[cctalk] Re: Reading Old Floppies

I had the same issue with one of those drives. I think I may have it but I need to source a belt to fix it. The black goop that used to be the belt got all over the mechanism. It was a pain to clean off completely. Sellam On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 10:11 PM Chris Zach via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: > Speaking of reading old floppies, I got my Model 100 and Tandy Portable > Disk Drive down from the shelf to read some old floppies I found from > the 1980's. 3.5 inch disks with a whopping 100k capacity each! > > Problem was drive was saying the disks were "not formatted". Took it > apart, found that the belt had literally turned to black goo and wrapped > itself around the capstain. Cleaned it off (took forever), then put on a > new modern belt that I use for TU58 Dectape II tapes. Fit, bit tight but > fit. > > Drive works great! And some of the stuff I wrote in the 1980's.... Old > posts to compuserve's pdp11 forum, ancient bitnet messages, stuff about > getting the pdp8/L and passing up other stuff... Could have bought a > Vax730 with R80/RL02 for 3k but didn't have the money. > > All in all a fun trip down memory lane. And I kept thinking "Was I > really that naive? > > C > > On 1/10/2023 6:18 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: >> Yes, the 2/2P models I [think I] had were blue. >> >> Sellam >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 2:21 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk < > cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; >> wrote: >> >>>>> A few years later, I got a used ["Euro"]-Apple II, converted for USA >>>>> use, in an OSI Challenger case (with wood (walnu?) sides), with an >>>>> external RCA keyboard. >>>>> If you didn't get it, then maybe Eric Smith? >>> >>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: >>>> Was it this style (Challenger 4P)? >>>> >>> > https://imgs.search.brave.com/p_LUazpNEKMRJwuHl-uqgVmE7lVt1-7AodxQMTSCvOY/r… >>>> I can't remember if I ever had a 4P but I did have I think two 2 or 2P >>>> models. >>>> Either way, I'm not sure if I got any from you, but in the end, if I > did, >>>> you know what happened. >>>> I do still have a Challenger motherboard around here somewhere, as well >>> as >>>> I think an OSI of some model in a custom-built big-box style enclosure. >>> >>> Yes, it was that style, but BLUE >>> No floppy unit. >>> The external RCA keyboard was black, and a splash resistant case. >>> >