Re: Matsushita disk drives need attention!

From: Michał Pleban <*lists_at_michau.name*> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:08:48 +0100 Message-ID: <54EDAD40.5040900@michau.name> · lists_at_michau.name

Hello!

Christian Dirks wrote:

> You all know the Matsushita JU-570(-2) disk drives that are used in CBM
> 8250lp, SFD-1001 and 8296-d.
> Some of these JU-570 drives went through my hands in the last weeks.
> All of them had damaged drive motor PCBs, caused by leaking electrolyte
> capacitors.
> I assume that all JU-570 drives are affected by this problem.
> You may take a look at
> http://forum.classic-computing.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=7382
> where I described the problem. In german, but the pictures should tell
> anything.

I don't speak German unfortunately. Will this issue also affect the 96
TPI drive used in Commodore 900?

Regards,
Michau.

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