Always worth bearing in mind that the Citizen disk drives used by MGT/SAMCo were made around 1989-1991 or thereabouts, they were discontinued very early in SAM’s life so are getting on for over 25 years old! The belts will be perishing quite a bit and becoming slack, unfortunately I’ve not been able to get reliable replacements for a few years – not found another that I was 100% happy with.
The only solution I currently offer is my replacement disk drive system based around a modern PC disk drive and a new controller board -> www.samcoupe.com/hardfdc.htm <http://www.samcoupe.com/hardfdc.htm> Also, if of interest to anybody here I do have a couple offers on some hardware goodies and a bundle of SAM Revival magazines on the go at the moment -> www.samcoupe.com/offers.htm <http://www.samcoupe.com/offers.htm> Colin ===== Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the SAM Coupé 1995-2016 - Celebrating 22 Years of developing for the SAM Coupé Website: www.samcoupe.com <http://www.samcoupe.com> From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Thomas Seifert Sent: 23 May 2016 13:53 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: R: Floppy disk drive error if the disk drive is older - like 10 years or more - could be the belt drive needs replacing as this is the most common fault with older SAM Coupe disk drives - you can get these from Colin Pigot (drive belts and also disk drives) >> http://www.samcoupe.com/hardware.htm
