Artisticleo
New Member
HURGH! I just blew an entire weekend and some days trying to build a floppy adapter for a Tandy 1100FD a friend pulled out of their garage for me. The thing works beautifully save for what was initially a shot drive belt.
I tried every other kind of replacement belt at my disposal (Yes, even went so far as fasioning a near perfect strip out of duct-tape) before looking up and finding a guide on how to make a standard 1.44MB floppy adapter. So, four days later here I am with parts scattered all across the place and still no working floppy drive.
Is there anybody selling these things pre-made by any chance? Hopefully within a college students budget?
I cant say it was a waste of time, attracted a lot of attention here in the coffee shop with this thing opened up, but without a multimeter and several instances of one wire connecting to six different pins....ugh. I don't even know where to go back and check to see if I messed up. The joints look good, if not bulky, but no shorting. And two ground wires, one five volt, 4 leads? Do I attach the wire to all four? Ugh, I need sleep, or coffee.
I tried every other kind of replacement belt at my disposal (Yes, even went so far as fasioning a near perfect strip out of duct-tape) before looking up and finding a guide on how to make a standard 1.44MB floppy adapter. So, four days later here I am with parts scattered all across the place and still no working floppy drive.
Is there anybody selling these things pre-made by any chance? Hopefully within a college students budget?
I cant say it was a waste of time, attracted a lot of attention here in the coffee shop with this thing opened up, but without a multimeter and several instances of one wire connecting to six different pins....ugh. I don't even know where to go back and check to see if I messed up. The joints look good, if not bulky, but no shorting. And two ground wires, one five volt, 4 leads? Do I attach the wire to all four? Ugh, I need sleep, or coffee.