[Coco] Best way to clean up FD501 controller board.

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 16:42:50 EDT 2008


In my experience, the best method to clean a PCB is to use an old tooth 
brush, with isopropyl alcohol.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Schaub" <wschaub at steubentech.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:07 AM
Subject: [Coco] Best way to clean up FD501 controller board.


> Looks like my FD501 isn't working I took it apart and it looks like it has 
> some crud inside of it.
> I'm adding a link to the picture in this email to see what you guys think.
>
> What should I use to clean this board? Hopefully it will come up after its 
> been de-gunked if its not toasted already.  If I can't clean it does 
> anyone have a spare FD-501 or other floppy controller that will drive an 
> FD501 drive I could buy?
>
> I already feel bad because I had to break the label I was really hoping to 
> avoid that.
>
> If you want some close up pictures of the board in it's current state look 
> at:
> http://www.steubentech.com/~talon/private/
>
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