1581 has stopped
>> working. It was a Chinon F-354E. I tried a
>> Chinon FZ-357 as a replacement.  I could not
>> get it to work, even though I tried all the
>> jumper variations that seemed reasonable. I
>> also have a Newtronics D359T3 and a Teac
>> FD-235HF, but their jumpers are not marked, and
>> I don't know how to set them.
>>
>> I know these are HD drives, but they should
>> also be able to work in DD mode.
>>
> William, there's an issue of Commodore World
> that contains an article on what you need to do
> in order to use an HD mech in a 1581.
> Unfortunately, I don't recall which issue it is.
> The good news is that the IA has all of them
> scanned and online.
>
> https://archive.org/details/commodore-world
>
> g.
>
>
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