[Coco] Disk Drive FD 501 Floppy

[Robert Gault]

If you try to use the drive when cold with the cover off, you ought to see visual evidence of 
lubrication problems. The head might not move fast enough along the guide rails. The drive strobe 
might not spin at the correct speed.
As the drive warms up, you should see these movements increase in speed if there is a lubrication 
problem.

Robert

Stephen Fischer wrote:
> Sounds like a good cleaning is in order, perhaps some grease has hardened but gets soft enough to
> allow operations when heated.
>
> Then lubricated with fresh grease.
>
> SHF
>
>
> On 4/14/2019 8:17 PM, Melanie and John Mark Mobley wrote:
>> If I let my floppy drive warm up (stay turned on for 25 minutes) then I can
>> boot OS9.
>> If I do not let it warm up then it hangs after two lines of "..." dots.
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