Re: Broken Floppy Drive

Geoff, to follow up on this, there's quite a lot of videos on youtube on how to repair 400k drives, though they say for Mac, they'll work for the Lisa too.

On 05/29/2017 08:44 AM, Ray Arachelian wrote:
> All the Lisa drives are pretty much the same as the 400k drives in the
> original Mac and the external ones, and are interchangeable.
>
> The LisaLite card on the side of the floppy cage is for Lisa 2/5s, the
> ones without are for those with a 2/10 I/O board that have a single
> chip IWM. It doesn't affect the type of floppy drive you can use, just
> how it connects.
>
> Some Lisas may have an 800k floppy upgrade. If yours did it had an
> upgraded I/O ROM. If it does it won't work with Lisa OS AFAIK. but
> there may be a way to get 800k floppies hooked up to a Lisa with the
> normal I/O ROM intended for 400k ones by disconnecting a pin or two.
>
> Hope this helps, but first things to do is to take the drive itself
> apart, gently clean the r/w head without damaging the felt pressure
> pad at the top, and to clean and lube as per the Lisafaq entry.
>
> Alternatively try to find a replacement drive, or get a floppy drive
> replacement
> from https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/product/floppy-emu-model-b/
> once it's back in Stock.
>
> It might just be it needs a bit of lithium grease to fix.
> See: http://lisafaq.sunder.net/lisafaq-hw-floppy_lube.html
>
> Pls forgive the typos, wrote this on a cell phone while eating
> breakfast, might not be fully awake yet. ☺
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Geoff Barrall <geoffbarrall_at_email.domain.hidden>
> Date: 5/28/2017 8:28 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden
> Subject: Broken Floppy Drive
>
> Dear LisaList,
>
> Finally after owning two Lisa’s for close to 10 years I found time
> over memorial day weekend to get things up and running and install a
> XProfile I’d had in storage for several years (thanks John).
>
> Unfortunately in the chassis I was able to bring up the XProfile in the
> 3.5” floppy disk drive is no longer functional. It’s the floppy
> drive version that doesn’t need the daughter card on the side of the
> cage. The bottom is marked SONY OA-D34V-22 and the other side is marked
> ASCO September 1984. I do have a working floppy disk drive in my other
> Lisa chassis but it’s the kind that does need the side mounted
> daughter card so I’m guess it can’t be moved over into the working
> chassis?
>
> Is there anyway I can find a replacement or repair for this floppy
> drive? If not what’s my best path to getting a working floppy drive
> installed in the Lisa?
>
> BTW - I’m an EE by training and have access to tools.
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback and support. I’m excited to have a
> functional Lisa at last.
>
> Geoff
>
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