So nice seeing floppies and drives being kept used and in nice working condition. To me, nothing beats the feel, haptics and sound of the real thing. So, I'm not a Gotek fan, I could go full system emulation then, anyway.
Thanks for you comment Shifter! Yes, nothing beats the sight, sound and vibrations, that come from a FDD...!😍 I'm going to house my Gotek externally and boot select mod my 1040, for best if both worlds, but certainly keeping the FDD in its rightful place!😊👍
For serious mould/grime I take the media out. It makes it easier and quicker to clean it. You also need to be careful with the IPA as that can cause the glue that holds the media to the central metal hub to degrade and then the media can detach from the metal hub.
Hi again Monideth! Yeah, that's a good idea...! Certainly be a lot easier if, like you say, any of my disks are particularly grimy. Oh and a good point about being too liberal with the IPA...! 😯😁
Cheers for that John! 😊👍 Yeah, I think I've got a few in front if me too!! 😆 Good question... found it in a drawer a few years back and it just seems to work for most things! Hexagonal tube with dual-ended tips. I've a couple of laptop lid reed-switch magnets on the tips, to keep life simple!
Thanks a lot Kieran! It's Isopropyl alcohol, commonly called isopropanol or abbreviated to 'IPA'. As it evaporates off, it leaves no residue on the surface. 😊👍
Have a snoop through the other comments and maybe online communities first, as there's a lot of different opinions out there on cleaning disks. Always test your technique on an unimportant disk first too. Best of luck!😊👍
Hey Mark, thanks for your comment! Yes indeed! If this is successful, then I might just get one. Only got about 30 ST disks... but I have 200+ Amiga ones...! 😯😊👍
Hi Mark! For some reason your second comment got quarantined and once I released it, it seems to have disappeared...!! I did manage to follow your link before it went (thank you!) and it's the original frame that I remembered seeing, so thanks for popping that over! Just about to add this to the description. Thanks again! 😊👍
@@ChrissRetroCorner For games, most are already available in ADF (cracked) and IPF (original) format - so using Greaseweazle to image your game disks to be used in the Gotek is not nescessary. I mainly use Greaseweazle to restore original game/program disks by using it to image the disks to see if and where the errors are, and to write the original IPF (or ADF) images back on to it if they damaged or not matching the original (due to high-score/save-game or virus, etc). Sometimes I have to replace the media if there is physical damage to the media that cannot be recovered.
@@MonidethPen sorry I didn't see this sooner! I've found most of my Power Pack games in cracked in the .ST disk format (I do like old school cracking team intros!) and these work well with the Gotek. I do need to investigate the Greaseweazle project a bit more... I've seen hardware kits based (on Arduino Nanos I think?). Taking disk images at the flux level and then writing them back does interest me greatly. I'll have to have a proper read-up on the Github!! 😊
@@ChrissRetroCorner There is a Greaseweazle Facebook group that I recommend you join. I'm not sure exactly regarding Atari ST format as I use Amiga hardware, but I'm sure there are other members that can answer your questions.
So nice seeing floppies and drives being kept used and in nice working condition. To me, nothing beats the feel, haptics and sound of the real thing. So, I'm not a Gotek fan, I could go full system emulation then, anyway.
Thanks for you comment Shifter! Yes, nothing beats the sight, sound and vibrations, that come from a FDD...!😍
I'm going to house my Gotek externally and boot select mod my 1040, for best if both worlds, but certainly keeping the FDD in its rightful place!😊👍
For serious mould/grime I take the media out. It makes it easier and quicker to clean it. You also need to be careful with the IPA as that can cause the glue that holds the media to the central metal hub to degrade and then the media can detach from the metal hub.
Hi again Monideth! Yeah, that's a good idea...! Certainly be a lot easier if, like you say, any of my disks are particularly grimy. Oh and a good point about being too liberal with the IPA...! 😯😁
Awesome video! Much needed! I have spent hours doing this! What screw driver are you using here?
Cheers for that John! 😊👍 Yeah, I think I've got a few in front if me too!! 😆 Good question... found it in a drawer a few years back and it just seems to work for most things! Hexagonal tube with dual-ended tips. I've a couple of laptop lid reed-switch magnets on the tips, to keep life simple!
Great video, thank you! what is in the spray bottle you used to clean the floppy?
Thanks a lot Kieran! It's Isopropyl alcohol, commonly called isopropanol or abbreviated to 'IPA'. As it evaporates off, it leaves no residue on the surface. 😊👍
@@ChrissRetroCorner thanks a mil, I haven't attempted cleaning floppies before, I'll use this technique!
Have a snoop through the other comments and maybe online communities first, as there's a lot of different opinions out there on cleaning disks. Always test your technique on an unimportant disk first too. Best of luck!😊👍
A disk cleaning frame can help you rotate the media, it's helpful if you have a bunch of disks to clean.
Hey Mark, thanks for your comment! Yes indeed! If this is successful, then I might just get one. Only got about 30 ST disks... but I have 200+ Amiga ones...! 😯😊👍
Hi Mark! For some reason your second comment got quarantined and once I released it, it seems to have disappeared...!! I did manage to follow your link before it went (thank you!) and it's the original frame that I remembered seeing, so thanks for popping that over! Just about to add this to the description. Thanks again! 😊👍
@@ChrissRetroCorner Odd, I don't recall sending a second message! For folks in the US, they are available here too: www.ebay.com/itm/303620862566
How random! 😄 I'll pop that link in the description too... thanks Mark! 😊👍
For floppy disk restoration I would recommend using a Greaseweazle device to read and write floppy disks at flux level.
Hey Monideth! Yes, recently aware of this project. Would like something that I can create an image that is Gotek compatible. 🤔
@@ChrissRetroCorner For games, most are already available in ADF (cracked) and IPF (original) format - so using Greaseweazle to image your game disks to be used in the Gotek is not nescessary. I mainly use Greaseweazle to restore original game/program disks by using it to image the disks to see if and where the errors are, and to write the original IPF (or ADF) images back on to it if they damaged or not matching the original (due to high-score/save-game or virus, etc). Sometimes I have to replace the media if there is physical damage to the media that cannot be recovered.
@@MonidethPen sorry I didn't see this sooner! I've found most of my Power Pack games in cracked in the .ST disk format (I do like old school cracking team intros!) and these work well with the Gotek. I do need to investigate the Greaseweazle project a bit more... I've seen hardware kits based (on Arduino Nanos I think?). Taking disk images at the flux level and then writing them back does interest me greatly. I'll have to have a proper read-up on the Github!! 😊
@@ChrissRetroCorner There is a Greaseweazle Facebook group that I recommend you join. I'm not sure exactly regarding Atari ST format as I use Amiga hardware, but I'm sure there are other members that can answer your questions.
@@MonidethPen thanks for the info! Just found that and requested a join! 😊👍
You can also get a cleaning jig from floppydiskcleaner.co.uk
Just tried that link and it's not resolving the URL for me... :s Is that right? Happy to pop a link to anything helpful in the Description! :)
@@ChrissRetroCorner Sorry - it should have been www.floppycleaner.co.uk/