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From what I have seen this is probably one of the common problems with the top head of the 1571. The top head is mounted on a flexible metal plate and this plate tends to bend (or even worse break), because the head is lifted only on one side when the drive is opened. If it is only bend you...

Received them last week and finally had time this weekend to do some testing.... quite amazing these things... :thumbsup:

Payment sent for three.

Interested... pm will follow shortly.

You are right, but please post in English so everybody can understand. These quad density drives can use DD diskettes as cheap alternative, but HD disks are no good and should be avoided.

interested

Possibly interested in swap... will send pm later.

Any 6581 should do the trick in reviving your breadbin, these R4AR are said to be the best 6581 sid's that were made. The answer to your second question is tricky as answering it could be considered as something that is not allowed on this forum.

Seems to me that the swap is for the lot unless it is clearly stated otherwise. What sort of Amiga stuff are you looking for Milo?

Just in case someone finds this thread while troubleshooting this same problem... the problem in my 1581 was a broken logic chip. I've contacted Ray Carlsen asking him to include the information about this issue in his guide and within 24 hours it was.... :thumbsup:

Please close, I found one :)

Might have what you are looking for... I'll make some pictures tonight.

Nice job on the review jvdbossc... :thumbsup: It really is an amazing piece and if you are interested in it, there is no reason for not buying it now as the hardware is the final release!

There is a c64c transition model (ASSY 250466) that does use the 6851, however the more common version of the c64c uses the 8580 and does need modification. http://www.cbmhardware.de/c64/c64board.php Thecellartroll seems to refer to the DualSID designed by Tomi can double or mix the two chips...

Package sent today.