[Coco] [Color Computer] color computer 2 and fd-501 floppy drive

[Arthur Flexser]

I wonder if a head-cleaning disk, like this one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-5-1-4-5-25-Floppy-DISK-Drive-Head-Cleaner-Wet-Dry-System-/131255728044?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item1e8f7377ac

would be worth buying for this problem.  Do such things work decently?

Art

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Josh Harper via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> I had the same problem with a couple of my drives  it was just that the
> heads on the drive were dirty   you will need to take the top of the drive
> case off  and  use a lint free q tip  and clean the  head with  head
> cleaning fluid or Alcohol  let dry  and  drive should read again
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> Subject: [Coco] [Color Computer] color computer 2 and fd-501 floppy drive
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> I picked up a color computer 2 and fd-501 floppy drive at a garage sale .
> when i try to use the floppy drive  i keeps giving me IO error. I have
> cleaned everything with no luck.  The drive  spins for a minute then the
> error comes up .
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> any help would be appreciated.
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> thanks
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