3" Drive write protect pin

[loco]

The latest saga in my misadventures!


Whoever kindly replaced the drive belt in my 6128 also lost the little write pin. Everything is write protected no matter how many times I beg her to 'retry'. I opened it up, shook the housing, and it's not anywhere to be seen. 


I would much rather be in need of a new drive belt than one of these blasted pins. I am guessing there is absolutely nowhere I can get one, apart from another drive. Please tell me I'm wrong! Or at least lie to make me feel better...


Or can I use anything else in it's place?

[steve]

How about a 3.5" drive?

[loco]

Yep, this is probably the route I will take (I do have a HxC too, but not planning to use that internally)


I just find the lack of such a small, simple part quite maddening given the drive is otherwise perfect! 


(Note to anyone with broken drives : please save the pin before you think of throwing it away!)

[Bryce]

As a last resort you could always just solde some wires that go to a toggle-switch across the pins of write-pin switch, then you can switch between write enabled/disabled no matter what way the disk is set.

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Hey

As a last resort you could always just solde some wires that go to a toggle-switch across the pins of write-pin switch, then you can switch between write enabled/disabled no matter what way the disk is set.

Bryce.

Hey, when I told you my missus had thrown mine away you just suggested going through the trash with a magnet

[Bryce]

That's cos' I was too busy laughing to think about sensible solutions But you could of course do this too.

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Nahhhh I've changed drives by now :p

[Alco]

This tutorial is intended to assist you in building a write protect pin for 3" drive

Required Materials:

* Side cutters



* Paper Clip


Pin Dimensions: Length is 10mm, thickness is 1.15mm and the head is 2.98 mm


Take your side cutters, and cut the paper clip down to a suitable length.


***Usefull Links***
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-properly-straighten-the-paperclip

[Gryzor]

Heh

Is the pin really 1cm long?

[Bryce]

And you still couldn't find it in a bag of rubbish??

Bryce.

[Alco]

Is the pin really 1cm long?

I guess so...

http://www.amigaplanet.gr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=1885

[Gryzor]

I guess so...

http://www.amigaplanet.gr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=1885

So, a guy from Turkey points to a thread in a forum from a guy in Greece which speaks about Speccies, in a CPC forum Interesting!!

[Alco]

So, a guy from Turkey points to a thread in a forum from a guy in Greece which speaks about Speccies, in a CPC forum Interesting!!

Correct, but incomplete!

So, a guy from Turkey points to a thread in an Amiga forum from a guy in Greece which speaks about Speccies, in a CPC forum

[Gryzor]

Yes indeed

[Bryce]

And questions the length of his "pin" while doing so

Bryce.

[Jase]

Probably very much too late, but Dataserve Retro has them for sale:

http://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d51.html


Link is to speccy +3 parts, but its the same thing.

[steve]

Thank you for posting that, I never knew they existed.

[Jase]

Yeah, I have got a few odds and sods from him. He is a genuine friendly guy actually. Well worth bookmarking at least.

[Gryzor]

Huh, imagine that!

He's also got some relatively cheap disks - £4.75 for 5 of them...

[Jase]

Huh, imagine that!

He's also got some relatively cheap disks - £4.75 for 5 of them...

Is that aimed at me???

[Gryzor]

'course not Now let me go and buy some..