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Floppy disk drives - TheDoc - 11-25-2017
1541
1541 Users guide : understanding how something works often precedes fixing, so here's the user manual.
1541 Maintenance guide by Peltier : probably the best manual I've found, schemes, home-made tools to set up drive speed and calibrate the drive (without oscilloscope or calibration disk), step by step diagnosis.
1541 Maintenance guide by Peltier : "new" version.
1541 Maintenance resources by Ray Carlsen : many useful things, even a printable transit card if you've lost yours.
1541 head alignment by Retro64 : a very good overall guide covering and illustrating many aspects.
1541 general maintenance by Retro64 : a good overall maintenance introduction.
1551 :
1551 Maintenance resources by Ray Carlsen : schemes.
1571 :
1571 Maintenance resources by Ray Carlsen : once again, many resources and tips.
1581 :
1581 Maintenance resources by Ray Carlsen : many resources, including topics like the power supply. Maintenance manual available too.