retrobits | This Commodore 1541 hides a terrible secret. @retrobitstv | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Ticking time bombs: 1541 floppy disk drives with Newtronics mechanisms. How to identify them and test for a failed read/write head!

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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Background
02:04 How to Test
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