Thanks Steven I know with the Rex, I have all the storage I'll ever need. But my m100 can be a little flaky in the rom port dept. I seem to have adjusted the pins enough now, so my rex is stable. But I thought having the floppy might be a fun little back up medium :-)
James On 2 Apr 2016 1:55 a.m., "Stephen Adolph" <[email protected]> wrote: > James, sounds like classic belt gone. Your hunch is correct. A While > back I posted UK links for local belts. i will forward. > > On Friday, April 1, 2016, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> >>
