tezza
Veteran Member
Hi Tez, just been catching up on things and noticed you have some new toys! "all that comes to he who waits" nice finds indeed. these should keep you busy. I too have a lisa 2 that took a lot of time and effort to get working. (but now needs a psu repair) You probably have read lots about getting the floppy drive working, and they do require removing and dismantling. they are very mechanical, and all linkages must operate freely. once removed and cleaned, it is easy to insert and remove any floppy disk , to see that all linkages are working properly. I spent a lot of time to free up the dried greased parts. but once everything was cleaned and lubricated, the drive worked like new! best of luck Harry.
Hi Harry,
Thanks for responding.
Yes, the Lisa was a machine I wanted and it's great to have one (or three!). I love the modular design with the plug in backplane. So easy to work on!
Were your drives totally dead? Yes, I've read a bit from Lisa documents about getting these drives going but not where the drive seems to be making no attempt at all at rotating or ejecting. Yet I can manually eject the disk easily, move the heads on the rails and even spin the flywheel. There is no sign of any of the three drives is straining to do anything when they should be though. They just sit there in stubborn silence?
You might be right though. The force of my finger may be far greater than any electrical impulses and maybe things are not as free as they should be (they seem free enough?). Those drives certainly look complicated with all sorts of springs and mechanisms. I do have some disassembly docs but I'm loath to dismantel them until I am sure siezed joints are the problem.
Next step might be to check out the readings on the drive card edge and see if they reveal some clues...
Tez