Geek With Social Skills | Tandy 1000 TX Computer TEAC 5.25" 360KB Floppy Drive Upgrade #SepTandy 2021 @geekwithsocialskills | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In this #SepTandy video follow along as I install a TEAC 5.25" model number FD-55BV-75-U 360KB floppy drive into my Tandy 1000 TX Radio Shack computer.
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--- Video Index
0:00 - Intro: TEAC model number FD-55BV-75-U disk drive upgrade
1:48 - Discussing opening the Tandy 1000 TX computer case
2:07 - My Tandy 1000 TX computer is topless exposing her floppy drive bays
2:30 - Removing the disk drive bracket screws from the computer case
2:56 - Looking at the SmartWatch+ Real Time Clock and IIT 2C87-10 math co-processor
3:15 - The drive bracket is free from the computer
4:40 - Installing the TEAC 5.25" 360KB floppy disk drive
4:51 - I need screws to hold the drive in place. To my jar-o-screws!
5:31 - Found the screws and installed them into the TEAC drive and bracket
6:10 - Checking out the disk drive front plate alignments in the drive bays
6:33 - Drive bay bracket installed and testing drives for floppy seek (and destroy)
7:19 - Searching... seek and destroy (Metallica song reference)
7:32 - Testing drive B with a brand new Tandy Single Sided floppy disk
7:57 - It's time to format a disk to test the TEAC 5.25" floppy drive
8:30 - Tandy TEAC floppy drive activity light tested and working
8:55 - Success! 362,496 bytes total disk space
9:29 - Mentioning that I need a Tandy 1000 TX or SX slot cover
10:10 - The Tandy 1000 TX computer cover is back on the case
10:19 - House cleaning with the floppy disk drive bay blank cover
11:15 - Checking out everything installed and looking sharp
11:38 - Outro
--- Video Links
Tandy 1000 SmartWatch+ Real Time Clock Upgrade:
youtube.com/watch?v=7r2CmMduuSY
SepTandy Playlist:
youtube.com/hashtag/septandy
#Tandy1000TX #SepTandy #SepTandy2021
In this #SepTandy video follow along as I install a TEAC 5.25" model number FD-55BV-75-U 360KB floppy drive into my Tandy 1000 TX Radio Shack computer.
Subscribe:
youtube.com/geekwithsocialskills?sub_confirmation=1
--- Video Index
0:00 - Intro: TEAC model number FD-55BV-75-U disk drive upgrade
1:48 - Discussing opening the Tandy 1000 TX computer case
2:07 - My Tandy 1000 TX computer is topless exposing her floppy drive bays
2:30 - Removing the disk drive bracket screws from the computer case
2:56 - Looking at the SmartWatch+ Real Time Clock and IIT 2C87-10 math co-processor
3:15 - The drive bracket is free from the computer
4:40 - Installing the TEAC 5.25" 360KB floppy disk drive
4:51 - I need screws to hold the drive in place. To my jar-o-screws!
5:31 - Found the screws and installed them into the TEAC drive and bracket
6:10 - Checking out the disk drive front plate alignments in the drive bays
6:33 - Drive bay bracket installed and testing drives for floppy seek (and destroy)
7:19 - Searching... seek and destroy (Metallica song reference)
7:32 - Testing drive B with a brand new Tandy Single Sided floppy disk
7:57 - It's time to format a disk to test the TEAC 5.25" floppy drive
8:30 - Tandy TEAC floppy drive activity light tested and working
8:55 - Success! 362,496 bytes total disk space
9:29 - Mentioning that I need a Tandy 1000 TX or SX slot cover
10:10 - The Tandy 1000 TX computer cover is back on the case
10:19 - House cleaning with the floppy disk drive bay blank cover
11:15 - Checking out everything installed and looking sharp
11:38 - Outro
--- Video Links
Tandy 1000 SmartWatch+ Real Time Clock Upgrade:
youtube.com/watch?v=7r2CmMduuSY
SepTandy Playlist:
youtube.com/hashtag/septandy
#Tandy1000TX #SepTandy #SepTandy2021
