![]() ![]() ![]() As I had first expected, the problem was in some of the electrolytic capacitors. Thanks to Stephen on YakYak I was able to get an Atari 1050 schematic and get everything working. After a bit of thinking I'd narrowed the problem down to the main PCB in the 1050. However, there wasn't a short between +5VDC and +12VDC. Unfortunately, when I tried to power it up as a test, it wouldn't turn on.Ī bit of digging into the problem (and my smelling some rather warm components) led me to find a short between ground and the +5VDC rail and ground and the +12VDC rail. As this drive was the only one ever used with our set of floppy disks it was perfect for imaging the floppy disks. ![]() With the purchase of the Atari 800XL my parents also acquired an Atari 1050, which is a 5.25" single-sided dual-density floppy drive. Inside of the Atari 1050 after replacing the electrolytic capacitors. ![]()
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