On Tuesday 14 February 2006 01:30 am, Tony Duell wrote:
   And if anybody
is working on any Osborne, Kaypro,  or C64 stuff feel free
 to give a holler as I did quite a bit of that and have tech info
 available if I 
 I don;'t suppose you know anything about the Sony CX065B chip, do you? 
 
That number doesn't ring any bells offhand.  A quick search on the number
doesn't turn anything up.
  It's a motor speed controller, and I'm doing
battle with it (and other
 components) in the spindle motor of an Epson SD320 drive, used in a TF20.
 I have the service information on the SD321 drive (same unit without a
 head load solenoid) in the QX10 techical mnaul, but it doesn't really
 explain this chip at all.
 The reason I ask here is that I've discovered the same chip was used in
 the Alps drive mechanism used in the Commodore 1504 and 1541. I have the
 offical CBM serivce manual which contains a scheamtic and little else, I
 also have the Sams book on repairing said units which contains rather
 more information. I wondered if you had anything else? 
Not offhand.  The only time I ever really encountered any serious speed
problems with those motors was when the tach winding opened up,  and they'd
run at full-speed with no regulation.  I do have the manuals for the 1541 in
the other room,  and can take a look...
I have had speed control chips fail on a small number of occasions,  but don't
recall whether this  was one of the numbers or not.  Usually if you're
getting a good waveform off the tach winding and power to the chip,  and no
control coming out,  that's the problem -- it's been either the motor or the
chip in those cases,  not much else in there.
What sort of a problem are you having?
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