Remembering my days of busted belts
And the joy of replacing them. Tricky.
First up is the ZX Spectrum+3. This machine has
a dodgy display. The computer runs fine but on
the SONY it has a faint vertical striping on screen
Otherwise works without fault. Was broken and the
drive just flew around until I replaced the belt.
The boot screen that directs you to the +3
Small test program to see if the drive is working
Note the colour washing and blurring. It was because
of this that I dumped the Spectrum in the end and
got myself an Amstrad PCW9512
The second of my repaired +3 computers
The second of my repaired +3 computers
The screen on this computer is much better
Both computer drives reporting no errors
I did not need to repair the Tatung Einstein
The drive works without fault as does on my
second Einstein. Great computer this.
The screen on this is way better than the Spectrum
Sadly very little software in circulation
The drive on the Amstrad CPC664
My favoured 3" is the CPC6128 of which I repaired
the drives on three. Albeit one computer has since
developed a fault. Work in progress there
The computer needs a dedicated Amstrad monitor so
without one your stuffed really
The disk drive tends to be used for standing stuff
on and they are all generally scratched.
The PCW8256 that I repaired and works fine
My beloved PCW9512 which was also repaired
earlier this year and now is fired up every
day just to make sure she is running fine
For close on six years I used my 9512 for all
my computer needs. The computer was hammered
I primarily used the computer for all my work
needs and in the creation of books, games and
data bases. I was so sad when she died.
I did buy another earlier this year but was
unable to fix her. However it made me have a go
at my busted machine and now she works fine
Two repaired external DDI-1's for the CPC464
And finally the repaired drive in the 6128plus
So that is the tour of the 3" drives. If you have
one then here is a tip. Use it or lose it.
