Re: 1541-II mechanisms

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:35:52 +0200 Message-ID: <etPan.5415d1f8.66334873.10222@szaman.lan>

On 2014-09-14 at 17:34:18, Gerrit Heitsch (gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de) wrote:

> >> Do we know exactly what all types of mechanisms the 1541-IIs were
> >> equipped with? Were there more than one type (as with the older 1541s)?
> >
> > I believe there were at least two - one direct drive, the other
> > belt-driven.
> 
> Yes, I have one of each. The belt driven one is Newtronics/Mitsumi, the
> direct drive is Chinon. The latter is the one where the disk pops out a
> bit when unlocking the drive.

It's probably the other way around as those I have here are direct driven and the disk doesn't pop out.

> You can replace one with the other, but you need to move the bezel as
> well for everything to fit.

Meaning CBM had to design *two* different bezels..

I need to dig deeper then - maybe I can find a belt-driven one and compare. If I don't find - then I'll ask for a hi-res picture of the belt-driven one.

The reason I ask is that I try to design a thing that depends on mechanical layout inside the casing and I - damn it - suspected there will be more, even if all about half a dozen I found so far are the same (the direct driven).

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