FAIL: 3" Tatung Einstein floppy drive too broken to repair🤔😢😭

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In this video we take a look the broken drive that came with the Tatung Einstein TC-01. It's NOT good news but watch until the end for other plans...😥
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@rjonzun5828 Жыл бұрын

I refuse to believe Mark doesn't fix stuff.

@GORF_EMPIRE Жыл бұрын

That drive is rekt. The mechanical alignment issue along would be close to impossible to get back to spec.

@NigelDraycott Жыл бұрын

Spoiler warning 🧐

@Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P Жыл бұрын

Super Simon saves the day.

@chriscrossan8034 Жыл бұрын

Not fixing things makes baby Jesus cry.

@S0urceror Жыл бұрын

Great video. 80s sound track. Retro computer restored. I’m happy.

@Rockythefishman Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the next part, when she is dual wielding

@VincentGroenewold Жыл бұрын

Never seen such a direct drive, seems like a nicely built machine! Pity someone either lost patience or became angry in the past. :)

@raggersragnarsson6255 Жыл бұрын

If my electronics teacher in College in the late 80s was Mark I would have actually have learnt something and had a laugh as well at the same time. There is a market for this outside of You Tube in teaching for young adults and older peeps.

@chadwolf3840 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff.

@danielson9579 Жыл бұрын

Another great video 🙂👍

@TheCurlyP Жыл бұрын

Shame such a rare drive met such an end :(

@mortensteen Жыл бұрын

Wonderful stuff! Eagerly awaiting the next chapter. :D

@Monkey_SK Жыл бұрын

I do think it would be handy if there was an innuendo counter during each repair. I'm sure this one would rank highly.

@fueledbyregret Жыл бұрын

“We can put the sheath to one side for now” - oh Mark, you flirt.

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

I knew you be here for that.

@fueledbyregret Жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff apparently I’m as predictable as I am filthy.

@hollybrereton3140 Жыл бұрын

Now that's what I call "Einstein A Go-Go" vol 2.

@summerlaverdure Жыл бұрын

that was still a valiant effort ^O^

@summerlaverdure Жыл бұрын

you porbably should have just gone with the gotek tho

@RetroClaire Жыл бұрын

You gained some spares 🙂

@10p6 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Whoops, wrong Simon Lol

@razorsz195 Жыл бұрын

I want that broken floppy drive noise as my alarm clock in the morning 😆⏰

@paulisthebest3uk Жыл бұрын

that chuckie egg font looks a bit like the spectrum font

@Retrohertz Жыл бұрын

My grandad had two Einsteins and I have one of them now. They are great machines - very well built, with a superb keyboard. That version of Chuckie Egg is a great port; nice colours and very fluid. I played it endlessly as a kid.

@azurabayta133 Жыл бұрын

It's always a disappointment when something can't be saved, but I guess that's just how the dice roll sometimes. That drive looked well past the point of saving, poor thing. Glad you were able to get your hands on a replacement though!

@samsulummasamsulumma6898 Жыл бұрын

The broken drive could still be of some use. Maybe the electronic parts could be kept for spares?

@jason_a_smith_gb Жыл бұрын

Keeping a door open in this weather.

@UpLateGeek Жыл бұрын

Someone really did a number on that drive. I'm guessing the reason it jammed in the first place was that missing runner on the underneath of the drive. It would've popped off and put the carriage out of alignment, and then they've made it worse by pushing and pulling and levering it until it was all bent out of shape. If they'd just disassembled the machine, found the parts of the runner and reassembled it, it probably would've worked just fine. Anyway, thanks Simon. Thimon.

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

I reckon you're probably bang on there. I later found the old runner lodged in the machine, luckily not shorting anything.

@timballam3675 Жыл бұрын

During the transition from 5.24 to 3.5 adapters were common, I literally threw hundreds away back in the day, oh if I'd known........

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

In the late 90's I had a bag of them languishing in my office filing cabinet.

@kcinplatinumgaming2598 Жыл бұрын

lol chuckie egg .. hold all the control keys down at once and it jumps a level lol, I actually own one brand new in box with the original receipt priced at 499.99 at my daughters as I dont live in the UK anymore.. it still has the box (bit tatty) and a load of disks, I always wanted an 80 column card but too expensive. The TC01 was the first computer I learnt to program back in the 1987, I dont own the original but I managed to get the one I currently own upgraded with a second drive. I spent hours developing applications and games back then ... I had a few friends who worked for Ocean Software back then ... hence why I know so much about the Einstein and its legacy in computing.. built to last .. so loved that micro.. compared to all the other computers i developed on like the BBC, spectrum, C64 oh I could speak for hours about these amazing computers ..long live 8 bit!!

@raggersragnarsson6255 Жыл бұрын

Great vid Mark with a lot of great humour as always. My old Amiga 500 drive sounds something similar, oh dear, but not quite as bad. I will dismantle it for a possible refurb or it's time for a Gotek, as its only managed to load one disk out of the past 40 I have tried, plus the same scary noise along the way. It's as filthy inside as this video haha. Good job.

@johnwells558 Жыл бұрын

It needs a good clean matey.

@pc4ad Жыл бұрын

That's a pity sight, such a drive. Good you've found another one. Chucky Egg is one of my favorite games from back in the day, al be it I have played it on the MSX...

@u4ria. Жыл бұрын

Still fixable with some mole grips and a little hoofing.

@illusions2142 Жыл бұрын

Slip one in lol quote at 6:11

@VenomStryker Жыл бұрын

I always love your videos. Hope you have mostly recovered after the fire. Is there a video with any new news on the fire recovery? I assume you are just operating out of the retro museum/water wheel mill that you and the Cave man share...lol. But I am not sure.

@fattomandeibu Жыл бұрын

Bringing up the Gotek is making me think about the old A1200 again. I put it away years ago as DF0: was getting dodgy and to top it off, my SWOS disk 1 developed read errors and would no longer load, even in the ever reliable DF1:. Seeing all these Goteks being installed just makes me wanna grab one and try it out, with the other half going "I bet a cap'll pop as soon as I turn it on".

@jason_a_smith_gb Жыл бұрын

Mark Switches Stuff.

@tschak909 Жыл бұрын

"Mark Fixes stuff....sometimes...."

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

I’m going to change my name to that…

@JCCyC Жыл бұрын

Gotek, shmotek. I wanna see if the RGB output works.

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

Next episode! I’m on holiday now!

@JCCyC Жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff A well deserved one. Have a margarita for me.

@GORF_EMPIRE Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't we all just get screwing? It certainly looks like someone got upset at that drive. It would be miraculous to get that mech to properly align again after that damage.

@frankowalker4662 Жыл бұрын

So, Simon Fixes Stuff ?

@simongreen9736 Жыл бұрын

“Simon Fixes Marks Stuff” mmm snappy channel name 🤪🤪🤪

@TetsugakuSan Жыл бұрын

Did the old disk work!

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

I could get a partial directory read off of it, but it was very corrupted. It was someone's documents so I didn't show that part to protect their privacy.

@phreapersoonlijk Жыл бұрын

Are you OK?

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

Can’t complain. Busy moving to the new filming area! How are you?

@phreapersoonlijk Жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Sorry, you haven't posted in a while, and I know life gets in the way, especially in your case with that horrible fire. I was just a little worried. I will delete this if you want.

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

@@phreapersoonlijk no, you don’t need to delete it! I’m setting up the new studio!

@phreapersoonlijk Жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Ok man, you seem very upbeat, which is very good to hear ! :)

@Nukle0n Жыл бұрын

Wow spoilers in the title :P But yea someone probably really thrashed that old drive trying to get that disk out so sadly an unlikely repair, unless you can take it completely apart and put all the parts in jigs or something, or have replacement pieces stamped and milled.

@paulboardman01 Жыл бұрын

i presume its the same as the amstrad drive

@MarkFixesStuff Жыл бұрын

I thought it would be as well, but It’s actually quite different. The drive connector isn’t IDC pins, but card edge like a 5.25 floppy and the drive is directly motor driven unlike the belt drive model in the Amstrad machines. I’d go as far as saying it’s higher quality.

@LOTPOR0402 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a zx spectrum

@DMKW-mm8vk 4 ай бұрын

I'm looking for a working 3" floppy drive for my Einstein. Anyone know where there's one available? Thank you!

@biscoito15 Жыл бұрын

Is it possible to replace the xbox 1.4 clock capacitor with a CR2032 battery

@B3tanTyronne Жыл бұрын

The biggest surprise from all this is that it never dawned on me that the first name of each of the people in the high score table of Chuckie Egg reads as Chuckie Egg. How on Earth did I not notice that when I first started playing that game 38 years ago when I was 11 on the speccy?

@MrFixiit Жыл бұрын

you mean archive for postircy ??

@_.OX._ Жыл бұрын

So the original drive was "Einstein a no go"?

@miikasuominen3845 Жыл бұрын

I must say, even though I like the original floppies and such. I would replace them with Gotek or something else... Now, that I found a proper new PSU for my QL (had it for like 3 or 4 years and never even got to try it, because no PSU...), I need to get a replacement for MicroDrive... Who in their right minds would use a MicroDrive anymore? Such an unreliable thing...

@bzuidgeest Жыл бұрын

Don't zoom in when you're stripping the Phillips head screws. It made me cringe. Either replace them, use a proper sized and typed screwdriver for them ( pz or ph ) or replace them with Torx which are superior. The next person along will have a rough time getting the screws out of they are unlucky. The angle is no excuse, they make extended length screwdrivers for that. I could literally see you scraping metal of the heads brr.

@MarkTheMorose Жыл бұрын

Ah, but that would prevent MFS from using a 'rough screwing' innuendo.

@teechui2401 Жыл бұрын

Hello Mark - Is it possible that the head is either no longer in alignment with the tracks, and/or has excess play? I am thinking of something like the repair gone over in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbFghNKHs7yzYqs.html