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Second Channel: It's a TRS-80 Model 2 external drive chassis and everything goes wrong (Patreon)

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2022-10-31 16:27:11
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2023-03

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Hello my patrons! Here is the next SMMC video. It's an external drive chassis for the TRS-80 Model 2 and the whole video turns out to be a bit of a disaster. Sometimes things go that way and you just have to roll with it! 

I'm going to try to edit up a few more SMMC videos this week. I'm so behind on everything SMMC right now, so I think I may take people's advice and try to speed up the videos a little more - but we'll see. Part of it is even if I don't make a video about something, I'm still going to be testing out something so I know where I stand with it -- so really that's what I'm doing in these videos. 

So I guess I may as well turn it into a video! LOL. It's a strange problem to have (Too many donations!) It's really hard to complain. 

Enjoy!

Direct link: https://youtu.be/zWQccpPjbDc

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On Today's SMMC, we have a dual disk drive chassis for the TRS-80 Model 2 ... and it seems like the entire thing is a comedy of errors. Prepare yourself for a disappointing video! -- Video Links Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store: https://my-store-c82bd2-2.creator-spring.com/ Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement Adrian's Digital Basement (Main Channel) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5dIscvDxrb7CD5uiJJOiw -- Tools Deoxit D5: https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1 http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1602/.f O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards) https://amzn.to/3a9x54J Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe: https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0 Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope: https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscilloscopes/1000z/ Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier: https://amzn.to/3adRbuy TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro) https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000308958.html TS100 Soldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5 https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MINI-Digital-OLED-Programmable-Soldering-Iron-Anti-static-Structure/113382669853 EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/ DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DSLogic-Basic-Analyzer-16Ch-100MHz-4Ch-400MHz-Xilinx-Spartan-6-FPGA/202543965672 Magnetic Screw Holder: https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-magnetic-parts-tray-90566.html Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-24-28-32-40-pin-IC-Test-Universal-ZIF-Socket-Fs/303206721971 RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI) http://www.retrotink.com/ Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five) https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-Micro-Scissor-125mm-PLATO-170-Electronics-Cutter-Side-Cutting-Pliers/163458746184 Heat Sinks: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537183709.html Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI --- Links My GitHub repository: https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/ --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQVjwPsVFd8 --- Music Intro music and other tracks by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino

Comments

Anonymous

Adrian, I have a MIG welder and other metal working equipment. I can tell you that this is likely too soft for welding, maybe silver soldering or riveting, but a 3d print might also work. If you ever want to send me the pieces, I might be able to get you something usable. Thanks for all the years of info... :)

Seth C

Hi Adrian. Sorry for sending in a bit of a train wreck, but I can only imagine what the full desk looked like if the drive case looked like this. Just added a couple of photos to our shared album that might give you an out of the box idea for the tri-drive case. In the meantime, I am trying to send in “super mini” mail call items after these super heavy items. The super mini Apple II was the first installment, but the next item coming should be super mini cool. Thanks again for the great video and I will do my best to make all future submissions under 1lb and fit in a small envelope :-)

adriansdigitalbasement
>>94787589

Heh no worries! It happens, right? I actually have a dual drive case that can hold 5.25" drives -- I might just make a mini 5.25" version of the 8" massive thing, since the small drives are cousins arne work interchangeably. Indeed the whole desk setup would have been pretty rad -- but you'd certainly need a huge space for it -- not a little house like mine. (Well, it would work if I didn't have so many other machines!) LOL

adriansdigitalbasement
>>94786914

Thanks! I've had several offers for the lever. Still no luck on the belt for the drive though -- and that's the part that will keep the drive from working again. (That's if the rest of the drive is OK.)