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Widget drive — #41

Yes. This is not going well. Sometimes the brake releases, but after that not much happens. I'm not sure if this disk will work ever. But I will try it on a Lisa one day. That wil…
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Wed, 1 Apr 2015 - 20:44

Widget drive — #40

On your video, I never hear the brake release. After the drive comes to speed - about 5 seconds or so, you should hear a "clunk" as the brake releases and then the drive should sta…
68kMLA Hardware by ScutBoy Tue, 31 Mar 2015 - 04:10

Widget drive — #39

Is this better: youtu.be/CTNr0uAiWwk Or
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Sun, 29 Mar 2015 - 23:06

Widget drive — #38

Got a link? Embedded videos aren't working, apparently. c
68kMLA Hardware by CC_333 Sun, 29 Mar 2015 - 22:12

Widget drive — #37

OK. Here is a movie from still to running.
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Sun, 29 Mar 2015 - 15:58

Widget drive — #36

No. the wind up of the drive. You did a video on the drive already running.  would like to see one from non-powered, to powered up and spinning. 
68kMLA Hardware by techknight Sat, 28 Mar 2015 - 22:45

Widget drive — #35

@techknight Do you mean a kind of roundup?
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Sat, 28 Mar 2015 - 19:02

Widget drive — #34

Would like to see the "wind up" from a dead stop.
68kMLA Hardware by techknight Sat, 28 Mar 2015 - 00:48

What is under the hood? — #3

Anyone on this? Could I test the analog board and monitor with a Mac motherboard? Or else?
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Fri, 27 Mar 2015 - 22:34

Widget drive — #33

Awesome! Spin spin spin!
68kMLA Hardware by bigmessowires Thu, 26 Mar 2015 - 22:04

Widget drive — #32

OK. Started for a second and third time. Now it is running for an hour. I will let it run until I go to sleep. I should fix the power a bit. Use some ductape( yes techknight...goo…
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Thu, 26 Mar 2015 - 20:40

Widget drive — #31

If you get it going again, let it run for a while, especially in different orientations. Apocryphal tales say that ProFile drives that screech like a banshee "get better" after ru…
68kMLA Hardware by ScutBoy Thu, 26 Mar 2015 - 17:50

Widget drive — #30

First BIG Success!!!! I got it spinning! Just by rotating it counterclockwise for some time. I could feel it rolling better and better. Then I switched on power and it started run…
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Thu, 26 Mar 2015 - 17:40

Widget drive — #29

Keep turning it by hand until that old sticky grease has softened enough for the drive to turn on its own?
68kMLA Hardware by bigmessowires Thu, 26 Mar 2015 - 00:04

Widget drive — #28

Some improvement! I disconnected the power to the engine and reconnected. Now the disk will try to spin. It moves 0.1 inch and stops(counterclockwise). I have turned the engine s…
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 22:43

Widget drive — #27

OK i will try to help the disk spin. Should I turn clockwise or counter clockwise?
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 18:38

Widget drive — #26

Mine had the same problem. Many years of no use meant the bearings were stiff. You applied power and quickly gave the spindle a little twist before the motor drivers burned out. I …
68kMLA Hardware by CelGen Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 03:46

Widget drive — #25

the spindle motor may have hardened grease in the bearings.  I just recently ran into this problem with a pair of 5 1/4 floppy drives on my IBM 5155. I had to press-out the hubs a…
68kMLA Hardware by techknight Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 00:09

Widget drive — #24

@snuci Thanks again for your advises! The disk can spin but not lightly... Not sure if this should be the case. I will look into the motor connection. Maybe I can find documentat…
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 20:03

Widget drive — #23

Does the drive spindle spin freely by hand?  It's possible that stiction is the issue.  If it's stuck, try forcing it to turn.  You've got nothing to lose because your stuck anyway…
68kMLA Hardware by snuci Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 11:15

Widget drive — #22

I tried the "stuck brake" solution, but no succes. Any other ideas?
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 05:57

Emate 300 Memory — #8

raoulduke said: Says out of stock but you can email and ask - I'd be pushy.  When I emailed about their 180mhz 3400c main board, they just said out of stock:  http://www.pchu…
68kMLA Hardware by AichEss Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 00:45

Widget drive — #21

I wouldn't assume your widget is broken, until you've connected it to an actual Lisa. Maybe the brake isn't supposed to deactivate until it sees a certain signal from the computer,…
68kMLA Hardware by bigmessowires Sun, 22 Mar 2015 - 15:29
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