15 Apr
2004
15 Apr
'04
10:50 a.m.
I was searching for info on a sony floppy and ran across your website.
There was a question on it that was exactly what I need to know. I have a
piece of equipment that uses 2 floppy drives, not a pc. They are Sony
MP-F52W-00D which I can't find anywhere. Sony has one available for $525
which is a little expenbsive for a 3.5 inch drive. Can you tell me anything
about these drives, ie, what type are they, and are there any current drives
Many of the Sony drives rotate at 600 rpm (PC drives rotate at 300 rpm)
and thus the data rate at the interface is twice what you'd expect.
Do you know if these are double density or high density drives? if the
former then I may well have some repair infromation (schematics, etc) for
them. I have soemthing for the original full-height units (as used in the
HP9114A, 9133, Apricot PC, etc) and the half-height one used in the
HP9114B/9153. I forget the model numbers of the drives, but I can look
them up if you think they might be similar
that would replace them. Maybe there are some still
available somewhere.
Why do you think you need a complete new drive rather than parts to fix
the drive you have? Many of the parts in the half-height drive I
mentioned are also used in the Apple 800K drive, and those seem to be a
lot more common!
-tony