[Coco] Replacement 360K floppy drives?

[univax!gatech!destroyer!trantor!kandur]

Nick, you are 100% right about the squealin noise.
Look what I had to do to get the data off, of such a floppy:
http://tinyurl.com/o2b7u9j
Someone mentioned, that he only forced open the spotwelded spots.

Kandur

Saturday, January 10, 2015, 11:37:18 PM, you wrote:
> On 11/01/2015 4:22 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:

>> I thought about that and watched a (crappy) YouTube video of someone cleaning a Commodore 64 drive with alcohol and a Q-tips (you know, the way everyone told you not to do it back then 'cause if you weren't a professional you could ruin your drive) so I disassembled my drives (lots more complicated pieces than a single sided drive), air dusted them, and went through a manual cleaning.

>> Here's hoping it helps.

> Personally, I think you're wasting your time. Even after you clean the 
> heads, it won't take very long and they'll be I/O error'ing again.
> Can't expect anythink else from 30 years old media.
> One hint, if you put a floppy in the drive and you hear a squelling 
> noise... take it out immediately. That's the surface of the old media 
> acting like sandpaper on your heads.
> Drivewire and SDC, I won't touch anything else.
> Nick