On 2014-09-14 at 22:34:42, Ville Laustela (ville.laustela@gmail.com) wrote: > > Interesting stuff. I still haven't solved my problems with the two non-working 1541-II > drives (another thread), and I am now looking for a replacement mechanism. I found couple > on eBay, but wondered why they all looked different to mine (Mitsumi). I had never thought > these drives had different mechs, too. Last night I dug the junk pile much deeper and eventually found the other variants. > > Can somebody provide pics on how the front panels differ between mechs? > If nobody does, then since I have them, I should be able to document the differences soon. At first glance it seems that the main difference from the outside is that with Chinon mech, the surface where the lever goes is recessed, whereas on the ones I had before, the lever is placed on the main surface. The lever itself is different too. -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-09-15 17:00:03
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