Commodore 1581 Replica Build

Описание: Thanks to PCBWay for supplying the boards for this build: https://pcbway.com
With original 1581 drives becoming increasingly rare and correspondingly expensive, building a replica may be the only way to get your hands on Commodore's 8-bit wonder drive at a reasonable price.
And it turns out that while some components are not particularly cheap, it isn't a difficult build to complete.

But getting it to work reliably might be a lot harder than you think...

Check out Lee's Gotek 1581:    • captain commodore ep16 gotek 1581  
Retrobits 1581 build:    • Building a NEW Commodore 1581 disk drive!  

1581 Enhanced PCB: https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharep...
PC Drive Adapter: https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharep...

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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:27 - Parts Overview
00:01:15 - Checking the PCBs
00:02:24 - Soldering the Small Parts
00:06:46 - Soldering the Sockets
00:08:44 - Crystal Oscillator Confusion
00:14:19 - Putting In The ICs
00:19:41 - The Final IC
00:23:44 - First Power-On Test
00:28:31 - Power up with drive attached
00:31:10 - Plug it in to the Plus/4
00:44:18 - And then it all went wrong
01:00:12 - Recapping the drive
01:04:55 - Trying the Recapped Drive
01:06:53 - Boxes and Screws
01:14:27 - Conclusions