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.
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.
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 :)
@Bryce (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=225) : Where in germany are you ? But i have to send the complete CPC664 to u for fixing the drive, right ?
@SRS (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=805) : No disk can be read. It tried some.....
Quote from: yogi9999 on 10:34, 04 January 17
@Bryce (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=225) : Where in germany are you ? But i have to send the complete CPC664 to u for fixing the drive, right ?
@SRS (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=805) : No disk can be read. It tried some.....
Köln and no, I only need the drive, not the whole computer.
Bryce.
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