Re: PET 2001 internal tape drive

Hi Mia!

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:34 PM, Mia Magnusson <mia@plea.se> wrote:
> Den Thu, 8 Feb 2018 19:26:50 +0100 skrev Francesco Messineo
> <francesco.messineo@gmail.com>:
>> Hi All,
>> I'm repairing the internal tape drive of a 2001. It seems to me that
>> the ground connection of its connector goes to two wires, black and
>> orange in this particular one. The orange wire is disconnected and the
>> black one was soldered (badly, very) to the pin 1 of the connector.
>> The orange wire goes to the ground of the electronic board and the
>> black one goes to the minus (probably) of the motor.
>> So, I'm pretty sure I need to connect the orange wire back with the
>> black one at the connector, but if someone can confirm this, I really
>> appreciate it :)
>
> I have a separate datasette of the same kind that newer PET 2001 has.
>
> Looking at the connector, from one side to the other, the colours are
> blue, brown, white, red, green, black+orange. So you are correct.
>
> Btw the colours are the same on my "VIC-20-coloured" datasette that's
> almost identical, except for colour and that it also has a counter.


Thanks for the help, you have way more CBM gears that I'll ever dream to have :)
Fortunately, I can play with other's devices when they send them to me
for repairs :)

Frank

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