I agree with Eletronic Treasure. Everyone (lately) keeps saying 1541 drives, specifically mitsumi specific drives are bad or unreliable. They are quite reliable. I buy everyone I can get cheap and I have never come across one I couldnt repair. I would say MOST of the problems are 1541 board specific (roms, ttl logic, etc) not the drive mech. These are pretty rugged drives in my opinion and I love fixing them.
The name and ID it asks for for the format is giving you the ability to name your disk (8 characters I believe) and the ID is any 2 characters of your choice.
They aren't that bad. The drive head strap lips, the pulley slips on the shaft, but the biggest issue was the failing heads :( Half tracks mean nothing unless you have half tracks on the disk. 100 in red is NOT GOOD for half tracks! You want yellow or green. Liked anyway cause vintage computing content it awesome.
That's what I was thinking. I remember going into radio shack asking how I could add a reset button to my tandy 1000 and they all looked at me like I was crazy.
The free pcbs are nice. I have a bunch of sponsored friends and i swear tf that if they think anything i mention will lead to me asking them to get me free custom pcbs i dont hear from them for months hahaha. Not you.
I can send you the external psu and all the parts. I maintained esd precautions as theres a 6502 in there and the 6522 and 27 i wanna say. Theyre the bus controllers for peripherals It's been over a decade since I had spinning media storage in my pc and I miss the chug sound haha
Most people will buy better caps too bahahahaha jk buddy. Just bored and tormenting you. I agree about china and i cant watch mailbags anymore. This hobbie of ours is the least of what i watch now. Its funny too because its all i watched for years
I agree with Eletronic Treasure. Everyone (lately) keeps saying 1541 drives, specifically mitsumi specific drives are bad or unreliable. They are quite reliable. I buy everyone I can get cheap and I have never come across one I couldnt repair. I would say MOST of the problems are 1541 board specific (roms, ttl logic, etc) not the drive mech. These are pretty rugged drives in my opinion and I love fixing them.
I think the main irreplaceable issue is damaged heads.
The name and ID it asks for for the format is giving you the ability to name your disk (8 characters I believe) and the ID is any 2 characters of your choice.
They aren't that bad. The drive head strap lips, the pulley slips on the shaft, but the biggest issue was the failing heads :( Half tracks mean nothing unless you have half tracks on the disk. 100 in red is NOT GOOD for half tracks! You want yellow or green. Liked anyway cause vintage computing content it awesome.
Definitely still learning. Thanks so much for the information.
Awesome video man need to do some pcb's myself again as well for one or two of my own projects.
We live in a wild time that you can get these things delivered so easily compared to the past
Yeah, modding the C-64 to have a reset switch was a rite of passage. 😄 Eventually fast loader and other utility carts would sport them.
That's what I was thinking. I remember going into radio shack asking how I could add a reset button to my tandy 1000 and they all looked at me like I was crazy.
My main complaint with the 938D soldering tool is the power cable is so darn stiff!
Ive only used it for desoldering.
The free pcbs are nice. I have a bunch of sponsored friends and i swear tf that if they think anything i mention will lead to me asking them to get me free custom pcbs i dont hear from them for months hahaha. Not you.
I can send you the external psu and all the parts. I maintained esd precautions as theres a 6502 in there and the 6522 and 27 i wanna say. Theyre the bus controllers for peripherals
It's been over a decade since I had spinning media storage in my pc and I miss the chug sound haha
Too funny. I had a working one but didnt include it. I kept the ics and motors out of it
Why 10? Do I need 10 to fix my drive?
Why 10 boards? That's just the best price
Most people will buy better caps too bahahahaha jk buddy. Just bored and tormenting you.
I agree about china and i cant watch mailbags anymore. This hobbie of ours is the least of what i watch now. Its funny too because its all i watched for years