Thanks Paul - very helpful.
Do you know of a source of replacement drive belts for these units?
Thanks
Tony
On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 19:11, Paul Berger <
phb.hfx@...> wrote:
On 2022-02-26 15:00, Tony wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I¡¯ve had an HP 82901M dual floppy disk drive in storage for a couple
> of years but never used. I got it as a bundle with my HP85. It has
> been kept dry although it gets cool in the garage at times. I¡¯m
> finally getting around to using it - but it wanted to get some advice
> before turning it on - in case there are any gotchas.
>
> Is there anything, such as checking the heads, that is best done
> before turning it on? I don¡¯t want to trash it if there any avoidable
> errors in getting a long dormant unit working again.
>
> thanks
>
> Tony
The drive in the 82901 is a Tandon TM100.? They do not suffer from
sticky? mechanism Like the Sony 3.5 drive in 9121 or 9122. Potential
issues are loose and/or degraded drive belt, motor speed drift, head
contamination, and contamination on the rails the head carriage moves
on.? The service guide for the TM100 may be found at
<>
Paul.
