1 Nov
2001
1 Nov
'01
3:16 p.m.
I saw a couple of those Commodore 1541 or so disk
drives at the thrift store
the other day. Are they of sufficient interest that someone might want one?
At least for the moment, 1541s are fairly plentiful and easy to find. The
trick is if they're still in alignment, since many older versions had a
knack for slipping out. I'd say about 20% of the 1541s I run across are
shot in some manner, usually mechanical (which I'm not good at fixing,
although simple alignment problems can sometimes be corrected with a small
software program that bumps the heck out of the drive head until disks
are readable again -- hey, you've got nothing to lose and it sometimes
works!).
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