LordVolvo

Good to know, thanks. Maybe I should get a foam swab soaked in pure alcohol and rub the heads instead of just using the cleaning disks. Well, both cleaning methods should work well as long the cleaning disk is the 'wet' type (and make sure your cleaning disks are single-sided or they'll tear up the pressure pad above the head!) but taking the top off and inspecting the head after using a disk will help you identify which ones are "shedding." Oops. One of my cleaning disks has openings on both sides. Guess I won't use that one anymore. Thanks for the tip. Yes, it is a wet-cleaner. I assume that the Indus GT and 1050 drives also are single-sided and shouldn't be cleaned with the double-sided disk cleaner?

That's a project I'm working on now, which is why I wanted the 810 operational. I also have two Indus GT drives (one working), and two 1050 that I haven't checked yet. I need at least two working ones to start copying my floppies. I'll fire up the 1050s and see if they work.

Good to know, thanks. Maybe I should get a foam swab soaked in pure alcohol and rub the heads instead of just using the cleaning disks.

Hey all. Long-ago Atari geek who has re-awakened his Atari mojo. Glad that there is still an interest in these 8-bit machines. I'm going through my vast collection of hardware and found that my 810 drive doesn't always want to read disks. I run a cleaning disk through it and it works for a short time, then stops reading. Should I keep cleaning away or does it need a calibration or alignment or something? I'm comfortable with electronics and would like to DIY this job if possible; is there some info I can look at? The 810 did work very well the last time I used it...which was sometime in the early 1990s. Thanks!