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Dave Moll · 19th Mar 2017, 5:18 pm

Certainly, the Amstrad 3" drives on the PCW and CPC are belt-driven (or rather gummed-up, as the belts have invariably perished), but I would have expected the 3½" drives in the PPCs to be standard direct-drive units - though with Amstrad kit one can never assume things are standard, and I've never managed to acquire a PPC.

By the way, Andy, is the 3½" drive in your PCW the one of a PcW10 or is it a replacement for an original 3" drive? Anyway, my expreience with the replacements available has generally been good. I even got away with using a correctly-sized rubber band on one unit - at least until I had access to the proper replacement!

19th Mar 2017, 5:18 pm	#3
Dave Moll Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Cumbria (CA13), UK Posts: 6,127	Re: Amstrad PPc512 and PPC640 luggable computers Certainly, the Amstrad 3" drives on the PCW and CPC are belt-driven (or rather gummed-up, as the belts have invariably perished), but I would have expected the 3½" drives in the PPCs to be standard direct-drive units - though with Amstrad kit one can never assume things are standard, and I've never managed to acquire a PPC. By the way, Andy, is the 3½" drive in your PCW the one of a PcW10 or is it a replacement for an original 3" drive? Anyway, my expreience with the replacements available has generally been good. I even got away with using a correctly-sized rubber band on one unit - at least until I had access to the proper replacement! __________________ Mending is better than Ending (cf Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)