[Coco] Floppy Repair

[Jerry Adams]

I have encountered this problem before. Taking the controller out and
reseating it into the cartridge slot worked for me.

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Francis Swygert <farna at att.net> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 05:07:26 +0000
> From: EDDY SZCZERBINSKI <dhaulagiri at hotmail.com>
>
> Carefully open it and check your controller circuitry for faulty
> capacitors (pop corn effect) or other traces of broken/burned parts.
>
> Check also with another computer with disks that are working well and
> proven.
> =============================
> Maybe there is someone with a working CoCo nearby that can help test with
> another controller.
> Don't forget to clean the controller contacts where it goes into the
> computer as well. A pencil eraser works very good on those (and the cable
> edge connector), but alcohol should also. Might want to open the case so
> you can get to both sides of the board with an eraser. Spray contact
> cleaner is available at most parts stores. Good for the female connectors.
>
>  Frank Swygert
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