I just measured on an unopened cartridge (until now) and the pad is 4mm long, 3mm deep, and 1.5mm high.
The microdrive capstan is 5.0 mm high, 6.0 mm diameter, with a 1.75mm hole, on Samsung built microdrives. Dave On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Stephen Usher <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24/01/2014 20:07, Rich Mellor (RWAP) wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> If you need some cartridges to use as part of the display - let me know >> and I >> can let you have some of my better ones - I have a few which seem to be >> in good >> condition - although not sure how long they will last. One suggestion is >> to >> apply glue to the felt pad before it splits - has anyone tried this? >> > > I read of someone replacing the sorbo rubber with a replacement bit of > sponge and sticking the top of the old pad on that. > > Steve > > P.S. It's amazing what you find in the loft. I've just been up there and > forgot that in the job lot of Spectrum stuff I picked up a few years ago I > also had a 16K Memopak for the ZX81, a Currah microspeech and a brand new > Microdrive cartridge still in its bubble pack! > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC [email protected] _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
