Chuck(G)
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The title pretty much says it all. If you're willing to take on reading three of the old MO disks, contact me.
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Anyone got a NeXT cube with a functioning MO drive?
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NeXT
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Last I remember there was ONE and exactly ONE (1) guy on nextcomputers.org that had a working drive and was offering a MO dump service.
In theory though you can get your own working if you recap the bloody thing but nobody has ever done the job.
In theory though you can get your own working if you recap the bloody thing but nobody has ever done the job.
Chuck(G)
25k Member
Simply recap or also re-lasering?
NeXT
Veteran Member
When I dismantled mine I found all the caps (tiny through-hole radials) on the motor control board had failed, which would explain why even NOS drives were winding up dead.
There are a few more elsewhere in the drive so it's entirely possible that replacing them will bring most of the drives back. The rest might have trouble with rumored cloudy optics.
There are a few more elsewhere in the drive so it's entirely possible that replacing them will bring most of the drives back. The rest might have trouble with rumored cloudy optics.
Chuck(G)
25k Member
Well, if anyone has a failed one to spare, I'll attempt a repair and get back to you as to what did or did not work.
NeXT
Veteran Member
I unfortunately can't help you with that however I'm sure someone else between the two forums can offer their donor drive. Most people now are replacing the MO with CD anyways.
joekster
Experienced Member
While I doubt its compatible, I do have a working pinnacle micro apex 4.6g MO. I know it can read 650mb MO disks. If you can give me some guidance, I'd be happy to dump your disks.
Chuck(G)
25k Member
No--I have one of those also--along with both 1024 and 512-byte sector media. The NeXT stuff is quite different.
The more I read the Cube information, the worse the thing looks. Nobody seems to have any good idea of why the Canon drives fail--just a lot of guesses. The NeXT disks/discs were 256 MB, not standard 650 ones. Internal documentation on the NeXT box seems close to non-existent.
The more I read the Cube information, the worse the thing looks. Nobody seems to have any good idea of why the Canon drives fail--just a lot of guesses. The NeXT disks/discs were 256 MB, not standard 650 ones. Internal documentation on the NeXT box seems close to non-existent.