Complete Newb has questions..

[Vipersan]

The 2 drives I bagged off Ebay just arrived ..
They are very dirty ..and need attention ...but No signs of damage.
These are an
HP JU-475-2EAF
&
YE-Data YD-380B

and bonus ..a box of floppies ..
about 20 in all ..no genuine disks ..user made ..but All DOS I think.
rgds
VS
any comments on the actual drives appreciated.

[ZrX]

JU-475 sounds like Panasonic which is one of the preferred drive models.

[Vipersan]

I believe it _is_ a Panasonic ...and is the one I'm attempting to renovate first ..
wish me luck..
lol

[Vipersan]

Stripped down the Panny drive ..
cleaned the heads ..
freed the head sled rails..
Silicon sprayed the Stepper motor bearing and sled rails ..
plus cleaned the pcb ..and FDD contact strip..
Loosly reassembled to calibrate and test..
and here is the result..
I guess this will be the drive I choose to use..
rgds
VS

[ZrX]

Is this with the default settings or did you add the +2 offset this time?

[Vipersan]

Default settings ...
so I assume I have a good drive ?
cheers

[ZrX]

Looks better than the first Teac, which might be the one being out of alignment.

Scatter and histogram should still work tho.

[Vipersan]

I have a Mitsumi 3.5 inch floppy on order ..so will crack on with my drive case ..
cheers
and thanks for all your help so far ..
chances are I'll be back soon with more questions.
rgds
VS

[brightcaster]

Congrats! You may get rid of the last red box with toggeling the density switch gain...

David

[Vipersan]

Significant progress being made with the case construction.
Mounted the Kryo board ..and the Panasonic Drive ..but oh oh ..needed a longer lead to reach a 3.5" floppy and less ribbon needed to connect the Panasonic ...so moved the edge connector IDC closer to the Kryo pcb end of the ribbon and reversed it on the cable ..
So ..effectively the 5.25" Panny is now the 'B' drive ..
not that that is significant atm on account I am still set to single drive use..
I hope the pix explain better..

ran another test dump of the same C64 floppy ...and it appears to be working as before..

rgds
VS