Hi guys I was was gifted a TPDD2 and I think the belt is shot. I have Rex installed with TR-DOS rom image installed. My m100 can see the drive and tells me the disk I've inserted isn't formatted. I'm using a 720k floppy, as I assumed given the age, this wouldn't be high density. Anyways, trying to format throws up and error. The drive buzzes and acts like it's trying to do something but can't. I'm guessing this means the built is dead. But I'd like someone with more experience to give me their thoughts.
Cheers James Sent from my iPad > On 1 Apr 2016, at 1:49 am, Bogdan Macri <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ron, > > Thanks for your source. Unfortunately, I went with Steve’s source for the > belt, but I will save both his and your links for future reference. > > Thanks to both of you! > > From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Wiesen > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 21:18 > To: 'Model 100 Discussion' <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [M100] TPDD2 Belt > > Hello Bogdan: > > ===== Replacement drive belt for Tandy Disk Drives ===== > > Source is Russell Industries > Part number is FRW8.5 which is a Flat Rubber Belt that has the dimensions: > Inside Circumference (IC) of 8.5 inch > Cross Section (C/S) of .150 inch > Wall (WALL) of .023 inch. > See [ http://www.russellind.com/client/download/belts.pdf ] > > See [http://www.club100.org/library/sup/tddbelt.txt ] for procedure to change > the drive belt. > > Keeper of the Primordial Bit (born of the Big Bit Bang), -= Ron Wiesen =- > > From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bogdan > Macri > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 00:59 > To: 'Model 100 Discussion' > Subject: [M100] TPDD2 Belt > > Hello all! > > I’m the proud owner of a TPDD2, but I need to replace the belt. Does anyone > know a source that has them in stock for quick shipping? > > Regards. > Bogdan
