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IWM reverse engineering

Apple Fritter about 2 months ago

After probing the waters in this thread: https://www.applef... finally got enough motivation to proceed with reverse engineering the IWM myself. I'm well aware that other have done that long ago, …
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Amdek AMDISK III 3" floppy Disk Drive User Manual

VCFed about 3 months ago

I uploaded the user manual for the Amdisk III to the IA a few days back. …

486 era drives, etc.

VCFed about 4 months ago

All were recently pulled from a working system: - TEAC FD-55GFR 1.2MB 5.25" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE $39 - Teac FD-235HF 1.44 MB 3.5" Floppy Drive $14 - Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 ISA sound card $39 - Wearnes CDD-110 2X CD-ROM Drive with contro …
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Help & Support • New psu

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

Hi I’ve brought a new psu from Poland for my c64 as I was worried that the old psu might bugger up my c64 but I still have to use the original power supply for my c64 floppy disk drive is it ok to use the originals power brick that came with the floppy …

RX33 in Vaxstation/Microvax2000

VCFed about 7 months ago

Dear all! Does anybody know how to put a floppy disk drive in an VS2000? I have connected a TEAC FD55GFR jumpered according to https://avitech.com.au/?pag... TEST 50 does not indicate a floppy drive is present. Or do I need a pre-formatted di …

IBM PS/2 Model 30 286 Graphics/Power Issues (?)

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hello, I have recently purchased an IBM PS/2 Model 30 286 off of Ebay and am experiencing a few issues. I'm new to retro computing, so please be patient with my inexperience. When turned on: - The PSU fan spins up - The motherboard's chips heat up - The …

8" floppy drives(?) - free, local pickup only (Northern Virginia)

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hey, I'm trying to get these things out of my house, and was pointed here. Looked over the rules, hopefully I'm doing this right. I've got two eight inch floppy disk drive units - one ~4U rack mount, the other a desktop model. I don't know if they work. I …

'ZILOG' - a MSX2+/turbo R FDD emulator

Arcade Projects about 8 months ago

'ZILOG' is an internal floppy disk drive emulator I designed for the MSX2+ and turbo R computers ( equipped with built-in FDD).You can read more details about these machines here : MSX2+ MSX turbo R Like for 'The Thing' (the FM Towns Marty FDD emulator) …
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Buffalo Double speed 2x USB floppy disk drive : £20

VCFed about 8 months ago

Buffalo USB floppy drive with 2x speed feature. ... from Hampshire or domestic postage £3.50. …

Nondescript Tandy 6000 problem

VCFed about 8 months ago

Any 8" machine experts around? I am trying to bring up a 6000 and have some sort of error when trying to install Xenix. Here's where I am so far: cleaned out dust (good lord was it ever dusty!) replaced filter caps and some leaky electrolytics cleane …

IBM/PC Compatible 8" Floppy Disk Drive (1/2 height in a IBM/PC 1.2meg format).

VCFed about 9 months ago

Good Afternoon All, First time/first post. I have been looking for a working 8" floppy Disk Drive since May of 1993. this drive must be Compatible with any AT type PC Computer. It uses the same cables as the 5.25" floppy does. it also uses the …

blown component on Sony MP-F75W

68Kmla about 10 months ago

I was renovating one of my Compact Macs floppy disk drive. Its gear broke in pieces. I took the chance to clean and grease it. Upon reconnect it i heard a short electrical crackling. I imeadiately shut down the machine. Upon inspecting i found an broken/ch …

Commodore 1541 Floppy Drives ... Sale or Trade ...

VCFed about 10 months ago

Hi, I have six Commodore 1541 Floppy Disk Drives and one Commodore CBM 2040 Dual Floppy Disk Drive. I'd like to trade four Commodore 1541 Floppy Disk Drives for one working Commodore 64 computer. Another potential trade is two Commodore 1541 Floppy …

Commodore 1541 Floppy Drives ... Sale or Trade ...

VCFed about 10 months ago

Hi, I have six Commodore 1541 Floppy Disk Drives and one Commodore CBM 2040 Dual Floppy Disk Drive. I'd like to trade four Commodore 1541 Floppy Disk Drives for one working Commodore 64 computer. Another potential trade is two Commodore 1541 Floppy …

Floppy disk drive tester - Looking for working firmware

VCFed about 11 months ago

For trouble shooting 3.5, 5 1/4 and 8 inch floppy disk drives, since many years I'm using a Polar DDT Disk drive tester for extened function tests. Recently, the tester has become unreliable during startup, as it shows a checksum error, and occasionally i …
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Quadra 950 internal cable management & latch mechanism

68Kmla about 11 months ago

Hi everyone I’m currently in the stage of re-assembling my Quadra 950 after a thorough cleaning. 1st issue: I want to have the internal SCSI and power cables as tidy as possible. Currently, a floppy disk drive, an Apple CD 600 and a 3.5“ HD are inst …

MSX Floppy Disk Drive controller (featuring the Mitsubishi ML-F80)

Mr Lurch's Things about 1 year ago

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