Finally wrote my doc on retuning FDS drives...

rbudrick · Post by **rbudrick** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:00 pm

Also mentioned here:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthr ... ost1365492

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AXZ37MV2

There's the .pdf. I've been meaning to do this for a very long time. After many folks saying there was no real scientific way to retune the FDS's drive head, I refused to accept that. This method has worked for me on every drive I tested it on.

Mods, if you feel this should go in another section, feel free. I just felt that since this seems to be a common topic of discussion in many forums, that it would be seen by more eyes and help more people here. That, and every FDS owner will eventually have to deal with this and there has never really been any help out there for it. Of course, if you think more eyes will see it elsewhere, go ahead and move it or even put it on the nesdev frontpage.

Enjoy, and let me know if you have any questions.

-Rob

drk421 · Post by **drk421** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:48 pm

Cool!

I've got two FDS drives that aren't working...
I think I need a new belt for both of them, where's the best place to get one these days?

Lord Nightmare · Post by **Lord Nightmare** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:51 pm

I saw a large lot on ebay a while back, check there.

LN

rbudrick · Post by **rbudrick** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:19 pm

I think jfgoods sells them. They've got a site, but I think they sell their belts through ebay. As Madman mentioned in the DP thread, they have an excellent doc on readjusting the drive spindle...the only one I've ever seen. Very simple and thorough.

-Rob

drk421 · Post by **drk421** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:01 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0223696770

$18 + shipping

Yikes!

Is that the going price these days?