> On 2019-07-11, at 18:58, Mia Magnusson <mia_at_plea.se> wrote: > >> They should be easy enough to find. For example I have a number of >> 1541 with dead R/W heads. Since that's fatal for use as a disk drive >> they are now only good for parts. One of them even has a 6502C as >> CPU, that one should be good for 4 MHz. > > Side track: Are there generally more working 1541 motherboards than > working drive mechanisms around? > > If so, it seems like a good idea to build an interface that is like the > reverse of the electronics on a Shugart compatible disk drive. By doing > that, it would be possible to use standard "pc" disk drives on a 1541, > or even use a gotek or similar. I once did a spider style interfacing of a 3.5" into the 1541 by decoding its stepper signals and feeding the outcome into step/dir of the small drive. These days it's probably better to build an interface to a flash-card though. -- SD! - https://e4aws.silverdr.com/Received on 2020-05-29 22:26:09
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