Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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My Data General microNOVA's floppy drive was hiding a problem that didn't reveal itself until I thought I was all done with repairs. The right floppy drive couldn't write. So I set out to fix it which was a much more annoying process than I thought it would be.

Here's the partial layout of the CDC BR803E floppy drive (at the time I'm posting this the site is down for maintenance):
git.techtangents.net/akbkuku/controldatabr803elayout

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