Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050

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Re: Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050

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Woo Hoo!!

My 2793 is in the post and on the way :) Fingers crossed it'll arrive next week.

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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Re: Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050

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Well, the 2793 should be here sometime this week, as soon as it arrives and gets tested, I'll update on here :)
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050

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Happy (get the joke Atari peeps) days, my 2793 arrived today, and the 1050 started working just fine as soon as I dropped it in!!

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It was quite an interesting troubleshooting experience, though ultimately its similarity to an Atari 2600 and other 8 bit computers meant all the same techniques that worked for those, worked for this.

Managed to get some interesting troubleshooting info too, as the drive has a built in test mode accessed by jumping a jumper. After that you can adjust all of the necessary pots using an oscilloscope.

I'm up to 2 1050s now, which is more than I ever owned before!
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050

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:dualthumbup:
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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