27 Mar
2019
27 Mar
'19
12:58 p.m.
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 3:27 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
One could also take Tony's approach and simply
cobble up a
crystal-controlled 60Hz source for the motor. Shouldn't be too
difficult--I suspect that the motor doesn't draw more than about 30W.
If you had an excess of 12VDC, you could possibly use an inexpensive
inverter to do the job.
Never saw a floppy drive with an AC motor. In the past discussions about
50Hz vs 60Hz drive, I expected it to be a 120/240 VAC motor. So is it
actually a low voltage (synchronous) AC motor?