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| Re: Powerbook 150 floppy [message #33527 is a reply to message #33465] |
Thu, 17 January 2013 04:56   |
Vintage Computer Club
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Hi,
By the look of the pictures I would say that is one of the heads from the
floppy drive. I don't think repair would be easy as even if you did manage
to re-attach, you would have a problem trying to get the alignment perfect
so it could read/write. Not sure where you would get a replacement apart
from a donor machine.
Regards,
Sean.
On Friday, 4 January 2013 17:43:34 UTC, Wikus Van De Merwe wrote:
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> Hi Guys
>
> I've recently acquired a PowerBook 150 and I'm having some trouble with the
> floppy drive - any floppy I try and initialize will (eventually) fail - I
> took the chassis apart to inspect the state of the boards and they're in
> pretty good repair although the cmos battery appears to have leaked
> somewhat (I will get around to replacing this at some point) and when I
> "opened the shell" I found a very small piece of *something* rattling
> around inside the unit - I cannot identify this piece and I am unsure if it
> is related to my floppy drive issue (I'm tempted to say it looks like a
> floppy disk component but who can say). Does anyone know a source for
> replacement floppy drives or even HDI-30 scsi > RJ45 (cat5) networking
> options as I'm really keen to move data back and forward with this little
> unit (I want to use it for writing).
>
> I have taken some pictures of the mystery item that are available below:
>
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oKVrLWvDGSntQo5d8yH699 MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
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> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LD-uwhmrNGr5wN5cNnCDL9 MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
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>
> Many thanks,
>
> Wikus
>
>
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| Re: Powerbook 150 floppy [message #34476 is a reply to message #33527] |
Fri, 18 January 2013 03:41 |
Wikus Van De Merwe
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Thanks for the reply Sean,
I thought the same I just didn't want to admit it to myself, I think all I
can do is look for a donor.
(Just for fun I went and quizzed an Apple Genius at my local Apple store
about this who looked at me like I'd just told him Microsoft were
developing the next MacOS :-) )
Many thanks!
On 17 January 2013 09:56, Vintage Computer Club <mac@megadon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> By the look of the pictures I would say that is one of the heads from the
> floppy drive. I don't think repair would be easy as even if you did manage
> to re-attach, you would have a problem trying to get the alignment perfect
> so it could read/write. Not sure where you would get a replacement apart
> from a donor machine.
>
> Regards,
> Sean.
>
> On Friday, 4 January 2013 17:43:34 UTC, Wikus Van De Merwe wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> I've recently acquired a PowerBook 150 and I'm having some trouble with
>> the
>> floppy drive - any floppy I try and initialize will (eventually) fail - I
>> took the chassis apart to inspect the state of the boards and they're in
>> pretty good repair although the cmos battery appears to have leaked
>> somewhat (I will get around to replacing this at some point) and when I
>> "opened the shell" I found a very small piece of *something* rattling
>> around inside the unit - I cannot identify this piece and I am unsure if
>> it
>> is related to my floppy drive issue (I'm tempted to say it looks like a
>> floppy disk component but who can say). Does anyone know a source for
>> replacement floppy drives or even HDI-30 scsi > RJ45 (cat5) networking
>> options as I'm really keen to move data back and forward with this little
>> unit (I want to use it for writing).
>>
>> I have taken some pictures of the mystery item that are available below:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/**lh/photo/**oKVrLWvDGSntQo5d8y H699MTjNZETY*
>> *myPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink< https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oKVrLWvDGSntQo5d8yH699 MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink>
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/**lh/photo/LD-**
>> uwhmrNGr5wN5cNnCDL9MTjNZETYmyP**Jy0liipFm0?feat=directlink< https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LD-uwhmrNGr5wN5cNnCDL9 MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Wikus
>>
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| Re: Powerbook 150 floppy [message #34527 is a reply to message #34476] |
Fri, 25 January 2013 10:47 |
Bruce Johnson
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On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:41 AM, Wikus Van De Merwe <td4dotnet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Sean,
>
> I thought the same I just didn't want to admit it to myself, I think all I can do is look for a donor.
>
> (Just for fun I went and quizzed an Apple Genius at my local Apple store about this who looked at me like I'd just told him Microsoft were developing the next MacOS :-) )
It's likely said geneius wasn't yet born when the PB150 was released :-)
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Information Technology Group
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| Re: Powerbook 150 floppy [message #34528 is a reply to message #34527] |
Fri, 25 January 2013 11:19 |
David Iwanicki
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And the new rulers of Apple Retail managed to run off most of us "oldtimers" from the Genius corps... I had a team with almost 100 yrs combined experience, all the way back to the ][.
Then, somehow, money became more important than service. I blame the influx of former Target managers.
You can probably salvage a replacement head or 1.44MB floppy mechanism from any mid '90s PowerBook. Bay drive modules might be a good option as donors.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 25, 2013, at 10:47, Bruce Johnson <johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
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> On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:41 AM, Wikus Van De Merwe <td4dotnet@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks for the reply Sean,
>>
>> I thought the same I just didn't want to admit it to myself, I think all I can do is look for a donor.
>>
>> (Just for fun I went and quizzed an Apple Genius at my local Apple store about this who looked at me like I'd just told him Microsoft were developing the next MacOS :-) )
>
> It's likely said geneius wasn't yet born when the PB150 was released :-)
>
>
>
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> University of Arizona
> College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
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> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
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