9 Jun
2009
9 Jun
'09
8:30 p.m.
I picked up this TEACO CD 2-3 floppy drive tester for only $5 at the
recent hamfest here in Pittsburgh and like to get it working again. I
did a search and found some old postings on here from 10+yrs ago, but
without any leads to any info for this tester. I hope somebody might
have a clue about this tester and some leads on finding a manual.
http://tinyurl.com/l9o5gn
thanks
=Dan
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10 Jun
10 Jun
7:37 a.m.
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Dan Roganti wrote:
I picked up this TEACO CD 2-3 floppy drive tester for only $5 at the recent
hamfest here in Pittsburgh and like to get it working again. I did a search
and found some old postings on here from 10+yrs ago, but without any leads to
any info for this tester. I hope somebody might have a clue about this tester
and some leads on finding a manual.
I found a similar model (TEACO 4077) at a hamfest several years ago. The
company was still in business and one of the "old timers" there dug up a
photocopy of the manual.
Yours looks like an IDE/ATA version of my unit (for MFM/RLL drives), but
the basic functions should be similar.
I'll try to get it scanned this weekend and mail you a PDF.
Steve
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11 Jun
11 Jun
5:24 p.m.
Steven Hirsch wrote:
I found a similar model (TEACO 4077) at a hamfest
several years ago.
The company was still in business and one of the "old timers" there
dug up a photocopy of the manual.
Yours looks like an IDE/ATA version of my unit (for MFM/RLL drives),
but the basic functions should be similar.
I'll try to get it scanned this weekend and mail you a PDF.
From the looks of this I was hoping it would support the older mfm/rll
floppy drives, especially since it has a large connector on there with
0.156" pin spacing.
thanks for the help !
=Dan
[ = http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]
12 Jun
12 Jun
6:55 a.m.
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Dan Roganti wrote:
Actually, I had a brain cramp... That looks like a 50-pin connector,
which implies it's for 8" disk drives.
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I found a
similar model (TEACO 4077) at a hamfest several years ago. The
company was still in business and one of the "old timers" there dug up a
photocopy of the manual.
Yours looks like an IDE/ATA version of my unit (for MFM/RLL drives), but
the basic functions should be similar.
I'll try to get it scanned this weekend and mail you a PDF.
From the looks of this I was hoping it would support the older mfm/rll floppy
drives, especially since it has a large connector on there with 0.156" pin
spacing. 
10 Jun
10 Jun
10:59 a.m.
Dan Roganti wrote:
I picked up this TEACO CD 2-3 floppy drive tester for only $5 at the
recent hamfest here in Pittsburgh and like to get it working again. I
did a search and found some old postings on here from 10+yrs ago, but
without any leads to any info for this tester. I hope somebody might
have a clue about this tester and some leads on finding a manual.
http://tinyurl.com/l9o5gn
thanks
=Dan
Looks pretty cool. I wish I would have been at that hamfest (which one
was it?) -- I would have bought it first! I'm jealous.
I have a Brian Instruments Brikon 723 tester. I haven't played with it
yet, but I have a picture here
http://www.techtravels.org/amiga/amigablog/?p=214
with manuals.
Thanks
Keith
11:37 p.m.
Keith M wrote:
Looks pretty cool. I wish I would have been at that hamfest (which
one was it?) -- I would have bought it first! I'm jealous.
I have a Brian Instruments Brikon 723 tester. I haven't played with
it yet, but I have a picture here
http://www.techtravels.org/amiga/amigablog/?p=214
with manuals.
This was the Breezeshooters hamfest in Butler,PA (close to Pittsburgh)
it one of the biggest in the tristate region(PA,OH,WV).
That floppy drive tester you have looks a lot more fun to use than mine
- I like to find one of those too.
=Dan
[ = http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]
11 Jun
11 Jun
10:56 a.m.
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Dan Roganti<ragooman at comcast.net> wrote:
This was the Breezeshooters hamfest in Butler,PA
(close to Pittsburgh) it
one of the biggest in the tristate region(PA,OH,WV).
I wish I'd known about that one - I'm about 3.5 hrs from Butler (and I
go camping near there every July/August I'm in the States). If it's a
good hamfest, I know the region and it's not too far to make the trek.
I'll have to watch for that next year.
-ethan
4:48 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
I wish I'd known about that one - I'm about
3.5 hrs from Butler (and I
go camping near there every July/August I'm in the States). If it's a
good hamfest, I know the region and it's not too far to make the trek.
I'll have to watch for that next year.
no problem, I'll keep your email addr on the copy list then for the next
time I send out the announcement for the vintage computer exhibit there
next year. That link from the previous post has more pics from the hamfest.
=Dan
[ = http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]
noon
Dan Roganti wrote:
This was the Breezeshooters hamfest in Butler,PA
(close to Pittsburgh)
it one of the biggest in the tristate region(PA,OH,WV).
That floppy drive tester you have looks a lot more fun to use than mine
- I like to find one of those too.
=Dan
Yeah, I'm probably about an hour South from Butler. Definitely close
enough to make the trip. I took my ham test that was sponsored by
Breezeshooters a couple years ago. Northland Public Library or something.
Thanks
Keith
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