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Adrian Black Fixes A Commodore 1541 Drive

][avok - 02/08/2020 0

Adrian Black is working on a dead 1541 disk drive. This particular drive is a short board 1541 with an Alps Mechanism.

8-Bit Guy – Commodore History Part 7 – Disk Drives

][avok - 01/28/2020 0

8-Bit Guy has just posted another edition of his Commodore History series and this update covers many of the Commodore disk drives by both...

Commodore 1540/1541 Long Board (long!) repair.

][avok - 01/16/2020 0

In this video update iz8dwf is repairing a Commodore VIC-1540/1541 long PCB. "Faults found are: one zener diode broken (maybe overheated?), one interrupted small signal...

How To Get the Pi1541 Software Running On PiZero & Pi1

][avok - 12/16/2019 0

*NOTE* - The original video has been replaced with a corrected video. Youtube channel The LEEC has made a walkthrough on how you can get...

How To Clean Commodore Floppy Drive Heads

][avok - 08/12/2019 0

Steve from Steve's Retro Gaming gives a quick and dirty video on how to clean the drive heads in a 1541, 1541-II and 1571...

Cooling Down a Commodore 1541 Disk Drive Mod

][avok - 05/31/2019 0

1541 disk drives are notorious for running hot. In his latest vlog update Adrian Black shows us all how to make a low cost...

Visualizing Commodore 1541 Disk Tracks

][avok - 04/22/2019 0

The website PageTable.com has just posted an article that shows a visual map of the Commodore 64 1541 floppy disk. It's a great read...

Commodore 1541C Restoration

][avok - 04/05/2019 0

YouTuber iz8dwf restores a 1541C floppy disk drive. The project involves the following. Removing dolphinDOS modification 240v Transformer rewiring Repairing the door latch Fitting...