From: ftraut71@charter.net   
      
   winston19842005 wrote:   
      
   > You might want to consider an SVD. There was a run recently of them.   
   > They plug directly into your controller and mimic the drive. And they have   
   > an interface to transfer files to/from PCs. I have an original around here   
   > somewhere.   
   >   
   > And I'm sure some of us have spare DD floppy drives. Are yours single-sided   
   > or double-sided? I have a couple of pulls from my Model 4P that were   
   > single-sided half-heights. So you could put two in one drive bay and   
   > something else in the other.   
   >   
   > You can always go 3.5", too... Sure there is a faq with this stuff   
   > somewheres...   
      
   Thank you very much for the reply. I did manage to get Drive 1 working.   
   The transistor on the floppy board WAS bad. Replaced it with a slightly   
   heavier duty TIP120 this morning and strobed the motor at 60hz.   
   Brilliant they taped a timing calibrator under the drive wheel and   
   a coincidence that I'm an audiophile with a timing strobe. lol   
   Other than that, a few grounds were bad that I took care of and   
   I've determined that 2 disks are now totally shot or they somehow   
   got ruined by my (then) flaky drive. Those disks of course, are the   
   ones that had all the fun arcade stuff on them  :-(   
      
   This computer is not going to see a ton of use, but that SVD device   
   sounds interesting. I just wanted to add it to the small "museum"   
   I've got going and of course, it has to be 100% functional! Model   
   III was the first I lost my computer virginity to (we had a long line   
   of them all networked together in grade school) and thought it would   
   be neat to tinker around with.   
      
   Unfortunately or fortunately (nice to have a backup, but probably over   
   paid), I just bought an "untested" external Model III drive off ePay.   
   It's going to set me back about $50 shipped and is a lot more than I   
   wanted to spend, but like I said; like to have a 100% working unit. Was   
   I wrong in assuming I could remove the drive from its case and install   
   it as Drive 1? Ira mentioned there is a chip or a jumper that changes   
   drive numbers. Anywho... since I repaired mine. May as well leave the   
   external one 'external' for now. Might need a cable though for it as the   
   one pictured was missing it.   
      
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