rowan194 said:
Argh! I just threw out a bunch of old storage hardware, which included
some ESDI doorstop hard drives, and some floppy drives that had been
used prior to the last "wife ordered" cull where I threw out about 4
or 5 of the BBC Model B's themselves.
I don't think there's anything special about the drives as most I had
purchased from a metal salvage shop for a few bucks each. I think I
also ended up putting one of the newer 5.25" drives originally from a
Beeb into a 286 PC. I can't remember how many pins the socket on the
Beeb has, but if it's 34 then a standard floppy cable may even work.
If you have a dead drive (ie the enclosure) then it could be as simple
as replacing it with a standard half height 360k drive.
HTH
Yeah I'm told I can use the 360K IBM drive as a single sided 40track BBC
drive. Any idea where I can get one? The enclosure is working 100% as
the drive's motor spins, it's just that the drive's head doesn't seek.
I've tried formatting with a blank disk but the drive head just sits on
track 1.
When the head is moved with the power off, it does indeed go back to
track 1 but that's about all it does.
I bought a BBC with a disk drive etc from eBay but it's turned out a
complete pup. The p/s blew at some point and took everything with it,
including the keyboard, but luckily I had a spare rare BBC + 64K that
was a bit battered, and I've put everything in a good case and I'd like
to try out the boxes of disk games I got with the kit. The machine also
came with an RGB monitor, a customer-made desk, a Prestel adaptor and a
Z80 Second Processor.
You threw out your Beebs? Aw that's such a shame - I love Acorn stuff.
Does anyone in the forum have any BBC stuff or a suitable 5.25" drive I
could use?
Thanks for the info.
Steve
