CPC664 Disc Problem

[yogi9999]

Hello community, Got a Schneider CPC664 at home from a friend who died 25 years ago in an accident.

His sister has given the CPC664 over 2 years ago in my hands, giving me Infinitely pleased as I associate many beautiful memories with it. Have here already a lot repaired to get the good piece again. One thing I can not ... read the disks. On the one hand, it is simply and On the other hand I have a disk on the probably still a self-written Program of both of us is on it. Can give me here from this Froum someone help the drive again to get ? The drive belt I have changed, because the old one Was blown away :-) Thanks in advance for your help.

[Bryce]

Hi and welcome Yogi,
        the drive probably just needs to be re-calibrated. You can send it to me for repair if you like. I'm in Germany too, so the postage shouldn't be too expensive.

Bryce.

[SRS]

To get i more clearly: it reads others (commercial) disk/s, but not your own one ?

This could also be a problem with the disc itself unreadable - this sometimes happened (esp. with those cheaper "noname" discs we could buy in germany those days).

If last - we are some here in germany with equipment to try to read the disk and convert it to a PC/Emulator *.dsk if you want to give it a try.

Und willkommen an Bord

[yogi9999]

@Bryce : Where in germany are you ? But i have to send the complete CPC664 to u for fixing the drive, right ?

@SRS : No disk can be read. It tried some.....

[Bryce]

@Bryce : Where in germany are you ? But i have to send the complete CPC664 to u for fixing the drive, right ?

@SRS : No disk can be read. It tried some.....

Köln and no, I only need the drive, not the whole computer.

Bryce.

[kribjo]

Hi,


I had a similar problem a few years back with my CPC664. I ordered a new drivebelt, like http://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d18.html, and fixed it my self. At the same time I swabbed the floppy head with isopropanol.


Good luck fixing it. 


Regards,


Bjørn