24 Apr
2011
24 Apr
'11
11:52 a.m.
Anything associated with Jugi Tandon, be it his
5.25" floppy drives
or Tandon/JTS/Kalok is ultimately garbage. Jugi's approach was to
sell for the lowest price. That we have vintage collectors who spend
the time to rehabilitate old TM-100 floppy drives is amazing.
As one such collector, I am curious as to what's so bad about it. It's
certainly a much better mechanical design than the Shugart SA400, and the
electroncius doesn't seem to have any major problems with the design.
I think the only real problem I ever had with one was a faulty track 0
microswitch (admittedly an optical sensor would have been better). But I
had no problem getting a perfect replacement for the swtich (right down
to the correct operating force) and fitting/aligning it wasn't a big job.
What 5.25" full-height floppy drive do you like?
-tony