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If you remember: I have a CBM 8050 dual floppy disk drive with Micropolis floppy mechanisms. However drive 0 has a malfunction and is not working quite right. So due to the magic of buying two, I now have ANOTHER 8050.

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Opening up the drive looks promising at first glance -- a spanking clean PCB! This is the advantage of the overhead mounting of the mainboard.

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But disaster strikes when looking at the drive mechanisms. This unit was stored in damp conditions and there is lots of corrosion visible. Oh no... Plus, this machine uses MPI 101S mechanisms, not the Micropolis mechs that my other 8050 uses.

bits of rust on the microswitch of the second drive are visible.

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