On Sunday 03 September 2006 03:42 pm, Philip Pemberton wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
What's a good substitute drive mechanism for
the 1541/71? The drives
that come as factory original are pretty chintzy.
I'm not sure you'd be able to swap it out - isn't the head preamp on the
1541 motherboard, not a separate drive interface board?
Yes. What I'd worry about here is a good match for the head, particularly
write current levels. And I've not seen a spec for those on any drives.
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