Well, this is 'on hold' for now as i dun fucked up. Looking closley at the WD chip I noticed one of the pins was broken off at the chip, not sure when it happened, but I have a spare, so I desoldered it by snipping the pins then heating the stubs and lifting them off, like usual, but for some reason - and I didn't notice until I had done them all :/ , half the pins came away with the solder pad too, some also lifting the tracks.
I presume it's fixable by running fly leads from the pins to the track locations, but too much work for now, so it's going on my 'do this when i'm better at soldering' pile.
slightly annoyed, but hopefully it's not permanently dead.
Floppy header pinout - loose pin
Re: Floppy header pinout - loose pin
You can send me the board if you want, I can put a socket in there.
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Re: Floppy header pinout - loose pin
Would it not be possible to lift the plastic part of the header and look at the topside?
I know that' spossible with mine.
I know that' spossible with mine.
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Re: Floppy header pinout - loose pin
yes, but slightly academic right nowrubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:29 pm Would it not be possible to lift the plastic part of the header and look at the topside?
I know that' spossible with mine.
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Re: Floppy header pinout - loose pin
Oh hell wait, my browser just refreshed and I saw your latest pic. Ouch, not a fun thing to happen.
Should be fixable though, and if anyone can, it's Chris.
Should be fixable though, and if anyone can, it's Chris.
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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
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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...
Re: Floppy header pinout - loose pin
yeah, i'm sure it will live again
in other slightly better news, my earlier screw up meant i could look at one of my other FMs, the one with a soldered 1meg upgrade that didn't work. Swapped out all the ram chips with some spares I had, hurrah, now working
in other slightly better news, my earlier screw up meant i could look at one of my other FMs, the one with a soldered 1meg upgrade that didn't work. Swapped out all the ram chips with some spares I had, hurrah, now working