That's good news. I'll go ahead and resolder the connector then.
The floppy drive has mechanical problems. It won't accept a disk without some effort on my part. What I have to do is push the disk as far back as it will go with a paper clip, then reach underneath the tray on the right side where there's a metal tab, lift it up and drop it. That will get the disk into the drive, the I can hear it spin and it will mount the disk. But when I read any files, they're full of junk. It may need a head cleaning in addition to whatever is mechanically wrong with it then.
Oddly enough, the eject mechanism works perfectly.
Edit: Wow, that replacement drive is pricy. I think I'll hunt for parts where I found this machine first. What machines have compatible floppies?
The floppy drive has mechanical problems. It won't accept a disk without some effort on my part. What I have to do is push the disk as far back as it will go with a paper clip, then reach underneath the tray on the right side where there's a metal tab, lift it up and drop it. That will get the disk into the drive, the I can hear it spin and it will mount the disk. But when I read any files, they're full of junk. It may need a head cleaning in addition to whatever is mechanically wrong with it then.
Oddly enough, the eject mechanism works perfectly.
Edit: Wow, that replacement drive is pricy. I think I'll hunt for parts where I found this machine first. What machines have compatible floppies?