Repair and Retrofit a Commodore Hard Drive CMD HD-20

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How to bring your CMD-20 Commodore Hard Drive back to life!
Thanks to Rob and Mike - check out Mikes channel!
RavenWolf Retro Tech:
/ @ravenwolfretrotech
ZuluSCSI:
store.rabbitholecomputing.com
v2.8 ROM:
store.go4retro.com/commodore/...
00:00 Intro
01:50 Hard Drive Issue
03:42 Opening The Box
08:15 Inspecting The Guts
11:15 ZuluSCSI Compact
14:09 Formatting the MicroSD
15:55 Creating ZuluSCSI Image
19:06 Booting Up
20:00 Configuring - LLFormat
22:00 Configuring - Create SYS
24:00 Configuring - HD Tools
25:00 Create Partition
26:34 View Partition Table
26:50 Final Reboot
27:42 Wrap Up

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@OTuit 7 ай бұрын

What a nice addition to your inventory.

@philipunger6507 7 ай бұрын

I used to have one of those CMD drives. I also had an Xetek Lt. Kernal as well.

@LordHasenpfeffer Ай бұрын

One of the best uses of the CMD HD is its ability to backup the entire contents of a RAMLink to a so-called "Foreign Partition"... so just in case your RAMLink ever loses its power and, therefore, its content, you *can* restore it from the HD... depending on how often you make a backup.

@revivingretro 25 күн бұрын

Great suggestion!

@RavenWolfRetroTech 7 ай бұрын

Great video Alex! I wish I had know about Disk Jockey when I setup the Zulu SCSI for my 128D dev machine. I ended up making my image with WinUAE since I was originally using the Zulu SCSI on the Amiga.

@revivingretro 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for hooking me up Mike. This was a fun project!

@herdware Ай бұрын

One thing I miss when using those solid state replacements is the actual noise from the hard drive. Btw, it is not Jim Brain's ROM, that version was released by CMD. Jim just has the right to sell them. EDIT: If you press "-" at the size selection you it will wrap around and you will get the maximum amount of blocks.

@revivingretro Ай бұрын

Thank you for the good info! :)

@dr.ignacioglez.9677 7 ай бұрын

😮❤❤

@LordHasenpfeffer Ай бұрын

I still have the HD-100 I bought new in the mid/late-1990s. It still works well too (for now). Regardless, I seriously want this upgrade done for it but I'm not the one to do the hardware parts. Wondering to whom, to where and how best to send it.

@revivingretro 25 күн бұрын

You may want to try one of the Commodore forums out there and find someone in your area that has a good reputation with repairs. This would not be a costly retrofit in terms of labor and I believe the zuluSCSI board was around $50usd for the unassembled version or around $80usd assembled

@LordHasenpfeffer 25 күн бұрын

@@revivingretro I am working on that. I've been working to establish rapport in general with the community I'm now in the process of rejoining. It's amazing to me how much devotion this platform retains and maintains over time. I'm just not sure who's local to me yet.