Topic: 2031s restoration project

[Blacklord]

Original post by donni

I finally got hold of a 2031s drive.
I've been looking for one of these for years now, there are very hard to find in Europe.
Unfortunatly the former owner did not take very good care of it.
He spilled some sort of aggressive liquid on and into the drive.

This is going to be a nice restoration project.

[Blacklord]

Ouch! That's a mess......

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Original post by Golan Klinger

It's fixable alright but you have a lot of work ahead of you.

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Original post by donni

Got the drive working again !
The liquid that dripped onto the print was quite aggressive, so I had to replace a lot of components.
The state of the casing however is worse than I first estimated, the liquid has litterly eaten tru the casing.
Getting the casing respectable looking again is going to be more work than it was getting the drive working again :/

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Original post by Golan Klinger

Wow! You did a superb job.

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Original post by donni

Thanks Golan.

Does anyone know of a disk copy program for the a PET machine like the 3032 I'm now using, in combination with a 2031 drive?
It doesn't need to be anything fancy, I just want to be able to make some backup copies of floppies without using the PC.

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Original post by Anders Carlsson

Very hard to find, eh? I sold two non-working 2031's (well, one used to work for a few minutes before a capacitor blew) to my friend for a low amount, about $80 for both. I'll ask him if he got to repair either of them.

I also do own one fully working 2031, but I'm intending to keep it. :-)

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Original post by donni

Just because you had two unused drives lying around, doesn't mean that there not hard to find
I really have been keeping an eye on Ebay and other local sites for this drive, and I had to wait a long time before something was offered.

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Original post by Anders Carlsson

I suppose you were not part of the cbm-hackers mailing list in 2005-06 when I first posted about my findings? Because I can't remember anyone looking for a full-height 2031 back then. A few people asked me for a 2031LP though, which would be a real gem to find. I serviced a couple of handfuls of requests at really low prices (excl. expensive shipping, but that's life).

On the other hand, you got a bit of work to do and gained experience which is better than if you had bought a fully working, nice looking unit to begin with. :-P

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Original post by donni

Quote from: carlsson

    I suppose you were not part of the cbm-hackers mailing list in 2005-06 when I first posted about my findings?

No I was not, but I am now

Anyway, I finished this little restoration project.
It's almost like new..