Re: 8250LP, 3040, 4040 drives, PET motherboards (was: Transfer 8050 disks)

Anders,

I just picked up some SFD-1001 boards with 8250MINI daughterboards but no mechs, so I'd be interested in a few. In case you don't know the 8250mini board converts the SFD board into a dual drive unit equivilent to the 8250.

Steve



----- Original Message ----
> From: Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@sfks.se>
> To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
> Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 9:28:51 AM
> Subject: 8250LP, 3040, 4040 drives, PET motherboards (was: Transfer 8050 disks)
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Out of curiosity, I suppose there is no practical way to interface the
> floppy drives from a 8250LP on a PC? I happen to have a few loose drives
> which may or may not work. Previously I had some problems with a 8250LP
> controller board which seemed to zap drives when plugged in.
> 
> If anyone thinks he or she may have use of some Panasonic/Matsushita
> drive mechanisms, I can look up what would be the shipping costs and send
> them your way. Most likely I won't have any use of them anyway.
> 
> On a related note, I have a couple of broken 3040 and 4040 drives in the
> basement on which the drive mechanisms may or may not work. I tried to
> trouble-shoot them previously but gave up. Some of those days I'm planning
> to dispose them at the recycling station. If you would like to get spare
> parts, get in touch with me and I will describe more in detail what I
> still got.
> 
> And yes, I have a few PET 3000/4000/8000 series motherboards, probably
> broken or partly scavenged for parts that I may get rid of too. I don't
> have any friends nearby who are interested or qualified to get some use
> of these scrap parts, and somehow doubt international shipping costs
> alone may barely be worth sending it all.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> -- Anders Carlsson
> 
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