#autopsy #retronoises

Time for some more MFM drive testing. Whenever I end up with these drives, testing them if always a bit of a pain, but I never expected all the issues I would run into testing these drives. So enjoy the struggle I went through testing these relics of the past!

Info

Drive 1 Fujitsu Limited M2227D
Drive 2 Computer Memories Inc. CM 6640
Drive 3 Magnetic Peripherals 9420551 Control Data Corp.
Drive 4 Magnetic Peripherals 9415586 Control Data Corp.

Controller 1 Western Digital ST506 WD1002WAH
Controller 2 Western Digital ST506 WD1003WAH

Programs used:
SpeedStore
SpinWrite II by Steve Gibson

Video Links

Thompson Toolkit:
http://www.tasoft.com/toolkit.html

Thompson Toolkit v1.5:
https://archive.org/details/thompson...

Thompson Toolkit v2.0:
https://archive.org/details/thompson...

Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store:
https://mystorec82bd22.creatorspr...

Support the channel on Patreon:
  / adriansdigitalbasement  

Adrian's Digital Basement (Main Channel)
   / @adriansdigitalbasement  

Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

ORing Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens FlipIn Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS10065WMI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USBLogicDS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4inch...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14161820...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12510PCS...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

Instructional videos

My video on damagefree chip removal:
   • How to remove chips without damaging ...  

Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino