Commodore C2N datasette belts (was Re: Classics long overdue a Boot.)
Austin Pass
austinpass at gmail.com
Fri May 20 12:18:57 CDT 2016
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> On 20 May 2016, at 18:11, Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 20/05/2016 17:18, "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Adrian Graham
>> <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Last ones?! EVAR?!1one. Horrors. Don't tell Modern-Radio-Bolton otherwise
>>> the belts I bought recently for my Commodore C2N/1530s etc might evaporate
>>> in a puff of logic
>>
>> Do you have the dimensions on that belt handy? All of my Commodore
>> tape drives are erratic due to aged belts. I can't get good reads and
>> I have some PET Rabbit-format tapes to read (long ago, I digitized my
>> standard CBM tapes).
>>
>> I'll likely order from this side of the pond, but I just need to know
>> what size(s) work(s).
>
> These are the ones I bought, 80mm diameter:
>
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301304228049
>
> Perfect fit for both the 1530 and black C2N and I'm sure there are different
> sizes available for floppy drives, I'll soon be breaking out my Spectrum +3
> 128K and I can be almost certain that the new belt I fitted in 2001 has gone
> south in the intervening years.
>
> --
> Adrian/Witchy
> Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
> Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
> collection?
>
>
I bought CPC's entire remaining stock of Amstrad/Hitachi 3" drive belts in 2007.
Assuming they aren't goo I can happily post you some?
-Austin.
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