PerSci Model 277 Dual 8" Floppy Drives - Info Needed

From: Paul <subsolar_at_subsolar.org>
Date: Sat Jan 18 04:36:50 2003

Cool drives ... have not see any for 20 years since the old Sol-20 with
a Helios 2 drive subsystem I used to play with.

One issue I ran into was the eject mechanism would jam sometimes on
them, if you would grab the disk as it was still coming out. Checking
the mechanics would be the first thing I would check.

Paul

On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 15:57, Tim Myers wrote:
> Does anyone have any info on these drives? I have some in a CP/M system
> (Ithaca Intersystems DPS-1), and they seem completely dead. They have an
> electric load mechanism, but when I insert a disk, nothing happens.
> Popped the case and can't see anything obviously out of place.
>
> Tim.
Received on Sat Jan 18 2003 - 04:36:50 GMT