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by BroBryce
Super Snapshot 5 Label
It occurred to me that I have had a bunch of SS5 carts come through my stuff in the last couple of years, and they all had munched up labels. So I decided to make a nice clean one that I can get printe...
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by BroBryce
1541 Write Protect Hack? (final, top view)
And finally, what I initially saw when I opened the case. I'd love to say I'm super familiar with what goes on inside these old drives, but I'm not. So this kinda blended in, that is, until I tried ...
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by BroBryce
1541 Write Protect Hack? (continued)
Getting a closer look, you can tell that whoever did this knew they needed to target this chip. My guess is that this chip controls the write protect detection in the drive. But then, there's a lot o...
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by BroBryce
1541 Write Protect Hack? (continued)
Despite the mess of wires and insane components hanging off of the thing, I almost didn't spot it nestled among the other parts. It's at least neatly mounted.
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by BroBryce
1541 Write Protect Hack? (continued)
At first glance, I thought it was some kind of simple circuit, but the more I looked at it, I could see there was some kind of IC chip on the bottom, and a lead going from the "daughterboard" into the ...
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by BroBryce
1541 Write Protect Hack?
I'm trying to learn a bit more about this crazy 1541 drive that I have. This is the same one I tested out at the August PDXCUG meeting. It has what appears to be a write protect bypass switch on the ...
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