Try to buy a diskdrive from philips. They still have them !!!!
Go visit the M.E.P. (MSX Emulator Page)
http://home.wxs.nl/~tfh
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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Roberto Pinna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Datum: zaterdag 30 mei 1998 16:44
Onderwerp: Turbo-R diskdrive
>Hello,
>
>Since december 1997 the diskdrive of my Turbo-R is out of order. Placing a
>new belt did not make sense. The only thing I could do was to buy a new
>drive. Panasonic stopped producing/supporting MSX quite a while ago, so I
>could not get an original drive.
>Luckily I found a 720KB FDD. Together with a description how to connect
>everything I thought this would be an easy task, but it turned out to be a
>nightmare.
>
>In the article from MSX Club Gouda I read they use a 720KB drive of Chinon.
>I have an identical drive but I'm having nothing but trouble. Once I start
>my MSX, the drive spins for a moment to find the index and everything seems
>normal. The problems begin when the drive should go look for the
>bootsector, etc. The spindlemotor spins very sloooow and it doesn't read a
>thing. At first I was thinking that it might be the powersupply for the
>drive, so I used the powersupply of my PC (correction: IBM compatible :-)
>). This did not help; the motor still did not spin at the correct speed. I
>tried to solder the cable again and the result...... yes, again..... it did
>not work.
>
>So, what do I have: A useless Turbo-R...........
>
>Can anyone give me some advice to get some life into my MSX again? It's
>dead for half a year now......
>
>
>GreeTz,
> Roberto
>
>
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