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by Spirantho
Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:45 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive Motor Adjustment
Replies: 54
Views: 27057

Re: Microdrive Motor Adjustment

Hi Charles,
that's fantastic, I'll check it out. :)
Thanks!
by Spirantho
Mon Oct 03, 2016 11:00 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive Motor Adjustment
Replies: 54
Views: 27057

Re: Microdrive Motor Adjustment

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to sort some slightly unreliable QL microdrives here - I need to know how fast the motor is rotating. Where can I find this program that measures the RPM please?
Thanks!
by Spirantho
Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:23 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Two QLs One Microdrive.. different results.
Replies: 5
Views: 2949

Re: Two QLs One Microdrive.. different results.

I know my mdv2_ does exactly the same on my test QL. I have tried using a different drive in mdv2_ but not this current one.. I can try it. TR6 and TR7 are for the comms line, though - I don't think that would affect the data output. That said, it's worth a try, I suppose.... but I'm not confident. ...
by Spirantho
Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:57 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Two QLs One Microdrive.. different results.
Replies: 5
Views: 2949

Two QLs One Microdrive.. different results.

Hi everybody, I'm puzzled. I have two QLs. My own personal one, an Issue 5. Also my office QL which is to be used for testing things; this is an Issue 6. A microdrive unit will work in my own QL. It will read, and format happily and reliably. The same unit when put in my office QL will only format a...
by Spirantho
Thu Nov 06, 2014 3:42 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: UK Sinclair QL Microdrives not working in the USA
Replies: 11
Views: 6337

Re: UK Sinclair QL Microdrives not working in the USA

Hi everybody, Rich pointed me to this thread - this is what I replied to him earlier: Sounds like his ZX8302 is dead or (quite possibly) came loose in transit on the one that doesn't see his microdrives at all. The other one sounds like the problem I've been having. My home QL had mdv2_ that would r...