Main channel: This floppy drive from an IBM PC was fun to diagnose and repair (Patreon)
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Hello my patrons! Hot off the presses -- I just finished editing up the next main channel video! (With less than 36 hours before it goes live -- phew!)
I was recently testing out and cleaning a few full height drives I had, and came across this old gem: a Tandon TM-100-1. This unit was used on the very early IBM PC 5150 machines and sports a total maximum capacity of just 180k. (Yep, it's a single sided drive.)
Well it turned out that after lubricating and cleaning the drive, it seemed to mechanically work, but I couldn't actually read any floppies with it.
And here we have this video. I never know where things are going to take me with these repairs, but it turned out this was a satisfying fix with some really curious twists and turns.
Frankly I'm really surprised when I run into issues working on this old stuff that I've never run into before -- and in testing this drive for this video, that was absolutely the case.
Anyway I hope you enjoy the video, and thanks for all the support!
Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raGeUuEekZ8