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| From: Chicken (all posts)
Date: 2000-07-25
Subject: RE: Re: IRC and SIDcard for printer port
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Hi there,
>
> I just fixed an 1541C yesterday, so I'm quite happy now (next one _will
> be an old, half-dead 1571 that I got deficient - I'm fighting with it
> since yesterday ;-) ). I know 1551's were mostly manufactured with the
> 1541C 'styled' mech by Newtronics/Mitsumi - though I seem to remember
> seeing some in pictures with the old mech by Alps. I'd suspect that some
> of the first 1551's should have been manufactured with the old Alps mech
> (since I've also seen 1541 drives from around '85 with this one). From
> the point of interfaces, the two mechanics are the same. ...Does anyone
> know if the 1551 utilitizes the Newtronics mech's extra feature, the
> track0 sensor?
Don´t know about that one, but there are different types of 1551s. the real first ones on sale in germany were made in japan and the fuse socket sticks out a bit.
see ya,
chicken
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