On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 3:27 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> One could also take Tony's approach and simply cobble up a > crystal-controlled 60Hz source for the motor. Shouldn't be too > difficult--I suspect that the motor doesn't draw more than about 30W. > If you had an excess of 12VDC, you could possibly use an inexpensive > inverter to do the job. > > Never saw a floppy drive with an AC motor. In the past discussions about 50Hz vs 60Hz drive, I expected it to be a 120/240 VAC motor. So is it actually a low voltage (synchronous) AC motor?
