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[C64] Trying to LOAD and RUN floppy disks from 1990-1995. (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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I have disassembled and dedusted the disk drive and still get this error on an Commodore 64. Is it probable that the floppy diskettes are simply demagnetized by now? I am trying to recover some of dad's old essays and poems.

Edit: the error channel says READ ERROR

Edit2: the read head is not rusted. In fact, it looks like new. 😅 Tried both LOAD"*",8 and LOAD"$",8 on another ten or so disks, with the same file not found error.

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[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good question! I have opened the unit twice now, once for dedusting and once to wipe what I thought to be the "read head" with some alcohol. A litte, white, oval protuberance. Other than that, I don't really know what components could need adjustment. This says Head alignment is more sensitive and may require factory alignment disks.

I'm taking a break for now. I've had three really intensive "retro weeks" and I don't want to get fed up with it. 😅

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

I don't think you're supposed to use alcohol on the drive heads, but that's just based on very vague faded memories. Good luck.