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Hi, my drive doesn't work on my keyboard and can't seem to find a replacement unit. Does anyone know where I may be able to lay my hands on one?
Many thanks
Posted on October 4, 2015 at 9:00 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
Hi Rodney,
Are you absolutely certain it isn't working? It's not spinning is it? I ask because they often need a head cleaner or the wrong type of floppy disk is being used.
If it's definitely not working it might be worth getting repaired, they are quite difficult to get hold of. Have a chat with our Mr Tutt -http://www.tutt-technology.co.uk/...
Best wishes,
Mike
Posted on October 4, 2015 at 10:06 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
It seems to click makes a noise but nothing. I have tried different discs, even changed the band inside as it wasn't going round. I will check that site..many thanks for your reply
Posted on October 4, 2015 at 10:10 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
Hi
There are quite a few issues with failing floppy disk drives. There are issues with this keyboard with problem power supplies and as these disk drives use both 5 and 12 volt supplies it could be just an issue with supply lines not the disk drive itself.
The disk interface in the 1000 is one of the early generation chip sets and as such it could actually be the interface rather than the disk drive itself. Some large organs as well as these keyboards had an issue with the clock on the drive interface changing frequency with age which in effect stops all disk drive functions from working. Even the spinning of the disk itself is affected! The only way I can tell is by taking it to pieces and having a look I'm afraid.
Sorry, I lost your email through my own stupidity! By all means contact me again and lets see if I can help!
Regards
Dave
Posted on October 4, 2015 at 10:38 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
Thanks dave, I will drop you another email. I only live down the road from you so will be easy enough to sort.
Posted on October 4, 2015 at 10:42 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
Had a mess about today with drive, with pushing disc up slightly it actually read it but only to say something there and wouldn't load or tell me what was on it. Pulled up 19 different files with no names...bit odd as there only 10!! it would seem in that case that the heads are not reading properly maybe?
Posted on October 5, 2015 at 7:34 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
Hi Rodney
I can have a look at it for you if you are not far away. You can always drop the whole keyboard around and I'll see what I can do.
Regards
Dave
Posted on October 5, 2015 at 9:35 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
Biggest problem with these is the 720k disk drive capacity problem. If you look around you just won't find any replacement drives at this capacity anywhere unless you want to pay stupid money; in excess of £80 and there is no guarantee it will fit or work! They are extremely rare! The hardware, i.e. the disk drive interface is not compatible with 1.44mb disk drives. The chip is just too old! Options are few and far between i'm afraid. Replacement might work. A USB memory stick unit might work but again they are intended to work with the 1.44mb chip set not with a 720k one. I think I have one somewhere so I can give it a try if you like. The memory stick then appears like multiple floppy drives.
I'll have a look at the drive and see if it can be fixed. You will have to use only DD size disks else it will be impossible for the keyboard to format them.
Posted on October 5, 2015 at 9:55 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
Thank you for your help on this, I did read that a USB replacement might be way to go and have found loads on eBay..I assume these would just slot into the place of the floppy drive and as you say would then read like having half dozen discs in. Sounds like a better plan and cheaper!
Posted on October 5, 2015 at 9:58 PM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
they do work but are very strange. If you think you can just put a memory stick in and have lists of thousands of files accessible on the keyboard I wish it worked that way! Every time I have tried one they do different things in different keyboards, some work, just, others are just too difficult to use. I'll have a dig in the workshop and see if I have one from my last experiments. You are more than welcome to give it a try!
Posted on October 6, 2015 at 12:08 AM
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Re: Kn1000 floppy drive
Haha yeah these things are never as straightforward as you would imagine! Be great, no rush though. Many thanks
Posted on October 6, 2015 at 12:10 AM
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