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Re: Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050
Posted: 25 Nov 2021 17:25
by rubber_jonnie
Woo Hoo!!
My 2793 is in the post and on the way :) Fingers crossed it'll arrive next week.
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Re: Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050
Posted: 29 Nov 2021 11:34
by rubber_jonnie
Well, the 2793 should be here sometime this week, as soon as it arrives and gets tested, I'll update on here :)
Re: Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050
Posted: 06 Dec 2021 15:12
by rubber_jonnie
Happy (get the joke Atari peeps) days, my 2793 arrived today, and the 1050 started working just fine as soon as I dropped it in!!
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It was quite an interesting troubleshooting experience, though ultimately its similarity to an Atari 2600 and other 8 bit computers meant all the same techniques that worked for those, worked for this.
Managed to get some interesting troubleshooting info too, as the drive has a built in test mode accessed by jumping a jumper. After that you can adjust all of the necessary pots using an oscilloscope.
I'm up to 2 1050s now, which is more than I ever owned before!
Re: Yet another FDD on the bench - Atari 1050
Posted: 06 Dec 2021 15:21
by stephen_usher
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